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.
We Got Served hits up Zumbro Cafe, a chowhound predicts a Beard award for Tosca’s Adam Vickerman, Mecca reports that the chefs (and head chef) at Little Szechuan are on strike, the story behind the farmers of the Gardens of Eagan, and some details on New Belgium’s Tour de Fat on July 18 at the Parade Athletic Fields near the Minneapolis sculpture garden.
[...] Heavy Table asked Chef Adam Vickerman of the hot new Linden Hills restaurant Trattoria Tosca (younger sibling to the Turtle Bread Company and Cafe [...]