You have to wonder what that teacher thought, the one who was heading out to his car, cell phone pressed to his ear, when he encountered our... More >>
On a Thursday night, just before 7 o'clock when the drinks go full price, the cavernous new Whisky Park in downtown Minneapolis is as empty as... More >>
During dinner at the Hanger Room the other night, a man bit into 16 ounces of 42-day dry-aged rib eye steak and started to moan. As he chewed,... More >>
Generally, the most innovative, food-forward restaurants tend to spring up in the urban core, leaving suburbanites to settle for sustenance as... More >>
While others in the airport security line carefully loosen their shoelaces or slip their laptops from their cases, I am more likely than not... More >>
Just a few years ago, Minneapolis's dining scene boomed at the pace of the country's housing market: The only place to go was up. Restaurants... More >>
The dry-aged porterhouse served at FireLake restaurant is marked with grill hashes and flecked with spices and herbs. It's banded by a thick... More >>
Street eating can take a bit more effort than its skyway-based alternatives. First, there's the matter of protecting your meal from hovering... More >>
We're not quite Phnom Penh, Cambodia, where roadside vendors roast skewered bats over glowing coals, but mobile food entrepreneurs in St. Paul... More >>
One hot summer night, on the sidewalk in front of Uptown Cafeteria and Support Group, a girl in a short skirt kissed a guy sitting on a crotch... More >>
The first thing every diner should do when perusing a restaurant's menu is to appreciate that picking an item from the list is so much easier... More >>
In south Minneapolis, the orange paper sacks are already starting to circulate, being handed to the host by a dinner-party guest or proffered... More >>
The First Avenue of my youth, where we traipsed around in combat boots and vintage sundresses, was a filthy place. Its insides were as black as... More >>
