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LoveTree Farm Pizza and Morning Roundup

Thoughts from Summit on what the dang deal is with wine sales versus beer sales around here, Dara’s got the scoop on colorful character Josh Thoma’s new lobster roll truck, Bill Roehl’s not happy with J&J’s ghost pepper salsa, details and a slideshow about wood-fired pizza by the pond at LoveTree Farm, ice cream sundae […]

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Long Live Independent Food Trucks! and August 5 Tweet Rodeo

@HeidisMpls visits and talks up Salt Spring Island goat cheese, @SwedeHollowCafe hosts a photo contest, @ChefShack1 justifies the street food movement (and comments on the influx of mobile corporate outposts), @Organic_Valley sweetens the pot for its latest contest by donating $1 for each entry, @DearDara and @DeRushaEats speak highly of Smack Shack (despite the drug pusher-esque […]

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June 24 Tweet Rodeo

@ChefShack1 passed inspection this morning and will be open on Monday, @KateNTheKitchen jokes about fresh berries and the “you are what you eat” mantra, @WholeFoods_MPLS offers a great sale on parmesan today, and @BurgerJones plans free burgers Thursday night, dependent on an NBA draft pick.

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June 23 Morning Roundup

Rachel reviews Ringo (“I’d rather see a restaurant do fewer things and do them well”), Well Fed Guide to Life interviews the Gastro Non Grata guys about their upcoming Vagabond Vacation show, WCCO’s list of 10 best pizza spots near the U of M includes Domino’s and Papa John’s (raising the question: What didn’t make […]

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June 17 Tweet Rodeo

@ChefShack1 plans to serve the ultimate hangover breakfast (other than pho or menudo, of course) at @UptownMarket, @BrasaRotisserie still has tickets left for the Brasa, Bell’s, Bikes, & Brews Cruise, @TCCraftBeer comments on @SummitBeer’s brewer search, @MN_Food_Assn seeks picnic table donations, and @ScottPampuch raves about @RogueChocolate’s latest bar.

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June 4 Tweet Rodeo

@KateNTheKitchen encourages you to make homemade donuts to celebrate National Donut Day (visit @Chef Shack if you don’t want to make them!), @HarvestMoon Coop holds an open house, @AngryCatfish throws a party, and @Bradstreet601 offers a classic mixology class later this month.

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May 26 Tweet Rodeo

@CheeseGeek plans this year’s WI Original Cheese Festival, @DearDara comments on the mysteriously Minneapolis-savvy NY Times, @ChefShack1 picks up goat milk from Poplar Hill for ice cream, @France44Cheese offers a discount on chevre in celebration of their 1-year anniversary, and TONHotlist invites you to attend the Hotlist event in June.

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May 12 Tweet Rodeo

@ChefShack1 and @ModernCafeMpls unveil their plans for this weekend’s Art-a-Whirl, @LocalDLish announces renewed availability of Sweets Bakeshop cupcakes at their store, @MN_Food_Assn seeks kale recipes, @France44Cheese sells a top-shelf bavarian limburger, and @BarbetteMpls offers a free happy hour appetizer (with limits).

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April 19 Tweet Rodeo

This Saturday is @GuseGreenGrocer’s celebration of National Soy Month, and there are goodies in it for you; @ZahtarByFhima previews another Fhima restaurant, @SewardCoop nearly mistakes Rochdale butter for cheese, @SurdyksLiquor provides some wine-chilling tips, @ChocolatCeleste urges you to stop by before they close this weekend, and @ChefShack1 sells an ice cream truck.

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