Photos: James Beard Award nominee Butcher & the Boar restaurant

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Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA — Butcher & the Boar chef Jack Riebel, center, visits with guests Wednesday, May 23, 2012 at his restaurant in downtown Minneapolis. (MPR Photo/Jennifer Simonson) link to this photo

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Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA — Sausages smoke above the grill before they're cooked at Butcher & the Boar, chef Jack Riebel's restaurant in downtown Minneapolis, in a file photo from May 23, 2012. (MPR Photo/Jennifer Simonson) link to this photo

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Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA — The dining room at Butcher & the Boar in a file photo from Wednesday, May 23, 2012, at 11th and Hennepin in downtown Minneapolis. (MPR Photo/Jennifer Simonson) link to this photo

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Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA — Lighting fixtures in the dining room at Butcher & the Boar, a restaurant in downtown Minneapolis, in a file photo from May 23, 2012. (MPR Photo/Jennifer Simonson) link to this photo

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Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA — Grill cook Grant Nelson, center, monitors the temperature of meat smoking above the grill at Butcher & the Boar in Minneapolis, in a file photo from May 23, 2012. (MPR Photo/Jennifer Simonson) link to this photo

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Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA — Sausage, ribs and oysters on the grill at Butcher & the Boar, in a file photo from May 23, 2012. (MPR Photo/Jennifer Simonson) link to this photo

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Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA — Alyssa Frank, center, Carrie Schulze, right, and Kate Foster enjoy a sampling of meats and fries at Butcher & the Boar in downtown Minneapolis, in this file photo from Wednesday, May 23, 2012. (MPR Photo/Jennifer Simonson) link to this photo

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Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA — Meats cook and smoke under lids on the grill at Butcher & the Boar during a busy dinner-time rush in this file photo from May 23, 2012. (MPR Photo/Jennifer Simonson) link to this photo

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Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA — Butcher & the Boar chef Jack Riebel, right, visits with guest Audrey Clay, center, who is part owner of the restaurant, in this file photo from May 23, 2012. Clay was dining out to celebrate a family member's birthday, and she brought Riebel the hat he is wearing. (MPR Photo/Jennifer Simonson) link to this photo

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Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA — Butcher & the Boar, at 11th and Hennepin in downtown Minneapolis, in a file photo from May 23, 2012. (MPR Photo/Jennifer Simonson) link to this photo