burger jones

Burger Jones Dumps Liberty Custard

The endless drubbing Burger Jones has taken in the press hasn’t had much visible impact on their blockbuster business, so management can’t exactly be quaking in their boots about this: Dara drubs them again for swapping out the locally sourced / widely liked Liberty Frozen Custard for an out-of-state bulk product. Kiss those salted caramel […]

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July 27 Tweet Rodeo

All that local sweet corn is finally in season, and @ShackAttacks uses it to create an unconventional sweet corn ice cream for the Kingfield Market, @TownTalkDiner is keeping busy with a Bombay Sapphire competition tomorrow night and a going away party on Wednesday for Nick and Patrick that promises to be a “booty shaker,” @BurgerJones […]

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Rustica Relocates

Rustica, one of the leading bakeries in the Twin Cities (and home to the best local baguette as far as we could tell), is moving, reports Stephanie: They’ll be setting up shop in Calhoun Village (near Punch and Burger Jones) along with Bull Run Roasting Company, a coffee purveyor.

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June 30 Morning Roundup

A Beer Musings wrap-up of the St. Paul Summer Beer Fest, a terrific Wall Street Journal article featuring Duluth’s white-hot Nokomis (link will expire), a curious sauceless, cheeseless potato-bedecked pizza from breadbasketcase, Tom of Martha and Tom tackles Minnesota-style pizza (does it really exist?), Mayor Rybak makes the case for tap water on his blog, […]

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June 25 Tweet Rodeo

@CampusPizza hopes to see a spike in their alcohol sales due the the U Regents’ decision against serving alcohol at the new TCF Stadium, @TCFoodies mentions new gastro-pub Victory 44 (in the old Sauced location), @ChefShack1 is making red beet ice cream (yum!), @CooksCrocusHill has their black truffle crop share in stock (though you do […]

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A Parasole Burger Jones Response

Kip Clayton, VP of Business Development for Parasole Restaurant Holdings, responds to the buzz of criticism of the newly opened Burger Jones vis-a-vis service: “The issue we’re encountering early on is a kitchen designed for approximately 600 guests per day that is putting out burgers for 1200 guests per day,” he writes. “Combine that with […]

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June 3 Morning Roundup

Scate 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 […]

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Esme Murphy: Burger Jones Lacks Hustle

Esme Murphy of WCCO piled on Burger Jones last night via Twitter, declaring: “Wow Burger Jones really slow service — tons of empty tables — but we are told the kitchen can’t handle it !” Burgers — the quintessential fast food — should be relatively easy to crank out, but a new staff (plus an […]

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May 27 Morning Roundup

Red Pepper checks out Risotto in Uptown, Minnetonka’s Gold Nugget is back in a new spot with a new menu, Well Fed Guide to Life podcasts from Burger Jones,  a gorgeous shot of garlic cheese bread by surlygrrrl appears in our Flickr pool, Anna from True Thai explains what cream cheese wontons are doing on […]

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