Acclaimed, industrial-chic restaurant offering tasting menus of innovative New American dishes.
With a foundation of classic French cooking techniques, Travail curates chef-driven dining focused on engagement, delight and entertainment. Our Signature Tasting experience features table-side cooking with 18-22 small plates and perfectly matched beverage pairings. Travail also offers a basement bar experience with evolving menus, Chef collaborations and curated cocktail flights.
4.8 – 780 reviews $$$$ • American restaurant
Menu
| Cocktails | |
| Travail Old Fashioned Bourbon /rye /japanese whisky |
$13.00 |
| Ron Burgundy Bourbon / scotch / cherry / smoke |
$13.00 |
| French 75 Gin / lemon cordial / cava |
$13.00 |
| Highball | |
| Japanese Toki japanese whisky / soda |
$13.00 |
| Water Moccasin Toki japanese whisky / peach / lemon |
$13.00 |
| Royale Toki japanese whisky / soda / casses |
$13.00 |
| Paris V.s.l Grey goose / soda / lime |
$13.00 |
| Bière | |
| Pig Ate My Pizza Up North Minnesota |
$6.00 |
| Weihenstephaner Hefe Weissbier Germany |
$6.00 |
| Fulton Lonely Blonde Minnesota |
$5.00 |
| Bell’s Two Hearted Ipa Michigan |
$5.00 |
| Tripel Karmeliet Belgium |
$8.00 |
| N/A | |
| House Hibiscus Punch | $5.00 |
| Coke | $2.00 |
| Diet Coke | $2.00 |
| Sprite | $2.00 |
| Menu | |
| Salmon Tartare French onion whip, chips |
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| Paul Bunyan Salad Romaine, avocado mayo, lime, cotija, cherry tomatoes, button mushrooms, bacon, green onion, pita chips, caesar dressing |
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| Seafood Boil Shrimp, mussels, clams, crawdad tails, corn, crab claw, potatoes, sausage, carrots, pearl onions, old bay spice, clarified grill butter |
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| Condiments Cocktail sauce, remoulade, tobasco, lemon |
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| Roasted Cauliflower Honey, cajun seasoning, hot sauce, thyme parsley |
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| Rice Pilaf Sofrito |
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| Cream Cheese Pound Cake Mixed fruit flambé, whipped cream |
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| Beverages – Travail. Cocktails | |
| Vieux Carre The official cocktail of the french quarter. Blend of old forester rye, remy martin cognac, benedictine, and bitters. |
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| Old Forester Rye Sazerac The old fashioned that made new orleans famous! Old forester rye whiskey balanced with peychaud’s bitters and an absinthe spritz. |
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| French 75 Bubbly, light, and refreshing blend of ford’s gin, lemon cordial and fresh juice, and sparking cava. |
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| Old Forester Travail Old Fashioned Our own select barrel of old forester bourbon, with demerara sugar balanced with bitter and aromatic bitters. |
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| Ron Burgundy Bourbon, cherry, bitters, and smoky scotch. I love scotch, here it goes, down into my belly |
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| Beverages – Beer By Pig Ate My Pizza | |
| Pigasus Each blonde ale 15.3% abvi well balanced, crisp, clean, and easy to drink, with light bready malt sweetness. Mighty axe julius and citra hops bring light fruit and citrus. |
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| Private Tabs Each hazy pale ale 14.9% abv | ripe with bright peach, candied lemon rind, mandarin orange and lychee with a restrained bitterness and soft, smooth body. |
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| Grizzy Each grisette | 3.8% abvi crisp, slightly tart and incredibly drinkable, grisette has fruity spice and citrus notes. |
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| Beverages – Wine | |
| Rose Eachdomaine bunan mas de la rouviere, 2018 |
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| Chardonnay & Chenin Blanc Each domaine des baumard la caleche, 2017 |
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| Gamay Each domaine de la madone beaujolais villages le perreon, vintage 2018 |
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| Spirit – Free | |
| Campari San bitter over rocks |
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| Spritz Rose verjus with lagunitas hop refresher |
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| Bellini Fresh orange juice with peach purée |
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| Sparkling Wine Carbonated, de-alcoholized chardonnay |
