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Mar. 3 Morning Roundup
Mpls.St.Paul spotlights a couple choice gyros, Iggers spends $17 on a “pretty good” carry-on turkey dinner at the airport, Rachel imagines what it might be like to eat 50 oz. of beef at one sitting, Chowhounds agree that the latest incarnation of Town Talk passes muster, and Bill at Lazy Lightning tees off on CNN […]
More“Jerky Distributorship” Available
[Via Craigslist:] “With jerky direct all you need to get started is $12 dollars, after you have six sales your business is already self supported.” So… wait. You’re offering to sell people six pieces of beef jerky for $12? And if they sell each of them (presumably for $2 or more), they have a self-supporting […]
MoreMore on Paired
More gorgeous shots of Paired over at Les Petites Images. And find the Heavy Table’s full set of images over in our Flickr pool.
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Attention Cheeseheads
A new Wisconsin cheese organization, Wisconsin Cheese Originals, has just launched. Founded by writer Jeanne Carpenter, the group is aiming to showcase original Wisconsin cheeses and cheesemakers; its first big event is a cheese festival at Madison’s Monona Terrace, Nov. 6-7.
MoreBehold the Merriam Park Blucy
This Tuesday, the Blue Door Pub takes the Jucy Lucy war to the next level: they’re introducing a Lucy stuffed with bleu cheese, garlic, and bacon and topped with red currant jelly. Crazy and/or crazy like a bacon-covered fox.
MoreMar. 2 Morning Roundup
“Delicious, nutty, buttery,” says Johnny Northside in a basically stomach-churning but interesting post about eating silk worm pupae, We Got Served rocks Be’wiched, The A Perfect Pint Beer Club is planning a malt-focused meetup on Mar. 21 ($20), MNBeer touts a Blue Nile Moylan’s and Lion tasting, and Iggers hits the Seward Co-op hot deli.
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Andy’s (Surreal) Garage AKA Mabuhay
Jucy Lucys. Spaghetti and meatballs. Asian buffet. Sunday brunch. Breakfast served all day. Authentic Filipino cuisine. Chicken and Ribs. Wings. Catering. All this… and more… appears to be in store at the old Andy’s Garage location at 1825 University Ave. in St. Paul. The overall thrust of the signage seems to be that Kenny’s Chicken […]
MoreSaint Paul’s Yarusso Bros. Damaged By Fire
The Pioneer Press’ Tad Vezner covers last night’s fire at Yarusso Bros. Yarusso’s is a real classic in Saint Paul; this fire is a tragedy. I hope they’re able to fix up and reopen soon. Hat tip to Brian.
MoreManny’s Tortas Closing One Of Three Locations
Brian Moen found on the Midtown Global Market Facebook wall that the Manny’s Tortas on East Lake and 27th Street will be closing. The Heavy Table verified that their last day is tomorrow, Saturday, February 28th.
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