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Nokomis to Close and Morning Roundup
Duluth’s Nokomis is closing Oct. 28, the well-regarded Sushi Fix food truck is becoming a storefront restaurant in Wayzata, Flat Earth Brewing is one of the businesses that will move into the old Hamm’s brewery, an orchard party and hard cider launch that looks like exactly the right way to celebrate autumn, Slow Food’s annual […]
MoreThe Rusty Taco Taste Test and Morning Roundup
A thorough Rusty Taco taste test (here’s our review), the Well Fed Guide to Life heads to Liquor Lyles, Rainbow Chinese Restaurant turns 25 this year [PDF press release], the former chef / owner of Caribe will head up the kitchen for high-end arcade nightclub Insert Coins when it opens, the gorgeous-looking Big River Slow […]
MoreMinnesota Wine Exchange and Morning Roundup
A Minnesota-wines focused wine bar called Minnesota Wine Exchange is coming to Duluth, there’s a good-looking guest speaker list for Fermentation Fest in Reedburg, WI Oct. 12-21 (Sandor Katz, Terese Allen, Scott Buer, etc.), an interesting meditation on the unreadable (to anybody!) Hmong-targeted McDonald’s billboard in St. Paul, a Duluth-area casino cooks up a 2,000-pound […]
MorePoutine, Beans, Beer, Cheese and Morning Roundup
Ngon Bistro faces off against grumpy Central Corridor construction workers, a Wisconsin dairy sculptor will carve a replica of Mt. Rushmore out of 640 pounds of mild cheddar, poutine at Tom Reid’s Hockey Bar in St. Paul, Excelsior Brewing is scheduled to open its doors (and taproom) today, Lucid kicks off Surfside (its new pale […]
MoreBrewer Profiles and Morning Roundup
A profile of Lucid Brewing, Brewing TV covers Lift Bridge Brewing, the Food Network show Worst Cooks in America is having an open casting call at Faces Mears Park in St. Paul, how young gardeners at the Crosswinds Arts & Science School in Woodbury bring some fresh flavors to school lunch, praise for the sandwiches […]
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