What I could use this Fresh Forkin' Friday is a little deluge of rain. Just a smidgen of cold badness would be better than the awfully bucolic sunny warmth we're being offered up. See, I have a giant stack of November food magazines, and I have to get through them and start assembling ideas and inspirations for The Feast. This is best done with slippers and a hot toddy and no feeling of guilt that I should be putting the kid on the bike one last time before we shut in. Brussels sprouts or creamed corn? Whole wheat rolls or herbed ciabatta? These decisions are best made when there's no chance of a walk in the woods. Focus. Focus. 

Finally, the GDC is open for dinner. The new neon on the outside reads: Good Day Cafe and Bad Day Bar. Adding drinks and dinner dishes to the menu, they are hoping to get in on all the West End action. Additions include a hot turkey sandwich, the Baron BBQ burger, a pork chop with rye bread crumbs, and the Original Tchoupitoula: cajun chicken on creole ham hash with bearnaise. Now if they can only get a website ...

Sugar Sugar is the super sweet shop that opened up in south Minneapolis. The stylish room is stacked with big jars brimming with colorful candies. A good afternoon this weekend might include a snack at Grand Cafe across the street followed by a high-quality Bit-O-Honey binge, no?

Cafe Agri will soon close while it transforms into Doug Flicker's newest deal, Piccolo. The small plates, small room restaurant sounds like a interesting idea and we, the food freaks, will wait with baited breath.