$$ - average
Mexican
punk rock mexican & burgers
Good for late night dining. The beans & rice are both vegan. Most mexican stuff can be made vegan except items made with flour tortillas.
Added by starfive on Mar 17 03 (updated Jan 17 06)
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I am rarely impressed by the food at Little T's though the back bean burger is decent. It's really only good to eat at if it's really late and no where else is open. The staff and service is hit or miss. Sometimes we have excellent service, other times it's nearly walk-out terrible.
fun place to get a bite to eat - the burritos are giant & the veggie burrito has brocoli, califlower & carrots in it - most anything can be req. as vegan & many items are vegetarian.
open until 3am or so & yummy food.
I remember this place when I lived in Mpls., and it was beyond horrible -- well before I went vegan. I can't even imagine eating there now as a vegan.
I used to really go here for the giant malts, but since going vegan there really isn't any reason to go here.
i don't envision a time when i would ever find myself back at this place. i've been there a few times, and each time the experience has been lackluster.
the vegetables in the enchiladas, for example, clearly originated from a bag of frozen chopped vegetables. this is not unlike many so-called authentic mexican restaurants (e.g, Chiapas, Taco Morelos, El Mexicano) that take the "green giant frozen vegetable medley" approach to vegan/vegetarian food. a noteworthy exception is Viva Mexico in northeast, whose vegetarian burrito, for example, is stuffed with fresh-grilled zucchini, peppers, onions and spinach.
true, little t's has character, as well as crayons. i really want to like them, but i can't. if they want to cultivate their main strengths, they should just stick with the coloring business.
I've always thought of little t's as being punk rock mexican. They got the late night thing going, they got the crayons and the table paper, they got the tacky decor, and they got the art school kids. It's a Minneapolis landmark, but their prices have gotten bigger over the last few years while the portions have gotten smaller. Still where you going to go, drunk at 2:30am?
in response to it being not vegan friendly: of the mexican food, i think the only things that can't be made vegan are the burritos & quesadillas, (because of the flour shell). anything with hard or soft corn shells are fine. this at least includes tacos, tostadas, enchiladas, nachos & taco salads. things can be made with beans or veggies (broccoli, cauliflower & carrots). i have no trouble filling myself up. it's not the most amazing mexican food, but a great late night option. plus they have crayons & paper table cloths to color on.
i didn't think this place was vegan-friendly at all. I remmeber thinking that if i asked for anything without cheese there wouldn't be much left.
I'm not a big fan of this joint. They don't have many vegan options and most of the vegetarian options offer cheese as the main ingredient, so getting them without cheese is like getting a stick of cardboard for dinner. I'd say the one thing they have going for them is that they're always open.
And the chips w/guacamole are usually worthwhile, but other than that I'd say enter at your own risk.