Minneapolis-St. Paul and Upper Midwest Food Magazine // Feasting on the Bounty of the Upper Midwest
The latest from Twitter: @BirchwoodCafe is featuring artwork by WACSO (check out his lively contributions to some of our stories), @fultonbeer’s Sweet Child of Vine is only $3 a pint @ZenBoxIzakaya, @RickNelsonStrib wants to know how you tip, and @MNBeerActivists ask about the best beer for breakfast time.
MoreRick names the Bachelor Farmer his restaurant of the year (we dug it, too), Brent Kaufer is the first guy to make it through all 72 single malt Scotches on the St. Paul Grill’s list, a Minnetonka progressive dinner celebrates its 30th year, Rick loves the biscuits and gravy at Sun Street, and the obit […]
MoreSwedish Almond-Chocolate Macaroons win the Strib’s annual holiday cookie contest, a look at two local chocolatiers, an exploration of the new Kopplin’s space, a quick review of the burger at Normandy Kitchen, and a write-up of Hook’s 15-year-old cheddar.
More@walkerartcenter shares a list of food truck locations for this weekend’s sunset to sunrise art show — Nightshift, Minneapolis @MayorRTRybak advises his Twitter followers to keep it local when choosing beer and recommends Forgotten Flem by @braubeer, @StarTribune profiles the founders of what will be a 200,000-tomato food fight, and @GalacticPizza reminds its followers that […]
More@JoyEstelle and @ricknelsonstrib recommend the K&B Cafe in Eveleth, MN (with emphasis on the pot pies and pasties), @Peace_Coffee celebrates the Twin Cities being named the healthiest cities in the US, @motoisake shares the Star Tribune’s Taste 50, and on Saturday, @MplsFarmMarket will collect donations for Project Flower Bomb so the group can “bring cheer” […]
More@StarTribune asks readers if the stigma from using coupons at dinner has disappeared, @sloped shares the proposed Minneapolis patio rules, @Barrio_Truck and @128cafe head to St. Paul today for #FoodTruckCourt, @GrandCafe_MPLS will be at the music, booze, and food bash Gastro Non Grata on July 9, @leezukor promotes Youth Farm and Market Project’s fundraiser this […]
MoreIf you’re online over the lunch hour, the Strib’s Kim Ode will be doing a live online chat today from noon to 1 pm, answering questions about baking.
MoreLenny Russo, writing in the Star Tribune, addresses the role coupons, specials, offers, and other limited time gimmicks play in building restuarants up… and potentially tearing them down. “It’s like a miniature Ponzi scheme,” Russo writes. “A restaurant sells a product for less money than it needs to break even. The hope is that people […]
MoreGiving a nod to smoked ham at Ingebretsen’s, Finnegans Irish Amber, chefs Bill Baskin and J.D. Fratzke, Parkers Farm peanut butter, Ruby Moon chocolates, The Wedge Co-op’s cookies, and the site you are reading right now, the Star Tribune toasts the 50 “people, products and places that emphasize why Minnesota is the place for those […]
MoreEarthly Creative does a chicken-inflected spaetzle with apple chicken sausage from the Wedge, the Strib has probably had this detailed and excellent wine bar / wine shop map forever, but it’s still quite nice, Stephanie March notes that Steven Brown (Ivy, etc.) has landed at Nick and Eddie, The Minnesota Independent does a swell write […]
MoreA Strib writer pens the obit for the nightlife of Uptown using a bunch of anecdotes and not much data, our own Katie Cannon files a nice series of photos of Roseville’s Chianti Grill for Metromix, Chowhound regulars deem the newly opened Cheeky Monkey tasty (with a few nitpicks), and MN Beer reports that Sierra […]
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