Email Author Emily Weiss

2012 Stories by Emily Weiss

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  World Street Kitchen is a tasty winner

  published December 26, 2012

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  Beacon Public House invites you to stay

  published December 19, 2012

  During the time they first became culturally significant and starting popping up all over Britain, public houses, later shortened simply to... More >>

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  Midtown Global Market boosts local business

  published December 12, 2012

  For local budding restaurateurs, food trucks still dominate as the most popular alternative to bricks and mortar, but within the walls of the... More >>

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  Twin Cities specialty food stores wow

  published December 5, 2012

  As the holiday season kicks off, your once-empty weekends seem to fill up much too quickly with endless parties and events. It's all great fun,... More >>

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  New Bohemia boasts beer and brats

  published November 28, 2012

  After settling on a Lift Bridge Farm Girl Saison and ordering up six different sausages from the friendly front counter at More >>

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  The Lynn on Bryant blends elegance and coziness

  published November 21, 2012

  When a friend of mine first returned home to Minnesota after a two-year stint in Uganda serving in the Peace Corps, he had a somewhat difficult... More >>

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  Nightingale lures Twin Cities night owls

  published November 14, 2012

  In all kinds of classic written works, from ancient literature to Renaissance poetry, the common nightingale has acted as a source of... More >>

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  Figlio returns with old favorites

  published November 7, 2012

  Do not put on your cheaters. Do not adjust your retina displays (if that's even possible). Do not log on to your Livefyre account to make... More >>

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  Gray House welcomes intrepid diners

  published October 31, 2012

  Goat: so hot right now. No, really, it is. And not just for cheese, milk, luxury soaps, or painfully cute YouTube videos (do yourself a favor... More >>

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  Northbound Smokehouse riffs on old techniques

  published October 24, 2012

  Smoking, drying, salting, and pickling are all methods of food preservation that have been applied to perishables since the very inception of... More >>

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  Cafe Maude adapts with sophistication

  published October 17, 2012

  The fact that our first visit to Cafe Maude's new location in Loring Park took place on the same night as the first presidential debate proved... More >>

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  The Kenwood merges cafe and destination dining

  published October 10, 2012

  When it comes to visiting a new restaurant for the first time, especially one that has not yet established a reputation, critics have varying... More >>

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  Copper Pot's adventurous eats

  published October 3, 2012

  There's a scene in an episode of Girls in which Hannah, the protagonist, makes a speech to her two besties about the individual... More >>

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  Foxy Falafel forks over fantastic food

  published September 26, 2012

  The first time I ever saw chickpeas in their natural state — fresh, green, and shelled — I had a lot of questions, the first of... More >>

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  Rusty Taco taste test

  published September 19, 2012

  When Rusty Taco, a Dallas-based fast-casual franchise, opened its first out-of-Texas branch in St. Paul, it raised a few eyebrows. But the... More >>

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  Cheap eats around the Twin Cities

  published September 5, 2012

  Though I much prefer grocery shopping to clothes shopping, when I do have to look for new jeans or a party dress, I tend to gravitate toward... More >>

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  Somos Peru shines, sometimes

  published August 22, 2012

  We all consume food, that's a fact. But for some of us, the ones I like to think of as especially blessed, the inverse is also true: Food... More >>

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  Fika blends tradition with finesse

  published August 15, 2012

  Having spent my formative years in the St. Anthony Park neighborhood of St. Paul, I grew up knowing more Berits and Trygves than I did Britneys... More >>

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  JJ's offers cafe fare without frills

  published August 8, 2012

  There are times when a long, flowery introduction is necessary. There are restaurants that require a surfeit of words to convey all the... More >>

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  Karta offers Thai with a smile

  published August 1, 2012

  Being hungry, aimless, and short on cash isn't such a bad combo if you also happen to be cruising down Central Avenue in the Windom Park... More >>

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  Mosaic: More than the sum of its parts

  published July 25, 2012

  It's considered poor form to openly take advantage of your neighbors, but if that neighbor happens to be a dynamite little brewery, well,... More >>

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  Birdhouse is good and good for you

  published July 18, 2012

  The owners of Birdhouse, Heidi and Stewart Woodman, who also own the famed New American restaurant Heidi's in Uptown, are getting locals to... More >>

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  Icehouse is very cool

  published July 11, 2012

  It's Hollis Roads's first day off in a month and a half, and he's going to celebrate it by not baking a single thing. For most people... More >>

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  Maruso re-creates street food from around the world

  published July 4, 2012

  Imagine you're an aspiring restaurateur. You've weighed the risks, appointed a team of trusted talent, secured your funding, identified your... More >>

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  Devil's Advocate keeps it simple

  published June 27, 2012

  Meatballs, like flatbreads, are one of those simple but sublime items that seem to be present in almost every global cuisine. You can get... More >>