Photos: Piccolo draws accolades

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Piccolo chef Doug Flicker garnishes dishes with fresh herbs before they are served to customers Friday, Dec. 21, 2012, at his south Minneapolis restaurant. The ever-changing menu consists of five sections where diners create a five-course meal by selecting one item from each section. (MPR Photo/Jennifer Simonson) link to this photo

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Desserts at Piccolo include banana cake with yogurt foam, banana tuile and walnuts, center, on Friday, Dec. 21, 2012, in Minneapolis. (MPR Photo/Jennifer Simonson) link to this photo

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Chef Doug Flicker finishes a dish of moulard duck aiguillettes with black grapes, foie gras, toasted oats and violet mustard on Friday, Dec. 21, 2012, at Piccolo restaurant in south Minneapolis. (MPR Photo/Jennifer Simonson) link to this photo

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The small main dining room at Chef Doug Flicker's restaurant, Piccolo, on Friday, Dec. 21, 2012, in south Minneapolis. (MPR Photo/Jennifer Simonson) link to this photo

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A collection of books, mostly about food, in the secondary dining room at Piccolo restaurant, Friday, Dec. 21, 2012. Patrons walk through the kitchen to be seated at one of the three tables in this room. (MPR Photo/Jennifer Simonson) link to this photo

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Chef Doug Flicker, left, and Chris Roberts work in the kitchen on a busy Friday night on Dec. 21, 2012, at Piccolo restaurant in Minneapolis. (MPR Photo/Jennifer Simonson) link to this photo

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The Berkshire pork short rib at Piccolo restaurant on Friday, Dec. 21, 2012. (MPR Photo/Jennifer Simonson) link to this photo

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Karly Baertsch, foreground, and Chris Roberts cook in Piccolo's kitchen on a busy Friday night, Dec. 21, 2012, in Chef Doug Flicker's south Minneapolis restaurant. (MPR Photo/Jennifer Simonson) link to this photo

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Chef Doug Flicker's restaurant Piccolo, photographed just before opening for the evening on Sunday, Dec. 23, 2012, at West 43rd Street and Bryant Avenue South in Minneapolis. (MPR Photo/Jennifer Simonson) link to this photo