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Foxy Falafel Moves Into the Former Caribe and Morning Roundup
A flood and hailstorm devastates Laughing Loon Farm, an long-form interview with Wisconsin master cheesemaker Kerry Henning, tasting notes for Dave’s BrewFarm Hibiscus Lager, details on the newly opened downtown Lunds, farm-to-table chef Scott Pampuch departs for Milwaukee to work for a national hotel management company (here’s our interview with team behind the post-Pampuch Corner […]
MoreThe Melthouse Bistro Opens and Morning Roundup
A (very hostile) open letter to the Lexington in St. Paul, a review of Bittercube Bitters, a gourmet grilled cheese restaurant called Melthouse Bistro is opening in Milwaukee, a visit to Steve’s Meat Market in Ellendale, a review of Summit’s Black Ale, the vintage and profoundly enigmatic Live from Lunds, the owners of Oceanaire need […]
MoreFarewell (Fairwell?) to the Epiphany Diner and Morning Roundup
A profile of Fulton Beer (ours is here), some serious thought devoted to corn vs. flour tortillas, groundbreaking for the Lunds at 12th and Hennepin is Sept. 1, this year is the last for the Epiphany Diner at the State Fair (our State Fair church diner story runs this coming Monday), Rachel’s five picks for […]
MoreLunds on the Move and Morning Roundup
Lunds eyes a downtown Minneapolis location, protesters at a Bloomington Cub Foods say they were assaulted by security guards, DeRusha asks if we talk too much about local food, and a review of Surdyk’s Flights (here’s our take on it).
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SweeTango Apples Debut
Lunds, Byerly’s, Kowalski’s, and Festival Foods are slated to carry the debut of the new SweeTango apple, described in its marketing push as “a cross between Honeycrisp and Zestar varieties… both sweet and tart with hints of fall spices.” If you try one, drop us a comment. Is it the next Honeycrisp? Or a fruity […]
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A Guide to Bagging Savings
[Via KARE 11]: The non-profit Twin Cities Consumers’ Checkbook investigates aggregate grocery prices in the Twin Cities and finds out that a) shopping at Wal-Mart saves you a ton of money, b) the produce, service and meat are lousy at Wal-Mart, and c) although Lunds and Byerly’s are expensive, they’re awesome on the quality and […]
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