A Customer Review Sunday, June 29th, 2008 SPECIAL EVENING Jim Kyndberg marks 10 years as owner of the Bayport Cookery. In celebration of the event, he is hosting a "10th Anniversary Dinner". Ten courses of decadent dishes and wine pairing for $150 per person. Past sous chefs will return to tweak a dish of their own. Space is limited, so calll early for your reservation. Opening in July New Wine Bar Jim is kicking off his second decade with an exciting change! We will be closed in early July and open again with a new Wine Bar. Come in for a glass of wine and specials. Grand Opening will be July 25 & 26, 2008.       PRESS RELEASE: A group of the hottest restaurants in the St. Croix Valley for the second year create “Taste of the St. Croix Week”, an experience of flavors from participating St. Croix Valley Restaurants. Thursday June 19, 2008 on the “Grand Duchess” Dinner Boat. For reservations and information call 651-436-8883. Silent Auction and a portion of event proceeds will be donated to Kids Café (A Division of Second Harvest Food Bank) RESTAURANTS: Afton House Inn Barkers Bar & Grill Bayport Cookery Catfish Café Cesare's Lake Elmo Inn Marx Wine Bar Pier 500 San Pedro Cafe Plus other participants: Sunday, April 20th Special thanks to all the participants for making this event a success! Chef Jim will be hosting a special menu for the benefit of Parkinson's Disease Research for one seating only. Champagne and hors d'oeuvres begin at 6pm. Professional hockey player, Erik Westrum, will be on hand with memorabilia for a silent auction. Arrange reservations by calling 651-430-1066 for the 5-course dinner with wine pairing for $125. An exclusive evening of food, wine and fundraising to improving the lives of those affected by Parkinson's disease.

      The Bayport Cookery has been teaming up with Andy Kass from Sutler’s Wines & Spirits in Stillwater to bring you new opportunities to experience fine wine and dining. Four-courses and 4 different wines featured for a single seating at 6:30. Cost is $50 per person plus taxes and 18% gratuity. Non-refundable pre-payment is required. Check our upcoming events page for details.

PRESS RELEASE - Bayport Cookery Expands and offers New Dining Options           IF you haven't dined at the Bayport Cookery since 2002... you'll hardly recognize the place. Turning west off Highway 95 onto Fifth Avenue North in small town Bayport, just south of Stillwater, MN, return visitors will immediately notice, something is different. Gone is the original burgundy awning, replaced with a distinctive new top facade connecting the original building with an almost ornate looking pergola leading into a brand new addition, effectively doubling the gourmet restaurant's physical presence, not to mention adding considerable architectural interest to what was essentially a brick box structure.           The true reward, however, comes when you enter the restaurant. Chef/owner Jim Kyndberg describes the ambience as "rustic elegance". The original dining area has recently been dressed up with stamped and framed copper ceiling panels which, combined with new carpet and wall covering, give the room a richness to match the creative cuisine. Then you see it… Your eyes are drawn left, where once was solid wall, now opens to a four-season room with a massive floor-to-ceiling, hand-crafted stone fireplace wall, securing a wood-fired oven and a huge fireplace…           The changes bring expanded dining options: Nightly ala carte dinner specials offered Tuesday - Sunday from 5:30 - 9:00 PM, along with the traditional 5-course and new 9-course fixed price menus. Thomas Odell, Rainbow Graphics What others have said about The Bayport Cookery... Zagat Survey Number 1 in 2005, 2006 & 2007 Minneapolis/St. Paul Restaurants "Top 40 Food Rankings" • #2 Bayport Cookery "Top Spots by Cuisine" American (Regional) • #2 Bayport Cookery Worth a Trip • #1 Bayport Cookery "The monthly themes force Kyndberg to think about food differently than most chefs, and though the results can be widely different, the quality is consistently strong." "The menu's strength was that the ingredients in each dish effortlessly complemented the ingredients in the next, which created exactly the kind of flow you usually can't achieve when ordering on your own." Dennis Cass, Minnesota Monthly "Bayport Meets Manhattan: Carnegie Hall and Broadway are the goals of many musicians and actors with eyes on New York City. Chefs set their sights on the James Beard House, which is where a small-town restaurant crew from Minnesota recently found applause." "The meal flies out of the kitchen like clockwork, and is greeted with great enthusiasm upstairs in the dining rooms. Every 20 minutes, a new course is presented, each a study in imagination, beauty and craftsmanship." Rick Nelson, Star Tribune Gift Certificates are available by calling our office at 651-430-1066.