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.
An abridged love letter to pie, the New York Times writes up Holy Land and its creative hummus, P.O.S. visits an NYC-based food videocast, Brewing TV visits Summit, the brewery list for the St. Paul Summer Beer Fest, South 12th drums up some good non-tonic-based gin cocktails, a friendly write-up in the Strib for the controversial Ringo, clarification on the Stella’s “$100 patio seat,” praise for the meatball sub at Savoy’s, and — finally — curvy brat buns have been invented. By a 9-year-old. In Wisconsin, of course.
