Anyone driving by the high-profile corner of Franklin and Hennepin, on the busy trail connecting Uptown and Downtown will have noticed that the paper came off the windows this week at Burch, the highly anticipated new mega-project by James Beard award winning chef Isaac Becker, of you-still-can’t-get-in-there 112 Eatery and Bar La Grassa. But what does the paper coming off the…
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…
Sandcastle Preview: Doug Flicker of Piccolo’s Forthcoming Beach Shack—Frybread, and the Great Burger Debate of 2013
Do you find yourself whining about winter? You’re in good company, Minnesota in February becomes a land of complaining, and a land of complainers complaining about all the complaining, and a land of complaining about the complainer-complaining complaining, and so forth and so on. And yet, in a few weeks, spring!
Which makes an inquiring mind wonder: What about the park concession at Lake Nokomis…
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?…
French Meadow Buys the CC Club: Also, Introducing a New Wine Bar, Event Space!
In the eternal war between fresh vegetables and rock-and-roll, who’d have thought that the veggies would win?
But it happened. I just got off the phone with Lynn Gordon, who founded the French Meadow Bakery and Café in 1985, and, yes, the rumors are true: She has a purchase agreement in hand to buy Minneapolis rock-and-roll bar legend the CC Club—the…
Deconstructed Pig Face Update! Chef Geoff Hausmann, Charcuterie Master, Takes Over Sample Room
Remember Geoff Hausmann, the tattooed charcuterie master who was omnipresent at the opening of both Victory 44 and Travail? The one with the…
Too Early Review: The Belmore/The New Skyway Lounge, Home of the Best Blintz In MN History
On 4th Street, between the main library and the First Avenue drinking district, sits the Belmore, and if you care anything about blintz—find it. Find it now!
Blintz, of course, are the Eastern European version of the crepe, typically served with some sort of dairy filling or topping . . . and the one at the Belmore? Holy frijoles. A home run, a knee-weakening triumph, an…
Top Breakfasts in the Twin Cities—Everyday
Here it comes! The most relaxed work-week of the year. The week for leisurely breakfasts with your family, your kids, every day of…
Twelve Days of Christmas, Superb Local Food Edition
Are we getting down to the wire? Yes, we are getting down to the wire. The sun is rising mighty close to 8…
Now That’s Bloody Good! The Original Bloody Mary
(Sponsored)
The story behind the name “Bloody Mary” are unconfirmed tales ranging from the obvious reference to the blood-thirsty Protestant killer, Queen…
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