The latest from Twitter: @Peace_Coffee plays cupid with “Caffeinate Your Cutie,” @triplerockmpls is serving @surlybrewing Mild at $3.50 a pint, @bittercube celebrates the long-anticipated opening of Eat Street Social, and @Masu_NE will feature a suggestive little Valentine’s Day roll through Tuesday.
Scate Bakes whips up some fascinating Amish cinnamon friendship chain bread, Rachel bewails the closing of The Boathouse in Superior, Zimmern violates Adam Platt’s review rules and takes the newly opened Burger Jones to the woodshed for lousy service, Summit can’t make Horizon Red Ale fast enough, it’s a Miel y Leche Cupcake Saturday and an art opening event at Mitrebox Framing this Saturday from 10am-1pm, Village Pizza is opening Aug. 1 where the old Espresso Royale was on campus, and the Well Fed Guide to Life hits Fireside Pizza and brings Chuck from Cosmic Slop along for the show.
looks like there’s not a unifying editorial standard for restaurant reviews @ MSP. Shocking. I’m sure Platt, as the food editor, will regin in Zimmern
Also, I’m a long-time fan of Zimmern…but I wonder how close he’s veering to “Don’t you know who I am?” territory when he’s does these takedowns on local restaurants. Are they truly the horrifying experiences he describes, or is he just growing accustomed to the star treatment?
[...] chefs and restaurants, such as from Kirk Bratrud of the recently closed and sorely missed Boathouse Restaurant in Superior, WI; Michelle Gayer of The Salty Tart; D’Amico; Cafe Latte; Ken Goff of Le [...]