Minneapolis-St. Paul and Upper Midwest Food Magazine // Feasting on the Bounty of the Upper Midwest
Ringo is closing (here’s our preview piece from not so long ago), “mass firings” of Latinos at Chipotle stir outrage, more backyard pig butchery photos, Cafe Bonxai has closed, Heidi’s is set to open 1-11-11, Bill Roehl posts a contrarian review of Pizza Nea, and Chris Hewitt on bacon popcorn at the ShowPlace ICON Theatre.
More@Quick13 notes an MSN shout-out to Ingebretsen’s, @HeidisMpls visits Carlson Towers for lunch to fundraise and sign books, @France44Cheese recommends an affordable red wine, @AndrewZimmern finds free coffee in Hopkins, and @TravailKitchen previews a yummy-looking sandwich.
More@Chowgirls offers to make a mutually beneficial trade for your unwanted tomatoes, @HeidisMpls seeks a bartender, @DeRushaEats eats his words, @SorellaWines starts their fall wine sale, and @FACESMearsPark explains the detour into the restaurant.
More“Shefzilla” Stewart Woodman works on the menu for the new location of @HeidisMpls, @RogueChocolate marvels in a disaster gone right, @DBrauer reports on Murray’s steakhouse’s rejection from the local union, and @DeRushaEats recommends the Sausage Sisters’ bacon-wrapped jalapeno poppers at the @MinnStateFair.
More@HeidisMpls visits and talks up Salt Spring Island goat cheese, @SwedeHollowCafe hosts a photo contest, @ChefShack1 justifies the street food movement (and comments on the influx of mobile corporate outposts), @Organic_Valley sweetens the pot for its latest contest by donating $1 for each entry, @DearDara and @DeRushaEats speak highly of Smack Shack (despite the drug pusher-esque […]
MoreHeidi’s will regenerate in the old Vera’s Cafe location at Lyn-Lake in Uptown, Yak and Yeti (a new Nepali / Indian / Tibetan place) is opening in the former Mairin’s Table location in Northeast, Swiss Valley Farms has acquired the Faribault Dairy Company (read our story on their massive cheese caves), a blogger calls sexism […]
MoreSteel Toe Brewing is in the works in St. Louis Park (via MNBeer), a lukewarm review of Luci Ancora, the Heidi’s / Blackbird building gets demolished, a native Southerner vouches for the boiled peanuts at Midtown Farmers Market (as detailed in our story), Uptown’s defunct Zen Asian is set to become another Tea House, Dara […]
MoreThe tea leaves of the Internet suggest that Stewart and Heidi Woodman of Heidi’s are at work on a cookbook, possibly for the Minnesota Historical Society. Details to come (soon, we hope). NEW UPDATE (4/27/10): Title will be Shefzilla: Conquering Haute Cuisine at Home, publisher will be Borealis Books (the trade imprint of MNHS), publication […]
MoreToday is Twins opener day on Target Field! In honor of the occasion, @GreenMill001 offers free wings for the duration of today’s game, @Princetons, @SurdyksLiquor, and @LongfellowGrill look forward to upcoming visits from the Deschutes “Woody Wagon,” @GoldenFig quotes Alice Waters, @BullRunCoffee troubleshoots bitter coffee, and @HeidisMpls gives Black Sheep pizza high marks.
MoreApparently you only get a warning at Target Field if you smoke weed out of a red pepper, the Heidi’s / Blackbird fire is ruled accidental, Teddy raves up a classic cheeseburger, the always handy City Pages Month in Review, and the Perennial Plate films an episode in Milan, MN featuring Garden Goddess Enterprises and […]
MoreOur editor appears on The Splendid Table to talk about Wisconsin cheese, Lift Bridge Brewery now has a Wisconsin distributor’s license, facelift grants are perking up some local restaurant storefronts, there are charming Celtic dancing squirrels over at the Finnegan’s Pint-a-Thon website, the world’s bleakest local brewing product review [via Tom Elko], True Thai and […]
MoreMore than 55 area restaurants will raise money for Heidi’s and Blackbird (the two Minneapolis restaurants destroyed by a recent fire) on March 14. The “Fork the Fire” evening features two special events: A $30 dinner at Mission American Kitchen (featuring Stewart Woodman), and a $25 dinner at Cafe 28 featuring Chris Stevens of Blackbird. […]
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