Minneapolis-St. Paul and Upper Midwest Food Magazine // Feasting on the Bounty of the Upper Midwest
Rick tears into the food consistency, service, and value offered by Oceanaire and offers some insight into Harriet Brasserie, Maruso Street Food will open at Hennepin and 7th and offer casual Asian-influenced bar food, a WACSO sketch of Maeve’s Cafe (here’s our take on Maeve’s), a video that breaks down how cheese curds are made, […]
MoreA (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 […]
MoreDetails on the Oceanaire move to the M&S Grill space, Minneapolis is gunning for Karma nightclub’s liquor license, City Pages presents its nominees for the best small restaurants in the Cities, fish and chips at the Angry Trout (our recent review is here), details on the next Summit Unchained beer (called Honeymoon Saison), and the […]
MoreDave’s BrewFarm will be selling beer at Miller Park in Milwaukee; Brenda Langton of Spoonriver gives The Human Doing a vegetarian cooking lesson; Deb Carey of New Glarus Brewing is named Wisconsin Small Business Person of the Year; the African-themed Goda Cafe opens at 34th and Nicollet; turmoil and intrigue vis-a-vis Oceanaire and McCormick & […]
MoreZimmern plunges a sizable dagger into Oceanaire (“For years this restaurant was a reliable go-to eatery for our family… Not anymore”), a palate cleansing rave for Haute Dish, thoughts on four delicious sorbets from Crema Cafe, Bill Roehl loves basically everything about Destiny Cafe other than the pig uteri (“not only was this an inexpensive […]
MoreCorporate drama at the company that bought Oceanaire, breaking news on cheese “pee” and cheese “nipples,” it’s ramp mania around here, Subo’s head chef is out, the joy of unexpected morels, and Rachel’s top five Mother’s Day brunches (warning: four-page slideshow).
MoreIt may be true that there’s no such thing as a free lunch, but if it is your birthday — and you live in the Twin Cities — it’s remarkably easy to find a free dessert, and even the odd cocktail if you look for it. Actually, what’s true is this: If you are willing […]
MoreIf you’re into the weird and relatively “rare,” @CrispinCider is distributing their limited edition “evil” Falconetti cider, @Amy_Boland recommends roasted squash with walnuts and blue cheese, @Oceanaire_Mpls is encouraged by NOAA’s endorsement of catch shares for sustainable fishing, @ShackAttacks encourages you to stop by for their last weekend at the Holidazzle for the season (before […]
MoreWould you rather have five chickens or two cows? @YoungChef2 wants to know, @GiveRecipe provides a recipe for lahmacun, @LiftBridge invites you to Wednesday’s Beer Fest Dinner, @Oceanaire_Mpls points out that it’s stone crab season (and they’ve got ’em!), and @JacksonHollow provides @JuneDee with a sourdough starter recipe, as well as some tricks of the […]
MoreBill meditates on food you wish you could get in Minnesota but cannot (Oceanaire notwithstanding, I miss the great oyster bars of the East Coast), Crystal Grobe at WCCO gives our Wisconsin Natural Acres honey lavender shrimp recipe a whirl and tweaks it a bit, a chowhound wonders if Sunday nights are a good or […]
MoreOn to the next level: Nick Kosevich (formerly of @TownTalkDiner) continues to the first round of the US Bombay Sapphire Competition, @Oceanaire_Mpls promotes their weekly $20.10 deal, Anna Prasomphol Fieser of @TrueThai tweets on a Thai precedent to the food-on-a-stick State Fair tradition, @CookingForDads posts a beautiful picture of Thai eggplants from @MplsFarmMarket (I use […]
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