Minneapolis-St. Paul and Upper Midwest Food Magazine // Feasting on the Bounty of the Upper Midwest
@burgerjones offers free pints to anyone who sits at their bar from 11am to 3pm today, @StPaulMarket and @fultonmarketmn now have raspberries and black raspberries, @FreshTartSteph says the fiery shrimp at Namaste is “maximum yumminess,” and @mspmag reminds us that next week is Restaurant Week and shares the menu options.
MoreTomorrow is the Wedge Co-op’s 3rd annual plant and garden sale, Bill Roehl buries Burger Jones in Burnsville with faint praise (“an incredibly expensive burger joint ripping people off is way better than an empty Blockbuster”), Cheese and Champagne writes up Prairie Breeze cheese from Iowa (here’s our own story), DeRusha presents five must-drink summer […]
MorePoof! Jim Ringo’s Forum goes dark, news of a Seattle restaurant specializing in Upper Midwestern food (including jucy lucys), meditations on the upcoming Burnsville location of Burger Jones, Chowhounds savagely debate whether Heartland is truly great or grossly overrated (for what it’s worth, the last meal we had there was superb), a farm on a […]
More@AndrewZimmern and Jason DeRusha (@DeRushaEats, @DeRushaJ) debate the snark level of MSP Mag’s “foodie” quiz, horseradish root makes @FreshTartSteph blush, @BurgerJones buys you a Surly when you purchase a $10 gift card, @PizzeriaLola gets a photo booth, and @CocinaBarrio opens in Edina.
MoreAttention experienced pastry cooks: need a job? If so, @PastryDiane and @YoungChef2 may be looking for you (as @DeRushaEats points out, you’d work with one of the best); @Northern_Brewer offers a discount on a few wine kits, today is Free Pint Friday at @BurgerJones, and @The_Wedge and @SewardCoop announce that GT Dave’s kombucha is back on […]
More@FourFirkins gets a special German hefeweizen, @GreenMill001 provides a $10 off coupon, @BurgerJones hosts “free pint Friday” (until 2 pm), both locations of @MSMarketCoop sell duck eggs from Living the Dream Farm, and @NgonBistro closes early tonight.
More@BurgerJones offers an “Unchained Bavarian Burger” and free beer for tonight’s Summit India Rye Ale release, @Sheelar professes her love for Little Szechuan, @KatieBips links to an article comparing the effects of junk food taxes versus good food subsidies, and @AngryCatfish offers a free drink with purchase of a pound of coffee.
MoreWith some catches of course. Starting at 8pm on Wednesday, March 3, Burger Jones will be giving away pints of the new Summit Unchained release, India Rye Ale. Your first pint of the beer is free, until the keg is killed. Bonus: Meet Summit brewer Mike Lundell!
More@TanpopoMN links to proper sushi etiquette, @BullRunCoffee urges you to buy the last of their Rwandan beans, @BurgerJones names a burger after the Calhoun pilots and holds a fundraiser in their honor, @TastebudTart promotes the 20% off Cork Dork sale, and @612Brew plans the launch of their newest brew.
MoreFresh off the heels of news that pilots illegally landed on Lake Calhoun to grab lunch at Burger Jones, on Sat., Jan. 16th, Burger Jones will serve a “Mile High Club Burger” and accept donations for the General Aviation Legal Defense Fund. Meanwhile, the mayor requests “that people not land any more planes on Lake […]
MoreDara hails the summer 2010 arrival of the Barrio taco truck, drink deeply of the remainder juices from roasted anise plums, sugar cookies with a story over at Kate in the Kitchen, the top five local food tweeters as per City Pages, herbed ribeye with mustard sauce at Camacho Watcho, espresso glazed steak, Rick checks […]
MoreBanished by Burger Jones, the fabled Liberty Frozen Custard salted caramel shake will appear as the custard joint’s September shake of the month, according to a recent comment on this site.
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