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.
Iggers goes grillin’ with the Shriners, a marvelous food photo (and intriguing recipe) for peaches with red wine syrup and honey ricotta, the coolest photo of sausage making you’ll see all week, a brief meditation of the gastronomic unhealthiness of the Wisconsin interstate (tell us about it), and a good rule of thumb for cooking your fish from a dude who knows.
