Big Wood Brewery hopes to set up a taproom in White Bear Lake (zoning code update required), Northgate Brewing is opening early this fall in Northeast and will make English session beers, DeRusha digs Cafe Levain and praises the short rib burger, a construction boom in Lowertown could bring some new restaurants and bars, Madison will soon be home to a local grenadine by Quince and Apple and a Death’s Door Spirits distillery, and why you should grill clams, cheese, and other crazy stuff.
Dining on lamb (and considering how to utilize the offal) over on Trout Caviar, Bull Run’s “no espresso to go” rule is either snobbish or sensible, Michele Obama gives R.T. Rybak a shout-out for his work on promoting farmers markets, Zimmern sees eye-to-eye with us (and other Subo=Second Coming skeptics), Sen. Klobuchar eats humble pie and serves up gumbo to her Louisiana counterpart [via bring.mn], and how to have a Wisconsin-style heart attack at Gronk’s in Superior.
