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A reader tip suggests that Pierre’s Bistro closed last weekend (and the website seems to confirm it), restaurateur Thom Pham (of the recently closed Wondrous Azian Kitchen) faces arrest for writing bad checks, farmers and cheesemakers are opening upscale delis in Wisconsin, Iggers shells out for a meal at The Bachelor Farmer, Northfield’s Kurry Kabab […]
MoreReaders: 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 […]
MoreThom Pham and his sisters (now at Wok in the Park) settle out of court, Simple Good and Tasty reviews Shefzilla, Heartland has put out its New Year’s Eve menu [here in Word format], the staff of MPLS.TV shares their food moments of 2010, fired Chipotle workers are speaking out, a blogger gives Masa a […]
More@AndrewZimmern jokes about “Wondrous Awful Kitchen” (check out the picture), @TCFOODFINDS comments on poor service, @TravailKitchen raves about Meritage, @FreshLocalShow offers an easy how-to for Jerusalem artichokes, also known as “sunchokes,” and @MayorRTRybak promotes local beer — @BrauBeer in particular.
MoreCity Pages digs into the background of food PR (and former Metromix) guy Chris Kallal, and boy does it bring the dirt. The story includes reports of identity theft, two-timing, and other assorted monkeyshines. Up until now, Kallal’s Twincy company may have been best known for the chaotic opening of client Thom Pham’s Wondrous Azian […]
MoreRachel updates us on the increasingly messy Traditional Foods Warehouse saga, a mixed-trending positive snapshot of Wondrous by Mecca, another cowboy bar is opening up, and Rachel tells the story of FireLake’s porterhouse steak.
MoreRick looks at the new chefs of Grand Cafe, Cafe Maude, and Porter & Frye (see also: our interview with Sarah Master) and previews the word salad that is Thom Pham’s Wondrous Azian Kitchen; G Sheaves digs the 2009 Alexis Bailly Seyval Blanc; Rachel does a stellar job of rounding up the five worst restaurant […]
MoreStephanie Pituc shares a courageous recollection of the Azia-closing and Wanderers Wonderous Azian Kitchen-announcement PR event last week. It’s a piece on naming, pronunciation, and culture. “My therapist’s intuition picked up on a sense of embarrassment in the air…”
MoreThom Pham plans to launch Wanderer’s Wondrous Azian Kitchen at the cursed address of 533 Hennepin Ave. S, the Minneapolis Farmers Market rolls out an EBT (Electronic Benefits Transfer) system [PDF of press release], a recap of the dishes of Taste of the Nation, Schell’s tightens the availability of Nordeast, Molly from Found Recipe Box […]
More[Via Girl Friday]: Thom Pham is opening a second Thanh Do in Anoka, as soon as Thu. Mar. 19. We wrote up the original restaurant as one of three excellent things to do if you should happen to be in St. Louis Park.
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