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Restaurants
December 26, 2012World Street Kitchen is a tasty winner
Fast-casual menu packs in lots of bold flavors without hurting your wallet
Blogs
November 29, 2012Chino Latino's ad for new menu: Is it racist?
Following the recent rollout of a new menu featuring Indian-inspired cuisine, Parasole-owned Chino Latino is getting some backlash.To introduce its "New India Street Sheet" menu items like cauliflower pakora, vindaloo pork, and paneer omelette, the Uptown fusion restaurant released an ad containing ... More >>
Blogs
November 28, 2012World Street Kitchen: A first look
After years of searching, working cramped in a truck, planning, plotting, and writing menus, the Wadi brothers opened the doors to the new World Street Kitchen. The same concept from their wildly popular food truck has found a home in the Lyn-Lake neighborhood. While chef Sameh claims they are conti ... More >>
Blogs
November 2, 2012Best of Hot Dish: October 29-November 2, 2012
This week, our cup has overflowed with prime food and drink news. Here's a few of the week's top stories.~Sometimes there is nothing like a stiff cocktail and a big ol' slab of meat. Join us as we pay tribute to the Cities' Top 10 steak houses.~The slideshows were happening this week, with a to ... More >>
Blogs
October 29, 2012Bangkok Thai Deli closing temporarily
It's just going to be for a short time, and they aren't going very far, but Bangkok Thai Deli, the top-notch restaurant tucked away in the back of an Asian supermarket, is shutting down and moving this week.Here are the details on your last chance to pick up some pad kee mow, boat noodles, or pa-nan ... More >>
Blogs
October 23, 2012World Street Kitchen Uptown releases more details on the Wadis' new restaurant
As the days grow shorter and the weatherman threatens us with the white stuff, we're cuddling up to a cozy press release we just received promising that we will not have to spend another cold season without the hearty comfort of a Yum Yum Bowl.World Street Kitchen, the truck from Saed and Sameh Wadi ... More >>
Restaurants
September 5, 2012Cheap eats around the Twin Cities
A dozen different dishes for under $10
Blogs
April 30, 2012Cinco de Mayo, Great Waters cask dinner kick off May this Week in Food
It's (almost) May, and our week in food reflects this most welcome month: Cinco de Mayo cooking classes and a new chef at Gather just to name a few. Enjoy!
Blogs
March 15, 2012Top 10 dive bars in the Twin Cities
Oh, man, who wants a drink? Some nights call for a darker than average drinking spot. Somewhere that serves stiff drinks without an attitude. A place where jeans are invited and dirty-sloganed T-shirts are plentiful. A joint with a great jukebox, beers on tap that don't have any ironic advertisin ... More >>
Blogs
February 10, 2012Best of Hot Dish: February 6 -February 10, 2012
This week at the Hot Dish the stories were extra hot to warm the coldest of days. Here are a few of the week's top reports. ~We know many of you want to get your lovin' on for Valentine's Day; here's our picks for the most romantic restaurants for you and your snookums.~We also know tha ... More >>
Restaurants
February 8, 2012Krungthep Thai is the real deal
Eat Street spot wins with authenticity
Blogs
December 29, 2011Month in Review: Open, Closed, Coming Soon January 2012
NOW OPENColossal Cafe(2315 Como Ave, St. Paul)Rosa Mexicano (City Pages Review)(609 Hennepin Ave., Minneapolis)Little Szechuan (City Pages Review)(5377 West 16th St., St. Louis Park)West Bank Diner(324 Cedar Ave S. Minneapolis)Five Guys Burgers and Fries(8360 3rd St N., Oakdale)Eat Street Pi ... More >>
Blogs
November 17, 2011Top 5 INDOOR food truck experiences
We'll miss you, sunny days of summerDay by day our favorite street finds are dropping out of the game. A few intrepid souls like Nate of Natedogs and the vivacious ladies of Fork in the Road plan to stay out all winter long. Others, like Lisa Carlson and Carrie Summers of the Chef Shack, will lea ... More >>
Blogs
October 14, 2011Chrysanthemum juice at Bangkok Thai: Drink of the week
Flower-kissed.Chrysanthemum juice $2 Bangkok Thai 315 University Ave. W., St. Paul 651.224.4300 In an usual mosaic-covered building on University Avenue, some of the most mind-blowingly delicious and authentic Thai food is served. This place falls into that "hole-in-the-wall" category. The menu is ... More >>
Blogs
August 16, 2011Gai Gai Thai brings feisty street fare to the farmers markets
Try Gai Gai Thai's green curry rice and Thai iced tea. On some of these summer days when it's been hot as Bangkok at 9 'o clock in the morning, we figure, Why try to beat it, when we can join it? Such weather is just an excuse to indulge in the Southeast Asian street eats of farmers' market ... More >>
Movies
May 25, 2011Hangover II: Didn't we already see this movie?
