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Lift Bridge Brewery
The Bratwurst Battle and Morning Roundup
A “biggest bratwurst” war brews in Wisconsin (and it may have started right here: see comments), a beautifully illustrated trip to Piccolo, City Pages visits our North Coast Nosh (here’s our recap, too), Madison’s excellent Fromagination cheese store celebrates five years of business, Chef Shack’s Bay City restaurant opens Oct. 31, a profile of Lift […]
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Brewtoad Hops Into View and Morning Roundup
The Twin Cities take the #7 slot on Travel+Leisure’s top 20 Burger Cities list, second graders in St. Paul grow a “pizza garden” in support of Palumbo’s, Iggers visits Tadka Indian Bistro in Uptown, the guys at the Reducer podcast say some nice things about The Bachelor Farmer and Pittsburgh Blue (warning: podcast contains chef-grade […]
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Lift Bridge Buys a Brewery Site in Stillwater
As per a Lift Bridge press release: “Stillwater will be the home of a new brewery in 2010. Lift Bridge Beer Company is happy to announce that they have chosen a building to develop a new craft brewery in Stillwater. In the shadows of the Stillwater water tower stands a 10,500 sq. ft. building that […]
MoreMarch 19 Morning Roundup
Faribault Dairy wins a top-in-class prize for its gorgonzola at the World Championship Cheese Contest (we toured their caves last year), True Thai introduces kimchi fried rice, Zake calls it quits, Dara’s details on a new Meritage crepe stand, Iggers endorses the food at St. Paul’s Homi restaurant, a Lift Bridge beer dinner at 128 […]
MoreMarch 8 Morning Roundup
Our editor appears on The Splendid Table to talk about Wisconsin cheese, Lift Bridge Brewery now has a Wisconsin distributor’s license, facelift grants are perking up some local restaurant storefronts, there are charming Celtic dancing squirrels over at the Finnegan’s Pint-a-Thon website, the world’s bleakest local brewing product review [via Tom Elko], True Thai and […]
MoreLift Bridge Firkins Sampling Rescheduled
The Lift Bridge beer sampling scheduled for tonight at The Four Firkins has been rescheduled due to crazy winter weather. The new date is Mar. 8.
MoreOctober 19 Morning Roundup
Eating Animals does the math and figures that even the world’s happiest cows (like those at Thousand Hills) cause environmental damage, TC Restaurant Blog has a crash-and-burn experience at The Strip Club, Red Pepper picks up on OM’s noisy club vibe and hates the hell out of it, Mecca’s got insight into Landon Schoenfeld’s upcoming […]
MoreOctober 16 Morning Roundup
Lift Bridge beer is the not-so-secret ingredient for some delicious-sounding new sausages at Brine’s in Stillwater, Dara’s looking for a few good chefs to do some good works, reflections on teaching cooking classes, and some cool apple pie tips and tricks. The vodka thing really helps.
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