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.
Zoe Bakes makes an amazing-looking lemon meringue pie and correctly IDs the fact that Betty’s has gone downhill, sloppy joes and farmers market events at Rick Nelson and Lee Svitak Dean’s Table Talk, South 12th muses on the lack of a regional hot dog variation, Obento-ya will be open later and Sushi Tango is adding a late-night DJ, and Dara tells you how to buy direct from Pastures a Plenty.
