…and Mediation is there. A video of the whole crazy buffet experience, featuring Taylor of Mediation, Claudia, and Chef Chris Olson (Paired, Corner Table). Plus, a clown.
Skimming the cream of local food news
A fairly amazing-sounding Better Beer Society brown bag series event at Butcher & the Boar, some revised menus at local restaurants, a local foodie’s epic Mother’s Day feast, tasting notes for Summit Pilsner and Steel Toe’s Provider, the Star Tribune’s Taste 50, and a new urban farm in Minneapolis.
The latest from Twitter: @Labellevie_mn gets a Zagat mention (along with 112 Eatery, Vincent, Alma, and Bar La Grassa), @andrewzimmern eats something like a Treatzza Pizza at El Taller in Tijuana, and @weeklydish is excited for new, more flexible parking requirements for restaurants in St. Paul.
The latest from Twitter: @ZenBoxIzakaya watches some goofy robots make ramen, @PizzeriaLola is searching for a new server, and @TravailKitchen is closed for the day for a private event.
Some Minnesota cities are considering getting out of the liquor business, a profile of Dean Vlahos (the restaurateur who Tom Petters helped put into bankruptcy), Mark Stutrud talks about Summit’s Saga IPA (here’s our recent tasting panel), Minnesota Monthly tackles urban farming, check out this crazy biscuit I made (recipe here), a preview of The Left Handed Cook, love for Brasa, a mostly rave review for Mona, Iggers on Butcher & the Boar, and three good local mint juleps (I’m personally a huge fan of the HauteDish version). Plus: Evan from the Well Fed Guide to Life podcast nearly chokes to death on some sourdough bread at Sun Street.
I had a great time there last night! See y’all August 21st for the all you can eat crayfish!
Went there for dinner. Tasty, though I missed the gravad lax.
Menu:
Meatballs and brown sauce. The sauce was tasty, but the uniform brown-ness of it scares me for some reason.
Lingonberry jam.
Mashed potatoes
Cooked salmon fillets, served with two optional sauces.
Thin chocolate-covered cake
All you can eat for $5.