Terzo

Fantastic experience from start to finish. Loved the ambiance, great wine list, and had help from the server selecting main courses – everything looked so good! Went for the insalata stagione and branzino. Both were excellent. Would definitely go back.

terzo remains my favorite restaurant in minneapolis. no one else is doing what the broders fellas are doing. walk-​up porchetteria? RIGHT. octopus terrine: if someone else has that, tell me now, cuz i wanna eat. even if they did, terzo probably does it better. wine? WINE. i’ve had countless impressive bites at this place. their menu changes often; that’s good… easily the best restaurant in minnesota. if you aren’t eating there, you are a fool.
been there many, many times since it’s opening and have never experienced anything less that 110% quality and service.

I was very happy with my dining experience at this restaurant. Enjoyed a great dinner with friends on a Saturday evening. Called ahead to get an idea of the wait time and the hostess put us on a wait list, once we arrived we were seated within the time frame she quoted over the phone. The hostess was also very hospitable as we were offered drinks while waiting on our table and our server was incredibly knowledgeable about the menu items, it was clear he had a real passion for the food.
Our server guided us through the menu and helped us make the best choices as my group of three was looking to split several different items. Everything we tasted was spot on (favorite: spicy lamb meatballs), even all the way through the desserts– my favorite were the cocoa fritters!
Will definitely keep this restaurant in my rotation and will be giving Porchetteria a try very soon!

I’m a fan — great porchetta (Rangers spell it porketta), good wine, good service and I like the ambience.

Keeping this short and sweet! Terzo hits the mark on all accounts! Amazing service by the friendly staff, great ambience and most important of all… AMAZING menu. Everything we tried was absolutely delicious, you simply cannot go wrong with anything on the menu. If you are in Minneapolis this is a restaurant you just have to visit!

Original food and great service. You may be tempted to skip the pork sandwiches but DON’T!!! And make sure to get an egg in your sandwich.

Great little wine bar in South Minneapolis. I’ve always loved Broders (traditional and the pasta bar) and this is a prefect concept to complete the trifecta. Our bar tender was very knowledgable about the different wines on their list and all of the small bites/​apps we had were outstanding — just the kind of food you want to share with a friend over a great glass of wine. Definitely worth checking out.

Decentish food place. Dessert was far better than the average main courses. Price is high for what you get compared to national or global exceptional restaurants.

This is my favorite restaurant in Minneapolis. Food is creative and delectable. Wine list makes me happy. People are good people. I’m a fan of the Broders.

A hidden gem in Minneapolis! Came here with my project team for our roll-​off dinner and had a fantastic meal — great food, wonderful environment, and even better company.
Food:
–On the pricey side, but they have a really good fixed menu price of $ 40 for 3 courses. Would definitely recommend this, they have some pretty awesome selections. Only caveat: everyone at the table has to do this though.
–Our team ordered so much that I can’t possibly remember everything to list out so I’ll just highlight my favorites.
–FRIES: yummm! It’s an appetizer dish and I think it’s called patate al forno on the menu but I could be wrong. This is seriously some of the best fries I’ve had.
–Insalata mista was also superb — incredibly fresh ingredients and very light.
–Zuppa di pesci is a seafood soup which I absolutely loved. All the seafood was so tender, though the accompanying bread was kind of salty.
–Quail: really well seasoned but a little on the tough side.
–Seabass: fresh and tasty!
–Pistachio cakes is a must for dessert.
Wine:
–We ordered quite a few bottles of both red and white wine. They are definitely true to it’s wine bar name — so many selections and all great! The red wine was some of the best I’ve tasted. Can’t remember the name though.
–Our sommelier, Laura, was fantastic. She is incredibly knowledgeable and attentive. When she noticed that one of our white wines was over-​aged, she immediately took it away and didn’t charge us for it.
Atmosphere:
–Fancy but not too pretentious.
–It’s an intimate venue so definitely meant for parties 6 – 8 or less.
Would definitely come here again if there’s ever the occasion when I’m in Minneapolis. Skip the wait at the sister restaurant Broder’s across the street — Terzo is where it’s at!

