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.
Simple, Good, and Tasty profiles the locally produced beverage Unpeeled, Sue Doeden does some terrifying Cider-Planked Stuffed Bananas that look like special effects from Aliens, The Captain’s Chair discovers an obscure but apparently decent Wisconsin brewery called Central Waters, the Dutch oven thread heats up over at Lazy Lightning, Chris uses his psychic powers to create better packaging for Target’s store brand, we’ll pretty much aggregate any photo of a local cat interacting comically with food, and yet another way to use up rhubarb and get drunk in the process.
