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Cafe Levain
Northbound Smokehouse Opens and Morning Roundup
Leine’s rolls out Big Eddy Baltic Porter, our Pinterest presence is humming with some new activity, fond memories of (the now reopened) Little Tijuana, praise for a three-course dinner special at Cafe Levain, I’m pleased to know that there’s a place called Monk’s House of Ale Repute, some serious coffee geekery (aka some exacting definitions […]
MoreThe Brewery Boom Booms On and Morning Roundup
Big Wood Brewery hopes to set up a taproom in White Bear Lake (zoning code update required), Northgate Brewing is opening early this fall in Northeast and will make English session beers, DeRusha digs Cafe Levain and praises the short rib burger, a construction boom in Lowertown could bring some new restaurants and bars, Madison […]
MoreHarriet Brewing at Birchwood Cafe and July 29 Tweet Rodeo
@perennialplate raves about Cafe Levain, @BirchwoodCafe has Harriet Brewing‘s wodan weizen german-style weissbier on tap, @The_Wedge is excited for this weekend’s Eat Local Farm Tour and shares the list of participating farms, @GardensofEagan picks their first sweet corn of the season, and @MplsFarmMarket hosts Big Bowl Chef Keith Wood this Sunday at 10am.
MoreRachel’s Opens and the Morning Roundup
Running out of fish fries to whet your appetite until Easter? Compare notes with Jason DeRusha and make your last two Friday fish fries count; a reminder to compile your Richard Simmons getup for next week’s “half-off-on-4/20” promotion at Galactic Pizza, Caribe’s hiring a sous chef, Cheese and Champagne (a.k.a. our own Jill Lewis) samples […]
MoreVickerman Returns and Morning Roundup
Chef Adam Vickerman is back at Cafe Levain as executive chef, the Minnesota DNR is hosting a bunch of maple syruping educational events this month, Roman Candle pizza in Madison leaves the Wisconsin Restaurant Association in protest of the group’s support of Governor Walker, Rachel gives a respectful review of the new Cocina del Barrio, […]
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Cutting the Ribbon at Trattoria Tosca
Hungry in Southwest stumbled upon the soft launch for the Turtle Bread co-owned/co-located restaurant Trattoria Tosca in Linden Hills; the blog’s call to Turtle gleaned the information that Tosca will open for business tomorrow evening. As per the PiPress, Tosca is a project that’s owned by Harvey McLain, was (briefly) headed by Landon Schoenefeld, and […]
MoreDrowning in Talent
Chef Adam Vickerman of Cafe Levain writes about the effort of opening new Italian bistro Trattoria Tosca in a lousy economic climate. The good news: Hiring skilled staff is a snap! The pool of applicants is wide and deep.
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