Hotdish Throwdown, Drunken Sake, and More

Becca Dilley / Heavy Table
Becca Dilley / Heavy Table

Sunrise Market opens in St. Paul with a retail location, factory outlet, and cooperative commercial kitchen with gluten-free space. Socialista is opening soon in the North Loop. The old True Thai space will become Drunken Sake, which leaps like a spawning salmon to the top of our 2014 list of ill-conceived restaurant names. Rep. Tim Walz wins the Minnesota delegation hotdish contest with his Turkey Trot Tater Tot Hotdish (pictured above: locally made German hotdish AKA auflauf). A few ways to dine out and do good. And some jeers for Milwaukee Brewing’s tea-infused double wit, O-Gii.