Kopplin’s

One-Eyed Pike Ale and Morning Roundup

A call for Summit beer memories, State Fair bingo cards (we’ll be there in force this morning so you can eat broadly and with confidence, starting Friday morning… and beyond!), a great write-up of Brainerd Lakes One-Eyed Pike wheat style ale in our Flickr pool, Hot Dish puts Bull Run coffee up against Kopplin’s, Rachel […]

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Pork Rinds, Poutine, and August 17 Tweet Rodeo

@FlipChef commends Victory 44’s pork rinds and poutine, @ForkNRoadTruck urges you to vote for your favorite food truck in a nationwide contest, @Kopplins stays open (and gives you a discount) despite road work, @McKinleyCSA promotes this weekend’s Homegrown Experience event (learn more on our calendar), and @MNBeer highlight’s today’s Ale Jail tasting selection.

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Kickstarting the Donut Cooperative and Morning Roundup

Andy Sturdevant exhorts us to support the Donut Cooperative’s Kickstarter campaign, Zimmern interviews Andrew Miller of Cafe Imports (he drinks coffee at Dunn Bros, Kopplin’s, Black Sheep Coffee Cafe, and Rustica), Rachel reviews First Avenue’s Depot and Twisted Fork (here’s our review of Twisted Fork), another Furthermore barn party tonight in Spring Green, WI, Heartland’s […]

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May 6 Tweet Rodeo

@TCFoodies reports on the this year’s Fabian shrimp truck schedule, @GrovelandTap taps @SurlyBrewing Schadenfreude, @DeRushaEats enjoys the sweet & sour at Rainbow Chinese, @SurlyBrewing promotes Arborfest this Friday (at Macalester College), and @Kopplins suggests a Salvadorian coffee.

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March 1 Tweet Rodeo

@SimpleGoodTasty promotes raising chickens in your yard, @Kopplins and @RogueChocolate get praise for their hot chocolate collaboration, @The_Wedge recommends yucca fries from Victor’s, and @ChefShack1 urges Minneapolitans to attend a public hearing on street food at the end of the month.

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January 11 Morning Roundup

Recipes, giveaways, and the year in review at Trout Caviar, True Thai is now marketing take-home stir fry sauce, Kopplin’s makes Bon Appetit’s list of Top 10 Best Boutique Coffee Shops (and D.C.’s Peregrine Espresso is owned by a guy from Fergus Falls, according to our in-house coffee expert Eric Faust), Dara names her favorite […]

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December 22 Tweet Rodeo

Amidst the (slowly improving) employment crisis, we find a bright spot in local business: @MNBeer announces upstart Mankato Brewery is looking for a master brewer, @BrasaRotisserie in St. Paul offers a cheap weekday lunch special, @CookingForDads makes a festive and intriguing holiday appetizer, @EdKohler ranks the tri-flavor popcorn ubiquitous throughout the holiday season (honestly, everyone […]

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August 31 Morning Roundup

Looks like the unapologetic coffee snobs / possibly plain old snobs at Kopplin’s are costing themselves a bit of business, Bakerella visits Minneapolis and digs the cupcakes at Yum! (too bad they missed Salty Tart, though…), Vegetarian Perspective writes up and photographs that fascinating Orpheus and Eurydice picnic operetta, Mecca is worried about Rinata, and […]

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The Evolution of Kopplin’s

Small but significant changes at Kopplin’s, the St. Paul coffee shop known by many as the best in the area. They’re now serving sandwiches from the Corner Table, they’ve dropped decaf (following Starbucks, who dropped decaf this past February), and have stopped offering skim milk.

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