The old Shorty & Wags at 38th and Nicollet will become a Landon Schoenefeld joint called Nighthawks, featuring restaurant-within-a-restaurant Birdie. You can help kickstart an effort to bring 3.6 acres of prairie to Cannon Falls. Lulu’s on Selby is seriously unamused by the unrelated Lulu’s Public House (above) at the State Fair. Waseca is going to get its own farm taproom called Half Pint Brewing Company, Minnesota’s first. And the Well Fed Guide to Life hits the State Fair (here’s our exhaustive visit; and don’t forget to enter some photos in our State Fair food photography contest and win big.)