The Churn by James Norton

Free Wings @bajasol

Follow @bajasol on Twitter, and then either print the screen or show your mobile phone at a Baja Sol location, and they’ll hook you up with six free Caribbean wings. You know what they say about people who have to pay to be popular: It tends to work.

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The Churn by James Norton

Mar. 9 Morning Roundup

Mag reports on the Create catering beer dinner featuring Jeff Williamson and his Flat Earth brews,  Bill Roehl polls readers on chain restaurants after having a lousier-than-usual time at Chili’s, Iggers plugs a special March 14 hot pot dinner at ChinDian Café, Liz of Food Snobbery loses a loaf of gluten-free foccacia to a dog […]

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The Churn by James Norton

Pizza by Candlelight

Apparently, even romance is taking on a new form for the recession: “Lights Out Mondays” are now a thing at Carbone’s Pizza on Randolph (1698 Randolph Ave.) The candles twinkle magically, the wine costs $15 a bottle, and the dinner special changes weekly.

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The Churn by Aaron Landry

For Sale in Payne-Phalen

Up for sale in the Payne-Phalen neighborhood of Saint Paul: Serlin’s Cafe and Romolo’s Italian Restaurant. The building Serlin’s is in was built in 1890? Damn. For $325,000 you could live upstairs too. [Hat tip to dedicated reader Joe.]

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The Churn by James Norton

Parasole’s Tiny Treats

$2.50 now buys a shot-glass sized dessert at Salut, Figlio, Muffuletta or the Good Earth. Available during lunches on weekdays, the mini-desserts are a shrewd marketing move: just try to resist when a rack of shot glasses full of assorted goodies is waved in your direction.

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The Churn by James Norton

Magic Hat #9

[Via MNBeer]: Magic Hat #9, the apricot-tinted East Coast beer long a favorite of New Englanders, is making its local debut on Thursday, March 12th at 5pm at the Happy Gnome. Exciting stuff, but they should’ve waited until the temp hit the mid 70s. #9 is high-end lawnmower beer.

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