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The Strib’s Minneapolis Restaurant Health Hitlist
Kudos to the Star Tribune for an engaging roundup of the 10 worst health violators among Minneapolis restaurants. Among those listed, some surprises: The newly opened Wondrous Azian Kitchen (clocking in at #2 with violations like “raw meat not segregated” and “improper food temps”) and the you’d-think-they’d-know-better Longfellow Grill (#8 with stuff like “fruit flies” […]
MoreCelebrate Repeal Day! and December 3 Tweet Rodeo
@LongfellowGrill now offers 30 beers on tap, @NgonBistro considers offering a meat plate including in-house Chinese elk sausage and five spice pheasant/duck, @TownTalkDiner celebrates the repeal of Prohibition on Sunday with $5 drinks, and @CTKitchenTable adds both a daily 3-course tasting menu and an advance notice 7-course grass-fed beef menu to their offerings.
MoreNo Hair? No Bill — and the Morning Roundup
Are you bald, or willing to become so… today? If so, your food is free at any of the Blue Plate restaurants (Edina, Longfellow, and Highland Grills, Groveland Tap, and Three Squares), G. Sheaves shares a few Italian wine picks, Bill gives Jake’s City Grill in Eagan a resounding “blah,” Rachel gripes about gri.pe (with […]
MoreTaste of Minnesota Struggles and Morning Roundup
Rick visits the LoveTree pizza farm, Rachel writes up the new Uptown Cafeteria (read our assessment here), cupcakes versus beards, a kind review of Sea Change, Well Fed Guide to Life visits the Longfellow Grill, Dara reports Greg Norton is leaving both his marriage and restaurant and lays out the wrong way to offer embargoed […]
MoreNational Cheesecake Day and July 30 Tweet Rodeo
It’s National Cheesecake Day (via @Sheelar)! @SheRoyalCoCo stops by Grand Avenue, @HighlandGrillMN revives Monday Curry Nights, @LongfellowGrill plans another patio party, and @ForkNRoadTruck starts to promote via Twitter.
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A Patio Party at Longfellow Grill
July 15 is the date for a patio party at Longfellow Grill, featuring live music from Jambo Joe Bones, $2 Widmer Drifter and Goose Island 312 Pints, and $2 Chicken Tacos. The party runs from 5-9pm.
MoreStrib Party Roundup
Tom Horgen reports on a hoppy beer party at the Blue Nile, the Nordeast Bar Hop, and Braufest. Plus, via an email update: Longfellow Grill is having a patio party on Wednesday, June 3, from 5-9pm featuring $2 Summits and brats. Summit’s own Mark Stutrud will be in attendance.
MoreFlip a Coin for Breakfast
In honor of “Flip a Coin” Day on June 1, Longfellow Grill, Edina Grill, Highland Grill, and 3 Squares will give diners a shot at winning a free breakfast between 6-11am. Diners will call a coin in the air, and if they call it correctly, the restaurant pays for breakfast.
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