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The latest from Twitter: @T_Mckee and @youngchef2 give a cheer for La Belle Vie’s fifteenth birthday, @MSPmagEats suggests you get your North Coast Nosh tickets post haste, @TCFOODFINDS hits up the fish fry @HoulihansRICHFLD, and tomorrow is Firkin Fest @TheHappyGnomeMN.
MoreChef Vincent Francoual triumphs (and wins $10,000) in the Minnesota Monthly Local Chef Challenge, a blogger calls the St. Paul location of Black Sheep Pizza a disappointment compared to its Minneapolis brother, Chicago craft brewer Goose Island is going to be bought by Anheuser Busch, it sounds like Cowboys and Bamboo Betty’s in Lexington are […]
MoreName your favorite sandwich for a chance to win Minnesota Lunch over on City Pages, new brewpub legislation would allow brewpubs to sell beer to wholesalers, a brief survey of this year’s Firkin Fest (VIP tickets already sold out!), how to make a Lego cake, Rick dines at Jack’s, Scusi, and Uptown Cafeteria, and YoYo […]
MoreThe good, the bad, and the ugly of Firkin Fest (including “murky swill”!), Grain Belt is introducing a Nordeast-themed brew [via @TheHoltSteady], a tasty looking Crispin “Ciders & Sliders” dinner April 8 at Firelake (menu as PDF), a new chef at Kings, a writeup of the relatively new Cocina Latina (ours is here), DIY fish […]
More[Via MNBeer]: Ngon Vietnamese Bistro has Lift Bridge Brewery‘s Kimono Girl Saison on cask, a crowd favorite from Firkin Fest. Quoting our write-up on the Fest, it’s an “offering that infuses lemongrass and longan fruit to provide a yeast-forward, spicy aroma followed up by a relatively delicate maltiness and nicely puckering mouthfeel.”
MoreMag at Beer Musings runs down the highlights and lowlights from Firkin Fest (read our recap here, with bonus details over on the Captain’s Chair), Bill Roehl visits Taqueria La Hacienda #3 (in Burnsville) and verifies its excellence, Breadbasketcase makes a ricotta-based loaf of bread (recipe included), and MNBeer reports that the Muddy Pig is […]
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