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Type of Business: Restaurant
Cuisine: American, Other
Price: $$$
Rating Criteria
1. From Scratch: Serves mostly (i.e., more than half of the menu) fresh food, prepared from scratch. Does NOT rely primarily on kits or prepared/partially prepared foods from commercial food services.
Yes
Comments: Signature's only uses pre-made food for a few items they cater. Otherwise, all food is made in-house.
2. Local/Organic: Offers at least some locally sourced and/or organically produced food and/or wild-caught seafood.
Yes
Comments: Most meats are locally sourced, and walleye is from Minnesota when available. Mush produce is sourced locally, and mushrooms, fiddlehead ferns, and ramps are from certified local foragers/farmers when in season. Wild rice is from Bemidjii, MN. The restaurant has two chef’s gardens on the property, where they organically grow tomatoes, squash, peppers, herbs, cucumbers, kale, strawberries, and edible flowers.
3. Pastured: Offers at least some pastured animal foods.
Yes
Comments: Many meats, including duck, chicken, and lamb, are free range.
4. Organs: Offers some dishes made with organ meats (liver/paté, sweetbreads, heart, kidney, brains, etc.).
No
5. Cooking Fats: Cooks (sautés) in natural fats such as butter, lard, tallow, duck fat, coconut oil, or olive oil; uses lard, duck fat, or tallow for frying.
Yes
Comments: Lard has been used in the past for pork carnitas, and currently duck fat is used for leg
of duck confit and poaching our fingerling potatoes. Butter is used for starches and vegetables and blended olive oil for cooking. However, soybean oil is used for frying.
of duck confit and poaching our fingerling potatoes. Butter is used for starches and vegetables and blended olive oil for cooking. However, soybean oil is used for frying.
6. Bone Broth: Makes own bone broths/stocks for use in soups, stews, gravies, and sauces (does NOT use canned broth or powdered soup bases).
Yes
Comments: Stocks are house-made from the carcasses/bones of chicken and veal. Vegetable stock and veal demi glace are also made in-house.
7. Seasonings: Makes most of its own seasoning mixes (does NOT use flavoring packets or MSG).
Yes
Comments: Seasonings are made in-house. MSG is never used.
8. Salad oils: Makes most of its own salad dressings using olive oil or cold-pressed sesame oil.
Yes
Comments: Extra virgin olive oil is used in house-made vinaigrettes. The restaurant also makes ranch and blue cheese dressings from scratch.
9. Breads: Offers genuine sourdough bread.
No
10. Beverages: Offers lacto-fermented beverages (such as kombucha or kvass).
No
11. Condiments: Offers lacto-fermented condiments.
No
12. Desserts: Offers desserts made with natural sweeteners (such as raw honey, maple syrup, maple sugar, molasses, date sugar, palm sugar, coconut sugar, sorghum syrup, or malt syrup).
Yes
Comments: The restaurant has used raw honey, maple sugar, pure maple syrup, molasses, and locally-made hickory syrup in desserts. Ask server for details of current offerings.
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Location & Contact
22852 Co Hwy 17
Winona, MN
Signature's offers two dining options: formal dining at Signature's Restaurant and casual dining at The Grill at Signature's. Situated on the grounds of The Bridges golf course, the restaurant offers a beautiful view of the surrounding bluffland, lovely gardens, and a pleasant atmosphere in addition to good food made from high-quality ingredients.