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| Limoncello Chillied lemon-infused seedlip n/a spirit shot |
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| A La Carte – Small Plates And Starters | |
| Cheesy Does It S11,E5 Three mozzarella-stuffed arancinis, a fried risotto ball dipped in fresh-made tomacco sauce. “Smooth and mild, and it’s refreshingly addictive!” |
$9.00 |
| Chicken Of The Sea S19, E6 Homer just wants to cheer you up with some chicken of the sea. Tuna tartare with a roasted garlic emulsion, pickled shallot rings, fried capers, celery, and lavash. |
$10.00 |
| Lisa’s Vegetarian Gazpacho! S7,E5 (Salad) heirloom tomato salad with prosciutto, melon, and fried bread dressed with lisa’s gazpacho vinaigrette “served ice cold… go back to russia.” |
$8.00 |
| Three-Eyed Fish And Chips S2,E4 “Mutation caught at ol’ fishin’ hole!” Duff beer-battered cod, fried fingerling potatoes, remoulade, pink pickled cauliflower. “We eat tonight!” |
$18.00 |
| A La Carte – Mains | |
| The Ribwich S14,E12 (For all you rib-heads) housemaid bun with smoked braised rib meat, bib lettuce, and duke’s mayo. (Now available without lettuce!) “Can’t wait to pack that into my colon!” |
$14.00 |
| Deep-Fried Krusty Burger S10,E9 “A krusty burger, huh? That doesn’t sound appetizing… How about a steamed ham?” It’s a perfect burger concocted with double meat patties made from zoo animals, insects, and reptiles, with american cheese, krusty pickles, and a plain donut bun. It’s a double-double, not a “double-double, double-dou- ble.” Impossible burger available/no substitutions. |
$15.00 |
| The Clogger From The Simpsons Movie A double patty burger made with wagyu and redered beef-fat butter both grilled and griddled, topped with white american cheese, smoked jalapeño and onion pickles, cry baby craig’s habanero garlic hot sauce, kewpie mayo. “If you can find a greasier burger, you’re in mexico!” – krusty the clown impossible burger available/no substitutions. |
$15.00 |
| Seasons 1-5 | |
| Buzz Cola Wow! One sip and you’re totally hip! New-and-improved buzz cola is made from only the finest sugars and waters. Plus, it has a special ingredient, too hot, for the fda (a blend of rums and natural energies), there’s a little boogie in every bottle. |
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| Flaming Moe! It’s like there’s a party in your mouth and everyone’s invited! Whether the secret ingredient is our bar team’s blood and sweat, or krusty’s non-narkotik kough syrup, one thing is for sure, fire makes it good… |
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| A Single Plum Floating In Perfume Served In Aman’s Hat The conceptual counterpoint to a simple duff beer, this arty serve will satisfy the most difficult tastes. |
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| An All Syrup Squishie Such a thing has never been done…An ‘experimental blend of all of our citrus juices and fruit cordials with a hell of a blend of spirits, it’s so thicc. If you survive, please come again! |
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| My First And Last Blackberry Schnapps Homemade dive bar leroux turned into a wisconsin old fashioned that will turn you into more animal than man! |
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| World Cocktail Tour | |
| La Luna Light, spiced, refreshing and fluffy, this version of an infante cocktail combines nopales-infused rum, chipotle ford’s gin, reposado tequila, and oat orgeat. |
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| Solo Cup An à la minute version of a london pimm’s cup, where you select the herbs, fruits and vegetables to be sonicated and infused into your own personal gin punch. |
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| Navy8r Take flight with this combination of the aviation and army navy cocktails, with hayman’s old tom and royal dock gins, lemon, oat orgeat, and an air of maraschino and violette. |
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| Ophelia This floral martini is a delicate bouquet of magnolia, rose water, himalayan pink salt. and a fine cuvée of rose vermouths |
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| Supergrass A superfood tequila sour that is as healthy as it is delicious, with grassy altos plata tequila and auchentoshan bartender’s malt scotch, enhanced with wheatgrass, spirulina, and cbd oil |
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| Travail – Hello | |
| Hot Cider | |
| Travail – Locker | |
| Strawberry Foie Gras | |
| Travail – Table | |
| Salmon Tartare | |
| Rabbit Sandwich | |
| Super Dill Fluff Cakes | |
| Langoustine Bisque | |
| Shrimp Sandwich | |
| Roast Duck | |
