Minneapolis-St. Paul and Upper Midwest Food Magazine // Feasting on the Bounty of the Upper Midwest
MNBeer wins Best Local Blog from City Pages readers, Iggers invites folks to join him for the new dim sum service at the Pagoda this Sunday, chaos surrounds Old Arizona’s reopening and reclosing [via City Pages], Jonesinforfood reviews Southern Tier’s Imperial Iniquity Black Ale at The Four Firkins, and Les Petites Images cooks, eats, and […]
MoreBill Roehl heralds the coming of Ramy’s Pizzeria in Apple Valley, a video of the first five of Josh Pepper’s beer commandments read aloud at the MNBeer 3.5 year anniversary party, if you’re looking for a custom mural for your restaurant, Majesty Murals is not too proud to advertise on Craigslist, nor is an intriguing […]
MoreSome beautiful photos from this weekend’s Paired on Les Petites Images, a rumination on the importance of sourcing and serving good, responsibly raised meat from Duluth Dish, Cafe Agri is offering a free bottle of organic wine with the purchase of two entrees + appetizer on its first anniversary (May 4 / May 5), France […]
MoreSummit founder Mark Stutrud will be pouring Horizon Red at The Four Firkins on Monday, Apr. 20 at 6pm, Rachel reports that the never-remarked-upon Musashi has become a slightly different place called Zake, a writer for Duluth Dish comments on the good fight of trying to convince the locals to drink wine (something with which […]
MoreAn interesting and detailed report on the Trader Joe’s vs. Wedge issue in Finance and Commerce, Iggers reports that Sam Haislet of Sam’s Wine Shop has resurfaced at Haskell’s, deets on the MNBeer 3.5 year anniversary party this Saturday at Stub & Herb’s, and Rick Nelson has the scoop on Northeast Social in the former Europol […]
MoreThe Twin Cities Perfect Pint Club is preparing a tasting of yeasty beers including Weizens, funky Belgians, and Lambics, Zimmern is touting a charity dedicated to post-disaster recovery work, Jill tries heroically to enjoy a matzah grilled cheese “sandwich,” Chowhounds are discussing who’s got the patios open (looked like the one at Victor’s was open […]
MoreEmily experiences the power of the Bacon Wave 14-strip cooker, First Avenue is opening a burger bar, and some gorgeous photography plus rather complicated baking in a recipe for Apple Blossom Blackberry Tart with Homemade Puff Pastry at Zoe Bakes.
MoreThe bar at Rosemount’s Applebee’s will be closed for 5 days due to underage alcohol violations (bonus: Bill Roehl calls Dakota County officials “a bunch of douchebags”), here are some Peeps advocating the murder of chocolate, Liz wrestles with unreliable KitchenAid mixers, photos of Wisconsinites digging around in a sunchoke field, and a great-looking locally […]
MoreHeidi’s has a chef’s table with a tasting menu starting(!) at $85 per person (hat tip: @sarah_mn), The Captain’s Chair features a Kramarczuk’s sausage and beer roundup featuring Houblon Chouffe Dobbelen IPA Tripel, Southern Tier Oak-Aged Unearthly Imperial IPA, and Boulevard Smokestack Series Imperial Stout, and Manny’s is doing a $28 Sunday supper featuring London […]
MoreBreadbasketcase creates some drop-dead gorgeous rustic bread, Colin gives the ultra-crispy Jazz apple high marks, Jonesinforfood produces a fairly delicious-looking locally tweaked recipe for puttanesca, and the Strib writes up local dives and rounds up the usual suspects (Al’s! the Wienery! Red’s Savoy! Nye’s!).
MoreSummit Horizon Red Ale is debuting at Four Firkins on Apr. 13 [via MNBeer], A Perfect Pint reviews Lift Bridge Biscotti beer, Katie eats Choco Bananas so you don’t have to and also dines at Papa’s Pizza in Victory, nobody local made the cut for Top Chef Masters [on the AV Club via Chris], and […]
MoreTeddy Hobbins catches that the Armatage Room is starting lunch service next month, Alexis asks about playing card games at bars, there’re some shots of Palak Paneer in Madison, there’s a funny bacon close-up in River Falls, and Stephanie March opens up hot dog season. Yes, hot dog season.
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