Isabella’s Cafe

Corporate Eats has a number of locations throughout the Cities. I first became familiar with them when I worked Downtown Minneapolis and went to Mykenna’s. The owner named many of the restaurants after his own kids. (Don’t worry. He doesn’t have that many, so the other names are in honor of other people. You’ll see names on the menus as well.)
If you know the area around France Avenue and 494, it can be a circus at lunchtime. Well, you have an alternative to fighting traffic and lines for food.
Tucked away in between two office buildings on the ‘Concourse’ is Isabella’s. There’s lots of room to eat and a variety of menu items. Salads, sandwiches, grill items, three soups, there’s something for everyone. They do breakfast as well, but since I was working from home today, I biked over for lunch.
The food hits the spot and the people are friendly. The one downside is no free refills on drinks, but I’ll get over it.
There’s an Isabella’s Too across the street in the Wells Fargo building, and another sister restaurant in the Centennial Lakes complex across 494.