| Langoustine | |
| Clementine | |
| Salt Seared Salmon | |
| Rabbit Mezza Luna | |
| Hamachi Collar | |
| Apple | |
| Rack Of Rabbit | |
| Maple Super Shake | |
| 1855 Aged Strip Loin | |
| Habanero Water | |
| Travail – Dessert | |
| Brioche Bun W/ Chocolate Ice Cream | |
| Bourbon Tart | |
| Cigar Box Chocolate Truffles | |
| Travail – Until Next Time | |
| Take Home Hot chocolate kit |
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| Others | |
| Wagyu And Tuna Tartare | |
| Beet Sheet Ravioli With fried goat cheese mousse |
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| Bob’s Cacio E Pepe | |
| Lobster Roulade With lobstercustard and consomme |
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| New Caledonian Shrimp With crispy shrimp noodle |
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| Prosecco Gelee With mint and raspberry |
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| Beef Cheek Risotto With charred broccoli leaves and chanterelles |
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| Olive Oil Lemon Gelato With pistachio, salt, and olive oil |
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| Tiramisu Tart | |
| Pave Oyster root puree. pave. caviar hollandaise |
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| Caesar Baby romaine, anchovy, feathered parmesan. parmesan foam, parmesan crisp |
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| Pasta Fettuccine, parmesan brodo, foie meatball. chive, foie torchon |
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| Mezzo Cranberry sirk vinegar icicle, rosemary |
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| Scallop Braised fennel, scallop. clementine. orange butter, green oil. green olive tapenade |
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| Roulade Turducken, cranberry sauce. sweet potato. foie sauce |
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| Predessert Brulee spiced ice cream, candied pecan |
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| Pastis / Chicken Liver Gougères | |
| Hors D’oeuvre: Tomato salad / salmon tartare / shrimp & lobster roulade / beef tartare |
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| Intermezzo Compressed cantaloupe/honey/ black pepper / lemon |
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| Caramelized Onion Tortellini Gruyere / onion broth / crostini |
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| Norwegian Salmon Leek / pickled raisin & crasins / calamansi sauce mousseline / chervil |
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| Poulet Au Vin Rouge Bacon sausage / carrot / bacon onion jam/ chicken fat potato |
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| Prime Rib En Croûte Creamed spinach |
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| Refresher Watermelon / mint gelée |
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| Triple Berry Cream Puff | |
| Lemon Layer Cake Lemon chiffon / blackberry mousse / lemon curd / lavender glaze / vanilla / shortbread |
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| Spanish Tonic Ole! Begin your tour with a visit to spain, via our delicious hand-bottled bespoke tonic water, with balanced and bitter mediteranean flavors of honey, rosemary, and lime |
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| Birdc.r.e.a.m. The official drink of robbinsdale! Our pina colada slushie is better than most because we painstakingly juice only the freshest pineapple, handpick the world’s most expensive vanillas, source the world’s cheapest cinnamon, and grate adequate nutmeg. Few birds were harmed in the juicing of this drank. |
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| New Groove Get into your groove with this sassy south american favorite, a floral verjus-based non-alcoholic pisco sour, with peruvian rue, and sweet and sour peruvian pearl peppers. Oh yeah, its all coming together. |
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| Coconut Nawgroni A final farewell from the cafes of italy, this bittersweet and intensely flavorful carbonated negroni becomes dessert with a bit of playful coconut and rich cocoa nib. |
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Order and Reservations
Reservations: exploretock.comtravailkitchen.com
Contact Travail Kitchen and Amusements
Address: 4134 Hubbard Ave N, Robbinsdale, MN 55422
Phone: (763) 535-1131
Website: http://travailkitchen.com/
Hours
| Saturday | 5–11PM |
| Sunday | Closed |
| Monday | Closed |
| Tuesday | Closed |
| Wednesday | 5–11PM |
| Thursday | 5–11PM |
| Friday | 5–11PM |
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