Minneapolis-St. Paul and Upper Midwest Food Magazine // Feasting on the Bounty of the Upper Midwest
Wisconsin’s dairy goat industry takes a pounding from this year’s drought, East-Lake ponders the insane number of new local breweries, Rachel gently pans Cakedy candy bars (here’s our assessment), a visit to Four Daughters Vineyard (here’s our visit and review), WACSO visits the newly opened Foxy Falafel, naam prik ong from the Minnesota Garlic Festival, […]
MoreAn ambitious Kaskaid Hospitality project called Union will go into the Shinders space in downtown Minnneapolis, DeRusha’s skyway sandwich battle, gardening notes from Trout Caviar, details on the Summit Backyard Bash featuring Doomtree, growlers of cold-press coffee, gorgeous photos from Patisserie 46 (here’s our behind-the-scenes P46 video), a nighttime bike + gastro ride, Iggers searches […]
MoreFood & Wine lauds local restaurants including Travail, The Bachelor Farmer, and HauteDish (plus: Andrew Zimmern’s local picks and photos from our own Becca Dilley in the print edition); Howl at the Moon closes (alternately: The Shout House wins the piano bar duel); details on the Lynn; 2012’s farm families of the year; an early […]
MoreNew coffee blog Minneapolis Coffee tackles Mapps, a local blog’s Kickstarter succeeds and obtains a portable wood-fired oven, Rachel talks up pork tongue at Victory 44, tasting notes from Summit Unchained #10 (Abbey Ale), Rusty Taco’s Minneapolis location opens today (here’s our review of their St. Paul location), some guys try New Glarus beer from […]
MoreMinnesota State Fair Chili in Saveur, find a screening of American Meat here, a look at how many college stadiums serve beer (as TCF Stadium considers it), release parties for Summit Unchained #10 (Abbey Ale), Cupcake bails on opening a Grand Ave. store and moves to MOA after fighting future St. Paul neighbors, a culinary […]
MoreBites from Birdhouse and Icehouse, a look at Summit Unchained #10 (long may the series run), and the planned Uptown Trader Joe’s is dealt a zoning setback.
MoreEpic wait times for samples at the first Minnesota Cheese Festival and the organizer dings attendees for forming lines (here’s our preview piece for the event); farewell to the Ashland Current (one of our kindred spirits); President Obama’s menu at The Bachelor Farmer this weekend; an appreciation of Black Sheep Pizza (here’s ours); tasting notes […]
MoreIllustrator WACSO visits Wise Acre Eatery and contemplates BJ’s, an Alaska salmon-focused CSF (Community Supported Fishery) has arrived in the Twin Cities [PDF press release], reflections on the profoundly insensitive Art Song’s wings sign [Via Stuff About Minneapolis], tasting notes on Summit’s Saga IPA (here are our somewhat less formal thoughts), reportage on the lonely […]
MoreA fairly amazing-sounding Better Beer Society brown bag series event at Butcher & the Boar, some revised menus at local restaurants, a local foodie’s epic Mother’s Day feast, tasting notes for Summit Pilsner and Steel Toe’s Provider, the Star Tribune’s Taste 50, and a new urban farm in Minneapolis.
MoreSome Minnesota cities are considering getting out of the liquor business, a profile of Dean Vlahos (the restaurateur who Tom Petters helped put into bankruptcy), Mark Stutrud talks about Summit’s Saga IPA (here’s our recent tasting panel), Minnesota Monthly tackles urban farming, check out this crazy biscuit I made (recipe here), a preview of The […]
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