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Earth Day Coffee and April 22 Tweet Rodeo

Looking for a food-centric job? @France44Cheese and @CocoaandFig are hiring; @ChinoLatinoMN plans a tequila dinner, @Northern_Brewer posts a survey, @FACESmearspark teams up with the @ScienceMuseumMN to offer discounted King Tut tickets, and, in honor of Earth Day, @Caribou_Coffee (and Starbucks, for that matter) offers free coffee all day as long as you bring your reusable […]

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July 23 Tweet Rodeo

We’ve got your weekend all planned out for you!  Stop by @StubAndHerbs tonight for @GrainBeltBeer at the bar’s 70th birthday celebration, stock up on wine tomorrow — the second-to-last day of the wine sale at @SurdyksLiquor, visit the Tangletown Art & Garden Tour on Saturday (@WeLikeItHere says that Corner Table’s Scott Pampuch is cooking!), join […]

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July 13 Tweet Rodeo

Nothing like cold, hard data to excite an economics major like myself about a business chain… @StephMarch points to an article about Darden Restaurants’ (of Olive Garden and Red Lobster fame) brand management strategies, @TCFoodies samples the tubesteaks, truffled chicken sausage, and gelato outside @SurdyksLiquor, @CafeMaude announces a second Istanbul Night to meet high demand […]

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July 10 Morning Roundup

Katie gears up for some more CSA veggies and anticipates her homegrown ones, A Good Appetite adds scape pesto to a potato salad, A Crafty Lass unveils the perfect picnic food, Bill wonders if the closing of some south metro Starbucks stores means the end of the world, and — if it is the end […]

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July 1 Tweet Rodeo

@Oceanaire_Mpls serves up a recipe for fresh gazpacho, not to mention sockeye salmon with mango salsa, vichyssoise, and soft shell crab, @Parasole touts its contributions to fighting unemployment over the past year, @OMMinneapolis is holding an Indian beer sampling next Thursday, July 9, and @Starbucks seeks brand loyalty from its caffeine-addicted fans — buy a […]

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May 4 Morning Roundup Part II

The Strib writes about labor-bustin’ allegations at the Mall of America Starbucks, Wisconsin morels can be yours for a mere $30/pound (but you’ve gotta buy 15+ pounds’ worth!), a New York Times map notes that Minnesota and Wisconsin are organic farming hotbeds [via Mediation], The Four Firkins has two new beers from Point and Cold […]

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The Evolution of Kopplin’s

Small but significant changes at Kopplin’s, the St. Paul coffee shop known by many as the best in the area. They’re now serving sandwiches from the Corner Table, they’ve dropped decaf (following Starbucks, who dropped decaf this past February), and have stopped offering skim milk.

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