Month: February 2011

Sopranos Update and February 3 Tweet Rodeo

Heading to @Chowgirls’ VDay dinner? Get a 10% discount thanks to @ChinookBookMSP, @Barrio_StPaul will be closed this Sunday, @MotoISake recommends a sake news source, @JP_Samuelson reports on the progress at Sopranos, @PizzeriaLola experiments with bread-baking, @ForkKnifeSpoon hates the latest incarnation of the Purple Sandpiper, @KatentheKitchen suggests broiling angel food cake, and @France44Cheese recommends the @GAchatz memoir.

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Glimpses of The Lowbrow and Morning Roundup

The sign and menu from the newly opened Lowbrow (website’s incomplete; Facebook is more useful), a sneak peek at Summit Unchained #6 (a Gold Sovereign Ale), DeRusha thinks Bar La Grassa could’ve gotten Trainer Bob that elusive reservation (“a smart restaurant knows how to take care of VIPs without hurting regular customers”), and a look […]

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Amore Coffee Out at Grand Avenue?

An email from Cathy Hauser of Amore Coffee, slightly abridged: “It’s official, Amore Coffee was given its notice to vacate Grand Avenue by the end of March. The ‘Big Box’ chain, Anthropologie, an Urban Outfitters store will be taking over the whole Milton Mall space. Salut and Park Dental will remain. Help us try to […]

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The Raji Burger and Morning Roundup

Bar La Grassa takes flak from a famous bonehead, the unmitigated titanic horror that is the Raji Burger, reflections of a post-Town Talk “street bartender,” Rachel dubs The Inn a “welcome respite” for downtown diners (here’s our recent review), Tim McKee is going to overhaul the Uptown Cafeteria (which we hated, until we liked it), […]

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Cheesehead Discounts and February 1 Tweet Rodeo

@SewardCoop plans to close early next Tuesday, @SweetsBakeshop has a few openings remaining for a Wednesday decorating class, @France44Cheese takes 15% off all “‘Sconnie” cheeses, @ChinoLatinoMN unveils another “adventure in the Hot Zones,” and @GrovelandTap (among others) hosts an event to celebrate of five years of Surly.

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