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.
Zimmern hits Solly’s and Usinger’s in Milwaukee but misses Three Brothers, with a name like Eversharp, this shop has gotta have some cool knife-related stuff going on, Three Squares serves up “a huge disappointment” to Bill Roehl, a new national website that helps connect local growers and customers, and gorgeous summer green soup and a bento box in the Heavy Table Flickr pool.
