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The Twin Cities' best places to renounce those foolish New Year's vows Let's face it: The party's over and the hangover has begun. In these dire times, as incomes become less stable while gloomy, frigid days continue... More>>
Published: January 07, 2009
Five signs the Minneapolis restaurant scene is growing It was a good year for eating, as Twin Cities kitchens in 2008 turned out one delicious dish after another. Some of my favorites highlighted the... More>>
Published: December 31, 2008
Lutefisk: The world's largest chunk of phlegm? Jim "Nordblad" Harris, creator of the website lutefiskloverslifeline.com, has his own version of Black Friday. When tickets go on sale for the... More>>
Published: December 24, 2008
Hell's Kitchen's new digs rouse damn-near demonic desires for brunch On any given Sunday, as the faithful gather at their churches to sing, praise, and pray, another kind of worshiper lines up on the stairway to... More>>
Published: December 17, 2008
Dining prix fixe leads to the best deal, great meal The ballots are still being contested and the last campaign lawn signs are freezing into the ground—how long this election hangover might... More>>
Published: December 10, 2008
Spam: It's not just for inboxes anymore The other day, I did something I hadn't done in years. I pulled a square blue can out of the back of the cupboard, lifted the ring, and punctured... More>>
Published: December 03, 2008
Wayzata's NorthCoast offers delectable edible science experiments NorthCoast restaurant is in a suburban office park on Lake Minnetonka, not far from Cargill headquarters. It's decorated like a hotel... More>>
Published: November 26, 2008
Rinata replaces Giorgio's with its chic, late-night eats If a restaurant fails, why would you replace it with the very same thing? It was a question I couldn't help but ask when I went to Rinata, the... More>>
Published: November 19, 2008
Barrio treats tequila with wine-style reverence Just about every drinker I know has a tequila story, and for some reason the stories always seem to end with the person hunched over the toilet,... More>>
Published: November 12, 2008
Birch's classy casual nearly hits the mark Birch's may share cheesy strip-mall digs with Nails by Cindi and the Assembly of God church, but on weekend evenings the parking lot outside the... More>>
Published: November 05, 2008
Manny's attempts to raise the steaks—er, stakes What makes a Caesar salad worth $19? Seriously, I'm asking. Lettuce grown in Frank Gehry-designed greenhouses and sprinkled with Voss water?... More>>
Published: October 29, 2008
Cheap after-work eats aplenty at Azia, Saffron, Pop!!, and more "In these trying economic times" is a phrase used so frequently lately that it's becoming trite, but however you want to word it, many of us are... More>>
Published: October 22, 2008
Restaurant Max has impressive fare despite heady marketing At Restaurant Max one evening, the waitress was describing the menu—New American cuisine...a mix of global influences—and I was... More>>
Published: October 15, 2008
Forepaugh's gets tres sexy menu makeover For years, Forepaugh's restaurant, located in a Victorian mansion near downtown St. Paul, felt like an elegant shut-in who was quite a gal in... More>>
Published: October 08, 2008
With Honeycrisp's patent expiring, U of M looks for new apple For two months every fall, David Bedford spends his days chewing things up and spitting them out. As the University of Minnesota's chief apple... More>>
Published: October 01, 2008
Common Roots, Common Ground The stripped-down space has exposed brick walls, concrete flooring, and burlap coffee sacks that double as decor. The counter staff's look is... More>>
Published: September 24, 2008
Toast of the Town The elevator opens onto the 27th floor of the Foshay Tower's new W Hotel, dumping us straight into a sendoff party at the Prohibition bar. The... More>>
Published: September 17, 2008
Jax Cafe: A Nordeast institution "I think you'll have a better shot on the other side," the manager coached, pointing across the stream and passing me a long-handled net. "They... More>>
Published: September 10, 2008
Minneapolis and St. Paul's midnight snacks The other night, well past midnight, I watched with some sadness as a grown man carried a frozen pizza home from the corner gas station. While I... More>>
Published: September 03, 2008
Dining with RNC delegates Welcome politicos, pollsters, and protesters. For the next few days, downtown St. Paul is going to be a madhouse, as tens of thousands start... More>>
Published: August 27, 2008
Big E is Back If you follow Concord Street south from downtown St. Paul on your way to Bourbon Street Steak House, the area starts to look so desolate that by... More>>
Published: August 20, 2008
Liquor titan Phillips Distilling aims top shelf with organic vodka If you recognize the name Phillips Distilling, it's probably because you've seen its dusty bottles of schnapps lining the lower shelves of local... More>>
Published: August 13, 2008
Why the Twin Cities is the best place to eat ice cream in the universe Sitting on a bench outside Pumphouse Creamery with a scoop of strawberry sorbet, I watched a class of fencing students spill out from the... More>>
Published: August 06, 2008
Dancing Ganesha: Lost in Translation Here's a typical scene from lunch at a local Indian restaurant: The masses are queued up behind a Herculean buffet of steaming curries, against a... More>>
Published: July 30, 2008
Smalley's Jamaican Barbeque: Jerked around I can't say I wasn't warned. When the waiter explained the sauces on the table at Smalley's Caribbean Barbeque, he held up the squeeze bottle... More>>
Published: July 23, 2008
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