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Subo Closes and Morning Roundup
The always helpful City Pages Month in Review and five local chocolate treats at the History Center (our writeup of their opening is here), Corner Table rolls out a new menu, MNMO stumbles upon Cork Dork (and here’s our interview with owner Russell Fay), a Brit in residence extols her favorite local craft beers (good […]
MoreJune 9 Tweet Rodeo
Tired of getting all your fruit from over a thousand miles away? Attend @TheMNProject’s “Fruits of the City” kickoff event; @Muddsuckers offers coupons at this Saturday’s Mill City Farmers Market, @SuboExperience adds new items to their menu, and @TroutCaviar struggles with an HFCS moral dilemma.
MoreApril 29 Morning Roundup
Corporate 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).
MoreMarch 24 Tweet Rodeo
@TCDailyPlanet covers the latest meeting on street food in Minneapolis, @SuboExperience opens for lunch, @CafeCyan experiments with blue cheese and fig scones, @DakotaJazzClub hosts a “Chef Challenge Wine Dinner,” and @MeltingPotMN promotes the upcoming National Cheese Fondue Day.
MoreFebruary 4 Morning Roundup
“Beer, Brats, and the Bard” provokes an editorial “really?,” a big ol’ list of restaurants with V-Day specials, the joy of pairing Surly’s CynicAle with Moroccan chicken, a nice writeup of our Bell Museum dinner (which is sold out!), remember Jell-O salads?, Cocoa & Fig makes a move (and partners with Bull Run Roasting), Nokomis […]
MoreFebruary 3 Morning Roundup
Rachel’s “death by dinner” column (blowfish, heart attack-generating burgers, ghost chili wings, etc.), Zimmern deconstructs Chef Wadi’s performance on Iron Chef, the Well Fed Guide to Life dines at True Thai, Alexis gives Subo a firm “meh,” a Seward-based business called Funky Cottage Farm Products is selling chickens and eggs, insight into the delicious disposal […]
MoreJanuary 29 Morning Roundup
Dining on lamb (and considering how to utilize the offal) over on Trout Caviar, Bull Run’s “no espresso to go” rule is either snobbish or sensible, Michele Obama gives R.T. Rybak a shout-out for his work on promoting farmers markets, Zimmern sees eye-to-eye with us (and other Subo=Second Coming skeptics), Sen. Klobuchar eats humble pie […]
MoreJanuary 28 Morning Roundup
The Strib has the story behind Sauce Spirits & Soundbar’s busted window [via bring.mn], Rick Nelson likes many aspects of OM other than the plus-sized side dishes (“resigned nods to Minnesota tastes”) and the decor (“a vast, gloomy, generically decorated basement”), there’s a hell of a lineup over at the soon-to-open Haute Dish, a Fitger’s […]
MoreJanuary 27 Morning Roundup
Behold Slashfood’s mind-blowingly condescending attitude toward the Midwest in general and Minneapolis in particular (vis-a-vis Chef Wadi on Iron Chef), Rachel compares Subo to New York’s Momofuku, a beet lover’s confessional, Well Fed Guide to Life heads to Saffron, Simple Good and Tasty is holding an event at Grand Cafe, and Miel y Leche saunters […]
MoreJanuary 25 Flickr Photo Roundup
A coconut drink at Subo by beccadilley, Bleu fettuccine at Tavern on Grand by rabidscottsman, chocolate bacon pretzels by jwannie, creamed spinach by conner.mccall, roasted tomatoes (etc.) and peppers by andy pucko, a pink cupcake and more cupcakes by massdistraction, and Jansson’s Temptation by katbaro (read our version here).
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