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The excellent Mexican-Ecuadorian restaurant La Vina (at Lake St. and 4th Ave. S) is closing its doors after this weekend, citing high rent and a recent robbery. In my City Pages review of the place, I wrote: “With its disarmingly simple dining room, and without packing much gastronomic pretense, La Vina executes its dual mandate […]
MoreAs per the Chocolat Celeste website, this Saturday, April 24, is the St. Paul shop’s final day in business. Internet orders will resume this September. Founded in 2002 by Mary Leonard, the shop gained national accolades for its hand-crafted confections. I principally remember the Chocolat Celeste team as the good sports who custom-crafted dark chocolate […]
MoreAmici Pizza and Bistro is set to open in the old Snap Pizza location (2851 Johnson St. NE). More details as we get ’em. [From a tip from Tom Elko at BringMeTheNews] Update: They’re opening February 28, 2010 and their website is amiciusa.com. Update: Check out The Heavy Table’s brief write up of Amici Pizza […]
MoreCo-owner Tom Peterson of the Green Room sent a recent email to customers reading, in part: “It is with mixed emotion that we’ll be closing our doors and saying goodbye to The Green Room and to Waconia. We’ve had a great four year run and we’re very grateful for the Waconia community and all of […]
MoreTuesday, Dec. 1 is the last day of operation for Uptown’s Zen Asian Contemporary. The well-reviewed spot (here’s our spin) battled for customers in a neighborhood strewn with competing eateries including the venerable Fuji-Ya and the distinctively positioned Moto-i. A press release notes: “However, owner Andy Kor is not quite ready to give up. He […]
MoreAn epic sandwich review of the Los Ocampo Torta Cubana, pre-Thanksgiving jitters, part 2 of Lee’s SGT interview with director of Big River, the Strib’s Bill Ward presents the ABCs of holiday drinks, farewell to the Whistling Bird in Gilbert, Dara is legitimately excited about Il Gatto, praise for the charming Everett’s in South Minneapolis, […]
MoreAccording to the website of Chase Brook Natural Meats, (who we profiled in March): “After a great deal of serious consideration we have decided we can not continue after the end of this season.”
MoreVia ah-ha! Cooking with Gas and Glass, a farewell to Bloomington’s Sunrise Donuts (9010 Lyndale Ave S, Bloomington, MN, 55420), a well-regarded local purveyor of breakfast pastries. UPDATE: As per the comments, a relocation and reopening appears to be in the works.
MoreThe Atlantic Buffet, a Chinese / Mongolian BBQ joint named best restaurant for gluttons by City Pages in 2007, seems to be in a state of chaos. Its website is down, and its Bloomington location is now closed, apparently to reopen as “Japan Sea” “Sawa Japan.” The new spot will be run by the same […]
MoreAs per a visit from our intern Yvonne, Azuki Sushi in Stadium Village is closed. This is a bigger loss than most people will ever know — Azuki was a hidden gem.
MoreMax and Lou’s in St. Louis Park is no longer offering “soups, snacks and smiles”; rather, according to a Craigslist post, they’re losing their lease and offering a deal on restaurant chairs ($25 each, $50 for tables), sconses, a pig chalkboard sign and a whole bunch of other restaurant fixtures and furniture pieces.
MoreBy way of Jason DeRusha, Mike Mitchelson of Food Service News shares a press release indicating that Northeast Minneapolis’ Fugaise will close on March 14.
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