Dara adores the porchetta at Il Gatto, a Hamm’s-themed blast from the past, Stacatto closes, and the world’s best popcorn (made here in Minnesota).
A review of the Grand Dining Room in Nisswa, an eye-catchingly offensive call to frequent Paradise Market in Hopkins, the highest-impact breakfast photo of 2010 (courtesy of Iggers and Stabby’s), Lift Bridge wins a packaging award for its Crosscut Pale Ale, meditations on binging and regret (plus recipes), a look at the incredible pasties of Turtle River (plus an adapted recipe), rage against artificially low standards for suburban food, meditations on the North and South Shores (plus a recipe), and Mecca visits the Greenbush in Madison. (If you’re there late at night, don’t miss the Greenbush bakery up the street… truly killer doughnuts, baked fresh.)
Follow the Lift Bridge Twitter feed for stunning real-time updates of beer deliveries as the guys hit the streets with their newly bottled Crosscut Pale Ale.









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