Minneapolis-St. Paul and Upper Midwest Food Magazine // Feasting on the Bounty of the Upper Midwest
Looks like the construction on University is more than just a mere inconvenience: En route to Hastings, the trucks hauling the remains of St. Paul legend Porky’s were laid up by the construction (one tile of the flooring made it to its destination). In other news, Brit’s Pub plans a royal wedding viewing party including […]
MoreSkyway favorite Zen Box is opening an izakaya-themed place in the Warehouse district this August, G. Sheaves talks up the Old Fashioned at Rinata and Templeton Rye (we profiled Templeton — it has a great backstory), Crystal tries Spoon in Apple Valley (if they don’t have a cocktail called the Cherry Bomb, they need to […]
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 & […]
MoreChef Erik Anderson of Sea Change will stage at the world’s best restaurant before departing for good for Nashville; a Minneapolis City Council proposal could boost the range and number of local food carts; the owners of Porky’s fight to at least preserve the retro building; a dinner to raise money for the hungry at […]
MoreLocal cheese mavens Jeff Jirik of Faribault Dairy and Benjamin Roberts of France 44 are interviewed on Heritage Radio Network, you’ve got until Wednesday to buy that big Porky’s sign, yours truly appears on KARE11 talking about the area’s restaurant renaissance, our contributing illustrator and pop star documentarian Andy Sturdevant really loves raclette, James Lileks […]
MoreRepublicans in the legislature are fighting passionately to “water down Minnesota’s wild rice pollution rules,” writes the Strib, the as-of-yet theoretical Steel Toe Brewing has turned to Kickstarter for support, a Bill Ward look at “beer geeks” featuring a glossary, a story on an 11th-hour bid to save Porky’s drive-in features my 2011 Comment of […]
MoreThe Pioneer Press reports that Porky’s drive-in on University Ave. is in negotiations to sell its location to a developer of senior housing.
MoreThe Creamery restaurant and B&B shuts down (read about our visit here), DeRusha’s madeleine is smoked butt, two Dunn Bros. employees are robbed and beaten in Uptown, Ryan Aberle is out at Purple Sandpiper, Corner Table’s new menu is up, the new Lift Bridge brewery in progress is starting to look pretty danged fancy, a […]
MoreDeRusha buys a quarter cow, and a chowhound reports that Porky’s in Northeast is closed. It’s a slow news day, or I’m getting jaded. Either way, TGIF.
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