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2011 Silver Whisk Award Nominees: Best New Establishment
The Silver Whisk Awards celebrate the best of local food in the Upper Midwest; only three are given out, for Best Chef, Best Purveyor, and Best New Establishment. Winners of all three categories will be announced at the end of February. Now that we’ve had some time to digest our eating escapades in 2011, it’s […]
More2011 Year in Review: Notable Openings and Closings
Readers: Win Heavy Table pint glasses The Tap loves restaurant tips from readers, so we’re awarding a Heavy Table pint glass to the best tipster each month. The Tap is the metro area’s comprehensive restaurant buzz roundup, so if you see a new or newly shuttered restaurant, or anything that’s “coming soon,” email Tap editor […]
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Here Comes the Sun (Street) and Morning Roundup
Solveig Tofte (aka Sun Street Breads) is opening a bakery at 4600 Nicollet (target date: mid-March), a remarkable new cheese plant is being built in Milwaukee (it’ll be called Clock Shadow Creamery, be run by Master Cheesemaker Bob Wills, and feature a cheesemaker apprenticeship program), Stanley’s in Northeast puts a temporary kibosh on live music, […]
MoreSun Street Breads To Open and November 22 Tweet Rodeo
@KipsPub posts a Twitter coupon for a free pint of Finnegan’s, @Meritage_StPaul closes for a few weeks, @SeaChange_Mpls adds a savory chanterelle martini to their drink list, @EdinaGrill offers a Black Friday promotion, @ChocolatCeleste shares an online discount for Thanksgiving week, and @SunStreetBreads plans to open a store.
MoreAnother Street Food Vendor and July 2 Tweet Rodeo
@ChefShack1 celebrates @SheRoyalCoCo’s foray into mobile vending, @PerennialPlate recommends @Victory_44’s chicken, @ModernCafeMpls preps tons of sausage for Sunday’s 10 Second Film Fest, @LeeZukor comments on “orthorexia nervosa” (apparently overly conscious, healthy eating is now a mental disorder?), Solveig Tofte of @SunstreetBreads wins a Leadership in Service award from Modern Baking, @SugarSugarCandy alludes to an incoming product, […]
MoreJune 10 Tweet Rodeo
@FACESMearsPark enters the social media scene in anticipation of their June 24th opening, @SunStreetBreads taunts with promises of bacon biscuits at this weekend’s @KingfieldMarket, @Meritage_StPaul adds a plat du jour of frog legs to their weekly menu, and @SurdyksLiquor offers a pre-order option for Gioia Burrata.
MoreThe Return of Sun Street Breads
Kingfield Farmers Market opens this weekend and Solveig Tofte, of Turtle Bread Bakery, will be back with her side venture Sun Street Breads. (We profiled Tofte late last year; for more about her breads, which include Red River Valley, Mercy Wheat Berry, and Wright’s Walnut, check out her site.)
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