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.
Fancy schmancy citrus jello shots from Cafe Cyan, Filipino food on its way to Cedar Riverside, the Well Fed Guide to Life broadcasts from the new Victory 44 gastropub, and Captain’s Chair tries to reverse engineer a Trappist ale by Orval.