Bradley Cooper, Zach Galifianakis star in dude comedy
Blogs
April 7, 2011Saffron's Sameh Wadi: Chef Chat, Part 3
photo by Michelle BruchSameh Wadi and his big red truckToday we wrap up our three-part series with chef Sameh Wadi of Saffron and World Street Kitchen. (If you missed them, read parts 1 and 2 here.) We discuss when the big red truck will be back on the streets, what's keeping him up at night, ... More >>
Blogs
March 28, 2011University Avenue's best Asian restaurants
Restaurants worth fighting LRT construction.This week's Dish review dubbed On's Thai Kitchen on University at Snelling in St. Paul as a restaurant worth enduring the hassle of LRT construction (Work is now being done between Emerald and Hamline, with the 'dozers moving on to the rest of Universit ... More >>
Restaurants
March 23, 2011Naviya's and On's Thai spice up the Twin Cities
Two new Thai restaurants in Linden Hills and St. Paul
Blogs
August 25, 2010Best new patios
Michelle LeonUptown Cafeteria's new Skybar is king!We all have our favorite standbys for outdoor drinking and dining--W.A. Frost's lush garden patio, the busy sidewalk seats at French Meadow, or the Dennis Rodman-drawing roofdeck at Stella's. But have you checked out the breezy surrounds at t ... More >>
Blogs
August 20, 2010Parasole's Top 10 most offensive billboards
Funny or Die: Parasole billboardsWhile working on this week's Dish column on Uptown Cafeteria, the Hot Dish was admittedly a little disappointed not to see an edgy ad campaign associated with Parasole's newest eatery. Talking to CEO Phil Roberts and VP Kip Clayton recently, we learned that th ... More >>
Blogs
July 26, 2010Dandelion Kitchen cooks up farmer fare
Michelle BruchDandelion Kitchen launched at farmers' markets this summerFresh off a yearlong bike expedition from Prague to Bangkok, the owners of Dandelion Kitchen are still on wheels. The Farmers' Market vendor is parking a bright yellow trailer in front of the IDS building on Nicollet Ma ... More >>
Blogs
July 16, 2010Meet your Bassgasm DJs, Vol. 2: Heavygrinder, Keith Mackenzie, and Christian Bruna (MP3s)
It's almost that time, bass fanatics. Woody McBride's second takeover of First Avenue in six months goes down in just one week. Next Friday, more than 60 DJs will descend upon the club and play some of the funkiest, ear-splitting, heavens-opening tracks known (or not known) to man for nearly 10 ho ... More >>
Blogs
June 5, 2009David Carradine's "suicide" called into question
It's looking more and more like Carradine's death is headed for the auto-erotic folder.
Blogs
June 4, 2009David Carradine dead at 72
The star of Kung Fu and Kill Bill hung himself in a Bangkok hotel room last Thursday.
Restaurants
January 28, 2009Roat Osha replaces Uptown Thai staple Sawatdee
Name translates to "food for a king"—so is it?
Blogs
December 2, 2008Teens charged in nursing home abuse, Hopkins text threat grammar
Tuesday's five most fascinating stories printed on wood pulp.Movies
September 3, 2008Summer film: Batman saves the season, a little Sex doesn't hurt
Independent films went south, but thank the Knight for the blockbuster
News
June 11, 2008Summer Grows Up
For once, this season's movies don't ask you to check your brains at the door
Blogs
May 7, 2008Chino crosses a new line
For once, this season's movies don't ask you to check your brains at the door
News
May 7, 2008It's craptastic!
When the economy is in the toilet, there's no such thing as dirty money
Restaurants
April 9, 2008Roseville's China Jen is an old-school adventure
A quest for the elusive soup dumpling leads to a rough-around-the-edges find
Restaurants
May 23, 2007Great Thai Outliers
Two fantastic Thai places revealed in the suburbs—so rejoice! Or gnash your teeth, depending.
Blogs
February 14, 20072/14 Morning Communiqué
Two fantastic Thai places revealed in the suburbs—so rejoice! Or gnash your teeth, depending.
Arts
November 1, 2006Grandmaster Flash
A musical about a board game? Mamma mia!
Blogs
September 20, 2006Email from a friend in Bankok
A musical about a board game? Mamma mia!
Blogs
August 30, 2006Don't thank me for making you rich. OK, go ahead and thank me.
A musical about a board game? Mamma mia!
Books
January 26, 2005Rattawut Lapcharoensap: Sightseeing
A musical about a board game? Mamma mia!
News
December 15, 2004Local Music Yearbook '04
We crowd-surfed with R.T. We bar hopped on light rail. And between some of our precious last sucks on a cigarette at the club, we scribbled it all down on a cocktail napkin.
Movies
November 17, 2004Extraordinary Joe
Thailand's Apichatpong "Joe" Weerasethakul makes films too big and beautiful for plot
Restaurants
August 25, 2004Heartland Cooking, With Fish Sauce
Cooking instructor Supatra Johnson connects the dots from southeast Asian farmers to you
Music
July 14, 2004How To Disappear Partially
Longhairs and jazzbos give radiohead a new face
Movies
September 17, 2003Say What?
The Venice Film Festival gives voice to the global cacophony
Restaurants
April 23, 2003True Thai Story
A decade in the making, an Asian gem that's neither dumbed down nor sugared up
News
April 17, 2002One Night in Bangkok
A Hmong supper club in St. Paul attracts young hipsters, caters to old-school immigrants, and pisses off the neighbors
Music
October 21, 1998Grandmaster Clash
Connie Francis meets Nurse with Wound on the unruly turntables of DJ Ts
Restaurants
September 16, 1998Eat the Revolution
Connie Francis meets Nurse with Wound on the unruly turntables of DJ Ts
Feature
May 1, 1998Taking Wing
Connie Francis meets Nurse with Wound on the unruly turntables of DJ Ts
Restaurants
March 25, 1998Baht of Course!
Connie Francis meets Nurse with Wound on the unruly turntables of DJ Ts
Restaurants
March 5, 1997Service With A Furrowed Brow
Connie Francis meets Nurse with Wound on the unruly turntables of DJ Ts
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