Wednesday, September 03, 2008
St Paul, Minnesota
The Coop
157 3rd Ave South
South St Paul,
Minnesota 55075
Hours: 11a-9p Daily
www.thecooprestaurant.net
651-455-7566
The Coop, established in 1963, is a neighborhood restaurant with broasted chicken as it specialty. It's just a small store front operation with three tables and a kitchen. The staff is also small but friendly.
The majority of it's business appears to be takeout and they also cater.. The menu begins with a few appetisers such as Cheese Curds ($3.99) and Mini Corn Dogs ($4.69). Entrees include hamburgers, hot dogs and even a fish sandwich but the obvious main focus of this business is chicken.
They season the chicken and then broast it under pressure. This style of cooking results in a light, crispy skin that surrounds very, very moist meat. Being cooked under pressure the meat and skin absorbs almost no oil. The August 2008 issue of Minn/St Paul magazine listed it as the Best Chicken in the Twin Cities.
The Chicken Dinner, which includes choice of potato, roll and cole slaw, come in 1/2 ($7.28) and 1/4 ($6.34) portions.
Ribs, fish and shrimp are also available as are a variety of side dishes. Canned soda and bottled water are available to drink.
To Go customers can buy chicken by the bucketful. A twelve piece bucket of chicken with all the trimmings (potatoes, slaw and rolls) cost $22.07.
Buckets can be ordered with and without sides and fish can be substituted for chicken. There is a small parking lot on the side of the building and street parking available.
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