Everything I have had at Terzo has been delicious! Amazing apps and dinners. Knowledgeable staff

Food was solid for the price the service was pretty slow seemed under staffed the night I was there. The presentation on the entrée is awesome really top restaurant quality. Got to try both the steak and pancetta wrapped pork loin the steak was amazing perfectly cooked. The pork was ok nothing special. All of the accompanying vegetables and gnocchi were better then the meat in my book. The gnocchi and fingerling potatoes being the real stars for me.

Great wine selection, including good house wines. The food has been great — I highly recommend any of the pork sandwiches. Finally, the staff has always been fantastic — even when we have come in with our one year old (we make sure to bring him early in the evenings when they open — this atmosphere is neighborhoody but best suited for adults).

Pro: such a cute place, love the layout and décor.
Cons: unwelcoming/​rude service, we felt like a burden as we were told that they were full for reservations and needed to know how long we would take. Mind you, there was one other occupied table, and while we rushed through our appetizer, no other patrons entered the restaurant.
The server assumed that all I wanted to drink was water because I’m pregnant, and one of the 3 bruscettas we tried was simply bread with olive oil and salt toasted (which seems more like bread). Not once were we asked how everything was tasting/​going, and we thought it best to not water any more time or money there.
There was such a vast difference from Broders (same ownership), one would think they are completely unrelated.
Won’t be back.

What a perfect spot to sit down and have A flight of wine with a friend or on a date. I have not actually eat in the food yet but I do know their drinks are wonderful the selection is huge and I would Highly recommend going here for a quick stop off for a drink

Great neighborhood wine bar. Small and quaint place. Has beautiful bar and wine cellar. Food is small bites, delicious and the wine flights are fun. Would definitely come back

The porchetta sandwiches are amazing. The Calabrian is my favorite with a little spiciness, but I’ve had the mushroom and the rapini sandwiches which were great too. I like to just stop by the window they have in the parking lot and just pick up my sandwich to go, but if I could get a group together their wine and meat/​cheese plates look appealing too.

These are four REAL stars calibrated for NYC reviewing. I haven’t done that since Lynn on Bryant. I’m not permanently a snob and I love it here, but sometimes a person just gets homesick, ok?
Three things catapult me home when I’m homesick — the scent of the vents if you stand outside Szechuan Spice in uptown — a pie from Hello Pizza delivered to your house, and a nosh at Terzo Vino. Only one of those things is an unqualified non-​guilty pleasure.
Something special is afoot here — the perfect place to get a carafe of something wonderful, share a salami or cheese board, and linger. Linger because you’ve finally got Italian eats that aren’t pasta or red sauce and you can pretend you’re somewhere else for a while.
It’s not cheap, but it’s not overpriced. If you need to be stuffed, you can get a South Jersey across the street. If you need pasta, hello, go to the pasta bar. (Or the massively underrated pastas at Prima) If you’re ready to grow up and «take human bites» then you’re ready for this place.
It’s a hell of a lot more interesting, food wise, than, say, Tilia or (might as well compare McDonald’s) King’s or Beaujos — which I like. But if I’m going to part ways with a stray 40 bucks, you can bet your bippy this will be the first option. The pours are not the cheapest, but I really felt that I was getting more than I paid for.
Also the service is just my liking — sardonic, hip to our mood and our pacing, and smart as hell about wine.
Let other people muscle over each other to get in and freak out over BLG. We’re good, you and I.

I was really looking forward to going to Terzo — it is a bit pricey but the quality of the food is good. Also — the wine containment system ensures that you get a fresh glass. We had the cheese plate, olives, several glasses of wine, and all was fine. It is easy to get a table mid week, the wine bar is typically full but the tables are usually available.
They have a lot — which can be full. Again, my only complaint is it is pricey — they are aiming for quality, which I appreciate — but for three people the bill was really high for a non-​dinner.

