Bill Roehl

May 26 Morning Roundup

Mecca introduces more street food (by Sameh Wadi of Saffron, and a mobile pizza oven called Streetzza), the Tin Fish’s mahi mahi sandwich could use more restraint and less tartar sauce, a promotional video profile of Chef Erick Harcey of Victory 44, Bill Roehl beats up on a soybean festival, and five Memorial Day cheeseburgers […]

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November 10 Morning Roundup

A review of Lake Superior herring caviar, Zimmern boosts Coon Creek Family Farm in Mondovi, Wisconsin for all your turkey needs, Bill Roehl writes up Suzie’s Kitchen in Rosemount, Lileks weighs in on the aesthetics of mass-marketed food packaging, a mixed review for Kings Wine Bar (man, no two people have the same opinion on […]

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Plaudits for Tacolmeca

Bill Roehl hits gem-in-the-rough Mexican joint Tacolmeca in Burnsville and delivers a number of verdicts in his patented paint-peeling uncensored style: “I dug in to the tamale first. It was a bit overdone for my liking but the parts that weren’t burned to a crisp were spicy and flavorful”; “I switched over to the Cuban […]

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Beer, Burgers, the Bard, and Bile

Bill Roehl — whose bracingly honest opinion is as reliable as a Honda Civic — provides an entertaining report of his experience at the Guthrie Theater’s “Beer, Burgers, and the Bard” event. Conclusions? Wyatt the dog upstaged all the actors, the students sitting behind him were a pack of braying morons, and the burgers were […]

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