Babani's

Restaurant · West Side

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"Said to be the first Kurdish restaurant to open in the U.S. back in 1997,Babani’sis housed in a gulag-blocky, Dunder Mifflin–esque office building. It’s not hip by any stretch, but the food is transportive. I live for the kubey brinj—crispy fried rice dumplings stuffed with ground beef, minced onions, and walnuts. But no meal is complete without pillowy Kurdish bread and a steaming bowl of dowjic: yogurty, lemony chicken soup for the soul." - ByAshlea Halpern

Where to Eat in the Twin Cities, Minnesota | Bon Appétit
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32 E Fillmore Ave, St Paul, MN 55107 Get directions

babanis.com

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