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.
According to signage, a new outpost of Jerabek’s New Bohemian Coffeehouse is poised to open in the St. Paul Skyway in the old location of the St. Paul Classic Cookie Co. A clerk at their current location (63 W Winifred St., St. Paul) put a likely opening at somewhere between mid-September and early October.








