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Town Talk
The Raji Burger and Morning Roundup
Bar La Grassa takes flak from a famous bonehead, the unmitigated titanic horror that is the Raji Burger, reflections of a post-Town Talk “street bartender,” Rachel dubs The Inn a “welcome respite” for downtown diners (here’s our recent review), Tim McKee is going to overhaul the Uptown Cafeteria (which we hated, until we liked it), […]
MoreCelebrate Repeal Day! and December 3 Tweet Rodeo
@LongfellowGrill now offers 30 beers on tap, @NgonBistro considers offering a meat plate including in-house Chinese elk sausage and five spice pheasant/duck, @TownTalkDiner celebrates the repeal of Prohibition on Sunday with $5 drinks, and @CTKitchenTable adds both a daily 3-course tasting menu and an advance notice 7-course grass-fed beef menu to their offerings.
MoreA Heartland Survey and Morning Roundup
Rachel surveys Heartland’s “ambitious complex” in Lowertown and picks her five favorite restaurants for foodies, the garlic growers at Swede Lake Farms get a New York Times writeup (via @dbrauer), why a Shakopee restaurant owner is deliberately flooding his own basement, Chowhounds think the Twin Cities have a service problem, Rick looks at the team […]
More1/2 Price Frickles and July 15 Tweet Rodeo
Craving a @SPClassicCookie carrot cake cupcake? Today’s the day for a good one; @ArtSpaceUSA covers St. Paul consideration of wider sidewalks near cafes, @BlackDogStPaul adds Brau Bros. Strawberry Wheat to their list, get your @TownTalkDiner kitchen sink burger and frickles for half price with today’s deeply discounted DealStork offering (via @HeavyTable), and @KingfieldMarket plans to […]
MoreApril 28 Tweet Rodeo
@Joes_Garage offers an all-night happy hour (tonight only!), @TownTalkDiner encourages support for their contestant at an iron bartending competition this Sunday, @HotDishBlog notes that local, grass-fed beef is now available at Target, @CooksCrocusHill seeks assistants for their Edina cooking classes, and @MplsFarmMarket continues to seek city permission to sell street food on Nicollet Mall.
MoreFebruary 23 Tweet Rodeo
@TownTalkDiner debuts a new menu, another wine sale starts at @SurdyksLiquor, @VeloVeggies works on further planning for this summer, and @YelpMinneapolis promotes the upcoming “Yelp Drinks” discount event.
MoreFebruary 15 Tweet Rodeo
@FairFoodFight muses on chicken feet and homemade stock, @DeRushaEats lauds @TownTalkDiner for their bloody Marys, @EdKohler identifies a business opportunity for V-Day 2011, @Celebr8nGenr8n succeeds in making homemade lingonberry wine, and @MetroMag rounds up an interesting variety of metro-area flapjacks.
MoreJanuary 18 Flickr Photo Roundup
Latte art and Town Talk mixology by K-SAKI, Rogue Dead Guy whiskey by andy pucko, smoked trout risotto by jwannie, penne with zucchini in a lemon parmesan cream sauce by pickycook, and the Wisconsin cheeseburger quesadilla by rabidscottsman.
MoreKosevich’s Next Stop: Milwaukee
Town Talk’s front-of-house manager / bartender extraordinaire Nick Kosevich has been a hard guy to find recently — he’s busy preparing to open in late November a new bar called Instill Distill… in Milwaukee, of all places. If all goes well, a second Instill Distill may pop up somewhere in the Minneapolis – St. Paul […]
MoreDavid Vlach Joins Heidi’s
David Vlach is joining Heidi’s as the sous chef. Vlach, who has a resume featuring stints at Aquavit in NYC and the French Laundry, is known locally (among other things) for opening the Town Talk Diner. [Via Shefzilla]
MoreMar. 3 Morning Roundup
Mpls.St.Paul spotlights a couple choice gyros, Iggers spends $17 on a “pretty good” carry-on turkey dinner at the airport, Rachel imagines what it might be like to eat 50 oz. of beef at one sitting, Chowhounds agree that the latest incarnation of Town Talk passes muster, and Bill at Lazy Lightning tees off on CNN […]
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