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Now Open: Celebrity Coffee at MOA

OMG you guys. Did you see what just opened at MOA?

If you happen to be riding down the escalator near the space formerly known as Bloomingdales, you’ll see a fresh new outpost of The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf. Shut Up, I know.

This is no mere coffee shop, this is the inaugural Midwest…

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F3: Sliding Sliders

Do you know what weekend it is? It’s Art Sled Rally weekend! Jake and I have been thinking all week about what kind of vehicle we should construct on this Fresh Forkin’ Friday night so that we might hurl ourselves down the sled hill toward cheering immortality. We’ve gone the gamut of ideas, from…

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Parka … by Stock and Badge

I can’t have been the only one who really didn’t know what to expect from Parka. There was Dogwood and Rustica, so was it a coffee shop? But there was an Erick Harcey component, so could it be noshy fare as well? It was going to be inside of new indie boutique Forage Modern…

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Welcome to the Stage: Skuna Bay Salmon

It’s not often I get invited to a salmon launch. Did I think we’d be cracking a bottle of Dom over a fish head and tossing it down the street? No … not really.

But there I was at Borough with some chefs, a few media pals, and some Canadians.  There’s a new fish…

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F3: The New Minny

So, this Fresh Forkin’ Friday brings a lot of turmoil. Way beyond doping and fake girlfriends, we’ve got some local identity issues. The CC Club is being bought by the French Meadow gang, DMG has a good telling of their future plans. All I can say is that yesterday on the twitter, people who haven’t been there for YEARS were freaking out that…

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F3: Hot Toddy

I’m only sharing this because Fresh Forkin’ Friday happens to fall on National Hot Toddy day and what with all the Seattle going on outside your window I’m feeling like we could all use a bump. The truth is, whenever I had a hacking cough or sore throat as a child (like many of…

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F3: Welcome Lucky 13

To ensure that you put your best foot forward this year, this 13th year of the millenium, I will dedicate the Fresh Forkin’ Friday to bringing you luck. Who knew all it took was crunching a few egg shells and abstaining from sniffing basil to win?

  • Don’t hand peppers directly to someone in the kitchen—put…

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