The holy grail of the Minnesota summer: A spot with a staggering view, and fantastic food. Does it exist? Yes! Of course, we all know of the summer hotspots with great views and average, to be kind, food. And we know the places with cozy green patios and good food—but they’re not wow, look-at-that! tourist destinations. Is there anywhere you can you go for off-the-charts…
Official Preview: Pig Ate My Pizza Opens Friday!
We’re all up to speed on the fact that Travail, the nationally acclaimed molecular gastronomy garage band, has closed, right? Closed so that it could split into three new restaurants, namely a new, snazzy Travail, a cocktail bar and small plate spot called The Rookery, and a pizza spot, Pig Ate My Pizza. The first of those two are slated for a fall…
Too Early Review: Hello Pizza; Plus, Spring Food & Wine Lovers Weekend at Bluefin Bay!
Cult pizza, it’s in full flower in Minnesota now. And it’s all due to Ann Kim, and her Cinderella story—or rather, her Cinderella’s…
North Dakota’s Coming Irish Bar Boom, Is It Minneapolis’ New Foreign Legion?
I caught up with Dermot Cowley, owner of Minneapolis’ second-best known Irish Bar empire, now four-strong, all under the umbrella of the company named Irish Born Hospitality, and currently including O’Donovan’s in downtown Minneapolis, Jake O’Connor’s in Excelsior, Lola’s Lakehouse in Waconia, and JJ Murphy’s in Blaine. The best-known Minnesota Irish bar empire is of…
For Cute! New Glam Doll Donuts Brings Sexy Donuts to Mpls.
What happens when two Burnsville best friends and vintage-shopping fiends go on a road trip? Stuff that puts a whole lot of heavy…
Opening Soon: Sushi Fix Bricks-and-Mortar in Wayzata!
How many truck-to-bricks-and-mortar restaurants can one metropolitan area hold? Don’t answer that question before factoring in one more: Sushi Fix, the sushi truck sensation of last summer is about to open in Wayzata.
But first: Sushi in a truck? If you weren’t one of the many converted-skeptics of last summer, truck sushi is a very good thing. At least it is, from…
Glam Local Super Bowl Takeout
Getting ready for the Super Bowl, and deciding you’re not in the mood for the usual pizza delivery? There are more fantabulous offerings to be had in the Twin Cities, such as . . .
1) Super Fantastic Fried Chicken for a Crowd! At Left Handed Cook:
We’re all in agreement that the Left Handed Cook’s ‘winner winner’ fried chicken, Korean style…
Food Wars: The 12 Best Soups in the Twin Cities?!
Baby, it’s cold outside. So: soup. Of course. Of course! But what soup? Food and dining editor Steph March and I were gossiping about the top soups in the Twin Cities, and right now I’m thinking that picking any of the following would provoke a full on food-war, a broth-y cataclysm from which the Twin Cities might never recover. Can you pick a favorite?…
Union Countdown: Open 11/19, Complete With Millennium Falcon Area & Hay-Smoked Cream Cheese
What’s Minnesota’s best new restaurant of 2012? Whatever it is—Butcher & The Boar? Icehouse? Birdhouse? The Lynn?—the running just got tighter, because Union, believe it or not, is about to open.
The details: Union, of course, is the project by the folks behind the Crave-pire, helmed by rising-star chef Jim Christiansen, formerly of Il Gatto in its unknown excellent phase, and protégé of…
Don’t Panic! Last-Minute Thanksgiving Rescue
Did you just scorch your turkey black? Did you dump that no-good liar you’ve been thinking of dumping—but with poor holiday timing? Well…
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