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.
Bill Roehl hunts for the world’s hottest pepper in the South metro, Chris spots a Papa John’s sign promoting a dubious sentiment, a giant roundup of gluten-free options in St. Paul via St. Paul Staycation, the Bangkok Blucy debuts at Blue Door Pub featuring mozzarella soaked in coconut milk topped off with pickled carrots, cucumbers, red onions, and ginger, our Flickr pool suggests that it’s time to grill corn already and maybe also time to eat some hickory smoked bacon spaghetti carbonara, Brett from Trout Caviar builds his own earth oven (!), and Kate bakes croissants from scratch. Now: If someone would just bake scratch croissants in a homemade earth oven, we’d really be talking.