Most definitely worth the trip. I love their porchetta sandwiches and their one bite specials. My boyfriend and I have been visiting this place for a while and I figured it’s time for a review.
For starters, we love their selections of wine. No matter what type you like; white, red, full-​bodied or not they have it for you. Always, always ask your server for their opinion and expertise-​you won’t be disappointed if you do.
Beyond their adult drinks, there are many things from the menu that are great. Tonight, however, we kept it simple with just their porchetta sandwiches.
My bf opted for his favorite again: The Calabrian porchetta. He loves the hint of spice that comes with this sandwich and it’s his favorite go-​to. For myself, I try to taste something different each time and this night I opted for the rapini porchetta. Texturely, it was great, you get a crunch from the rapini and the acid that was found in the sandwich made it a winner for me. Their pork belly and pork shoulder mix can create a oily feel but having a hint of that acid, really does cut down that feel. And I love how messy it can be while eating that sandwich. I mean aren’t all good things suppose to be sinful and messy when you eat it. Use a fork, heck use your hand if you must… c’mon you have potato chips to eat for goodness sakes. :)
I know I said we kept it simple but when I saw salted caramel gelato and mascarpone espresso sponge cake, I had to get dessert. If you’re thinking this is like a tiramisu, it’s not. Yes, it has similar notes but there isn’t a strong espresso taste to their sponge cake, like traditional rum soaked lady fingers, so no let’s not confuse the two. This heavenly goodness had just the right amount of sweetness with a sprinkle of saltiness. It was ah-​ma-​zing. I would have licked the plate but that would have been un-​lady-​like of me.
Haha.
**oh, the nice thing about going with someone else is you can share the other half of the sandwich with each other too. If you’re willing that is.
That is all.

Small plates to share! I love sharing small plates, because you get more options. The food is lighter Italian fair, and there’s absolutely no pasta. As the server said, if you want pasta go to the original Broders across the street (You should do that anyway.). The building is almost claustrophobic, but not quite. The wine selection is large and the staff is knowledgeable and full of recommendations. The Broders strike again, and I loved it.

Another visit like last night and it’ll be 5 stars. Wife, kid and I went for Halloween dinner. Got right in at 6:30 with a same day reservation. There was space for walk-​ins although Halloween means a drop off in diners.
Wife was disappointed there were no pasta selections but that’s on us, not them — read the menu before you go. Had the homemade potato chips and olives to start. What you’d expect. Great Italian wine selection and our server navigated it for us with ease and intelligence.
I had the chicken dish, she the pork chop. A top three chicken dish for Minneapolis — just outstanding — juicy, flavorful bird and lots of it. She loved her pork chop. They even made a special meat and cheese plate for the six-​year old (which we ate most of). Almond ice cream with red grape compote dessert was unique (smelled bad, tasted good).
Great ambiance to the place — what a neighborhood restaurant should be – and the service was excellent — our server was attentive, understanding and knowledgable. Can’t find that at many Minneapolis places these days.
Bravo Terzo!

Where else can you pull into a parking lot off of 50^th, walk up to a window, ring a bell and get a porchetta sandwich?
What???
Yeah. Porchetta, that concoction from Northern Minnesota that is pork butt, garlic and other seasonings slow roasted to reduce the meat to flavorful succulent glory piled on a ciabatta. I opted for the truffled mushroom topped version and am thinking of going back already. Unctuous pork slathered in crimini mushrooms that were married with truffle makes for one decadent sandwich. I added on a side of the fennel/​radicchio/​currant slaw which went well with the pork.
Window service is only available from 11a– 5p, so plan accordingly.
There are some Adirondack chairs near the window but you might want to think twice about eating your order there — you may not be able to get up afterwards.

Have been here twice now with the boyfriend. First on my birthday. The truffle porchetta sandwich was amazing! Staff in the dining room was attentive. Overall great first visit!
Today, just went to their side window. Had the ripini porchetta sandwich. In my opinion, not as good as the truffle porchetta, but the boyfriend likes it more than the truffle one. Also, he wants me to add that the seasoning today (he’s cheated on me and had sandwiches there without me) was bland. But, we’ll be back.