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.
News tidbits from Midtown, Kingfield, and Uptown farmers markets, how to buy seafood and ensure a fresh meal (from a former oceangoing crab and salmon fisherman), some wonderful-looking homemade summer drinks from Food Snobbery, a 7 Up / blueberry cake, and kind words for Heavy Table’s serial novel from a chef.
