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.
Ngon Vietnamese Bistro is offering a five-course locavore dinner, paired with Lift Bridge beers, on Tuesday, July 21. The menu will include house-cured Wild Acres duck prosciutto, Fischer Farms bacon and daikon cake, wild rice-crusted Star Prairie trout, and Thousand Hills short ribs. Plus: the very intriguing-sounding Lift Bridge Biscotti ice cream. Social hour runs from 5-6pm, followed by dinner. Tickets $50.
