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THERE ARE A LOT OF SIDE
DISH OPTIONS WHEN IT COMES TO
BREAKFAST.
YEAH, BUT ONE MINNESOTA CAFE
DRAWS PEOPLE FROM ALL OVER THE
STATE JUST FOR THEIR HASH
BROWNS.
FOR THIS WEEK'S BEST OF
MINNESOTA, YOU SENT KATE RADDATZ
TO THE WAVERLY CAFE WHERE HASH
BROWNERIZE THE STAR OF THE MEAL.
OVER EASY.
Reporter: WHEN YOU WALK INTO
THE WAVERLY CAFE, YOU FEEL RIGHT
AT HOME.
I AM GLAD YOU CAME OVER.
Reporter: OWNER, SARAH
LARSON, WILL TELL YOU IT IS THE
PEOPLE AND A SMALL TOWN THAT WAS
ONCE HOME TO VICE PRESIDENT
HUBERT HUMPHREY.
ALMOST ALL MY CUSTOMERS ON A
FIRST NAME BASIS, LIKE A FAMILY.
Reporter: MAYBE THE COMFORT
FOOD OR COFFEE CUPS YOU CAN
LEAVE THON WALL FOR YOUR NEXT
VISIT.
IT IS VERY FUN TO HAVE A
TIGHT KNIT COMMUNITY.
I HAVE SOME CUSTOMERS THAT COME
IN EVERY DAY.
Reporter: CUSTOMERS LIKE
91-YEAR-OLD HERALD.
HALF WAY AROUND THE WORLD,
THIS IS THE BEST PLACE.
Reporter: EVEN THE OUT OF
TOWNERS TRAVEL FOR MILES.
AMAZING.
SNATHE BEST, YES, THEY ARE.
Reporter: ONE DISH IN
PARTICULAR THAT MAKES THE
WAVERLY CAFE THE BEST OF
MINNESOTA.
WE ARE KNOWN FOR STUFFED HASH
BROWNS.
TO TURN HASH BROWNINIZE TO A
MEAL.
-- BROWNS INTO A MEAL.
Reporter: STUFFED HASH BROWNS
HAVE NOT JUST ONE, BUT TWO
LAYERS OF SLIVERED GOLDEN FRIED
POTATOES.
NO ONIONS.
Reporter: AND THEY ARE
STUFFED.
HAM, BACON, ONION, MUSHROOMS,
AND ANOTHER LAYER OF CHEESY HASH
BROWNS.
Reporter: THAT IS KERRY JOE
COOKING THE STUFFED HASH BROWNS,
SHE SHREDS 3 RUSSET POTATOES
FRESH FOR EACH ORDER.
LONG BEFORE SARAH WAS
SLINGING AWARD WINNING HASH
BROWNS SHE WAS JUST A KID IN THE
TWIN CITIES COOKING WITH HER
DAD.
MY DAD JUST REALLY LOVED
COOKING, AND WE WOULD SPEND A
LOT OF TIME AT NIGHT COOKING
DINNER FOR OUR FAMILY.
Reporter: WHEN SARAH HAD
KIDS, SHE MOVED TO WAVERLY FOR A
QUIETER LIFE.
SHE PICKED UP A WAITRESSING JOB
AT THE WAVERLY CAFE WHILE SHE
WAS IN NURSEAL SCHOOL.
BUT SHE-- NURSING SCHOOL BUT SHE
FELL IN LOVE WITH THE PLACE.
PEOPLE IN THIS TOWN ARE WHAT
MAKES THIS RESTAURANT INCREDIBLE
AND WHAT MAKES THE TOWN
INCREDIBLE.
Reporter: SHE BOUGHT THE CAFE
IN OCTOBER, AND NOW WORKS
ALONGSIDE HER CHILDHOOD BEST
FRIEND.
CAN'T TALK ABOUT IT IF YOU
HAVEN'T HAD THEM.
Reporter: I WASN'T GOING TO
PROTEST.
I AM EXCITED.
WOW.
IT REALLY IS A MEAL ALL ON ITS
OWN.
CRUNCHY ON TOP, BUT THEN YOU
HAVE ALL THE LAYERS INSIDE.
OKAY, PRETTY GOOD.
STUFFED HASH BROWNS, THAT WAS
IT.
Reporter: SARAH'S DAD PASSED
AWAY BEFORE SHE TOOK OVER THE
RESTAURANT.
SHE SAID HE WOULD BE PROUD, NOT
JUST OF THE FOOD THAT GETS
PEOPLE IN THE DOOR, BUT THE
FEELING OF HOME THAT KEEPS THEM
COMING BACK.
I DO THING IT IS PART OF THE
MAGIC.
I FEEL INCREDIBLY BLESSED TO
BLEE PART OF THE COMMUNITY.
-- BE PART OF THE COMMUNITY.
THAT IS WHY I COME EVERY DAY.
I AM SARAH WITH THE LAVERLY
CAFE AND WE HAVE-- WAVERLY CAFE
AND WE HAVE THE BEST HASH BROWNS
IN MINNESOTA.
BY THE WAY, HASH BROWNS WERE
ORIGINALLY CALLED HASHED BROWNED
POTATOES BUT EVENTUALLY PEOPLE
GOT TOO LAZY TO SAY THAT, HENCE
THE NAME.
THE WAVERLY CAFE IS FAMOUS FOR
HASH BROWNS, ALL OF THE
CUSTOMERS POINTED OUT TO ME
THEIR HUGE BAKERY DISPLAY AS
WELL.
WE BROUGHT A SMALL SAMPLING.
JUST A SMALL SAMPLING.
LOOK AT THAT.
KERRY JOE THAT YOU SAW IN THE
STORY, THE HEAD COOK, SHE DOES
ALL OF THEIR BAKING TOO.
ONCE YOU HAVE THE HASH BROWNS
YOU CAN DIVE IN--
SOMETHING ELSE.
WE HAD TO LEAVE THIS IN THE
BOSS'S OFFICE SO NO ONE WOULD
GET TO IT.
NOW YOU GET TO ENJOY.
SMELLS GOOD, LOOKS GOOD.
THEY WERE ALL SO NICE.
WE HAVE WILD RICE BREAD AND
BREAD PUDDING THAT I ALREADY
KNOW I HAVE MY NAME WRITTEN THON
BACK.
I APPRECIATE-- WHEN I MAKE
HASH BROWNS AT HOME-- GETTING IT
BROWN AND CRISPY.
IT IS HARD.
THESE, THEY LOOKED DELICIOUS.
ALL RIGHT.
THANKSGIVING YOU, KATE.
-- THANK YOU, KATE.
NEXT THURSDAY 10:00 WE ARE
LOOKING FOR MINNESOTA'S BEST
FAJITAS AHEAD OF CINCO DE MAYO.