Minneapolis-St. Paul and Upper Midwest Food Magazine // Feasting on the Bounty of the Upper Midwest
Stewart “Shefzilla” Woodman plays a variation on one of his themes (journalists = bad) and mauls Landon Schoenfeld in the process, Adam Platt turns up and trumpets the circulation numbers of MplsStPaul, and someone who may or may not be Steve Marsh (the “white CJ”) notes: “Dude, that’s mucked up. You take the one pot […]
MoreAdam Platt, whose son has a life-threatening peanut allergy, tackles Chef Lenny Russo’s skeptical thoughts on the topic of restaurants’ responsibilities to know and disclose exactly what they serve. “We take full responsibility for our son’s allergy, but we live in terror of the day a restaurant misleads us about what’s in its food due […]
MoreSandwiches from Clancey’s, Salty Tart, and Yum! make Rick’s top ten list, a local blogger says “nix! nein! never!” to Subway’s new chicken bacon BBQ sandwich, a newly designed website called The Mix has the ongoing details for 11 Twin Cities natural foods co-ops, Rick moons a bit over blogger / author Julie Powell, and […]
MoreA dazzlingly ambitious and comprehensive burger rating summary (110 eaten!) over at Mpls.St. Paul. One nagging thing, though: the miserable Matt’s jucy gets a higher rating than the Nook‘s? For real? Adam Platt defended the decision via email, calling the Matt’s burger a “cheesy char machine” (when it’s not “just jerky with melted cheese”) and […]
MoreScate Bakes whips up some fascinating Amish cinnamon friendship chain bread, Rachel bewails the closing of The Boathouse in Superior, Zimmern violates Adam Platt’s review rules and takes the newly opened Burger Jones to the woodshed for lousy service, Summit can’t make Horizon Red Ale fast enough, it’s a Miel y Leche Cupcake Saturday and […]
MoreWriting about the sale of nigh-legendary burger stop Wagner’s — the place will be re-invented as a Jetsonsesque retro-future diner — Mpls.St. Paul editor Adam Platt throws some sharp elbows at the buyer. Theme restaurant mogul Steve Schussler (remember Rainforest Cafe?) draws Platt’s ire as, in essence, a slick-talking purveyor of style over substance. Here’s […]
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