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Pork Tongue, Jucys, and Morning Roundup
New coffee blog Minneapolis Coffee tackles Mapps, a local blog’s Kickstarter succeeds and obtains a portable wood-fired oven, Rachel talks up pork tongue at Victory 44, tasting notes from Summit Unchained #10 (Abbey Ale), Rusty Taco’s Minneapolis location opens today (here’s our review of their St. Paul location), some guys try New Glarus beer from […]
MoreHomemade Snickers and Recipe Roundup
Baby back ribs, homemade Snickers, honey-blackberry frozen yogurt, caprese jucy lucy sliders, Mexican black bean-quinoa burgers, sour cream-banana-chocolate chip pancakes, and marinated Wisconsin fresh mozzarella and roasted sweet bell peppers.
MoreSmack Shack’s New Home and Morning Roundup
Smack Shack is moving from street food to bricks and mortar, the Butcher & the Boar mural (and our soft opening preview), Chef Stephanie Izard on Wisconsin cheese, an opportunity to cook with Silver Whisk winner Don Saunders of In Season and support Renewing the Countryside, a review of Leine’s Wee Heavy Scotch Ale, a […]
MoreSummit Dumps Twist-Offs and Morning Roundup
Granny Donuts in (update: West) St. Paul turns 24; Minnesota FoodShare gears up for its March campaign; Rick gives the Purple Sandpiper two stars (Rachel had a rougher visit a while back); Summit announces its move to pry-off bottle caps with an Onion-esque ad; the winner of “America’s Next Great Restaurant” will get to open […]
MoreThe Nook in St. Paul Burns Down
Casper and Runyon’s Nook — known widely as the maker of one of the area’s best Jucy Lucys — is “totaled” after a fire last night, reports the Star Tribune.
MoreMarch 26 Morning Roundup
Zimmern weighs in on street food and bites the head off of Hell’s Kitchen “a disaster of a meal…” Jill reviews Goodhue Wash (a Minnesota cheese), the Jucy Lucy on the Travel Channel, Target Field will serve 60 types of wine, the City Pages wine tasting (appetizers by D’Amico) takes place tonight, and Chef Kevin […]
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January 4 Morning Roundup
… And we’re back. Cheese Underground’s five favorite new Wisconsin cheeses of 2009 (Hook’s 15-year cheddar deserves at least an honorable mention), Rick Nelson reviews the 2009 Twin Cities food scene, a head-to-head comparison of IKEA and Ingebretsen’s meatballs, insight into buying ethical dairy and eggs, adventures in worcestershire sauce, thoughts about Crescent Moon and […]
MoreOctober 27 Morning Roundup
High marks for Furthermore and Capital Brewery beers in an autumnal ale roundup, the blowback against the Lyndale Tap House review continues over on Because Emily Says So, the Butcher Block has pared down its ambitious wing selection and hours, Bill Roehl digs his BD’s Mongolian Grill preview meal, East Lake concurs with this writer’s […]
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