Cub Foods

Hot Cheetos and Takis: A taste test

See Also:"Hot Cheetos & Takis" video features young Minneapolis rappers from Beats And Rhymes programThursday's City Pages editorial meeting had several special guests. Yep, Hot Cheetos and Takis showed up and they totally overshadowed (and out-crunched) the discussion topics for the week. After ... More >>

Mr. Potato Head Robber: Mpls police ask for help finding disguise-wearing bank heister [PHOTOS]

SEE ALSO:-- Smash-and-grab Minnesota jewelry store robbers caught on tape [VIDEO]-- Chris Miller robs bank, says he's struggling with fact he's not a rich football player, apologizesTwo weeks after successfully robbing a TCF Bank inside a Cub Foods in Fridley, the well-dressed Mr. Potato Head robber ... More >>

Duane Clark violated wife's order for protection

See also: The Baby Buried in the Backyard. See also: Police Photos: The Baby Buried in the Backyard Duane Clark, the Crystal man who confessed to burying his baby in the backyard to police this past February, recently pled guilty to violating his wife's restraining order. Last week's cover story, ... More >>

CeCe McDonald supporters throw Molotov cocktail at Portland Wells Fargo

A group claiming solidarity with Chrishaun "CeCe" McDonald, a transgender woman who recently pleaded guilty to second-degree manslaughter in Hennepin County, is taking credit for an unlit Molotov cocktail found inside a Wells Fargo in Portland, Oregon last week. The bank manager found the homemade ... More >>

Molly Flaherty charged with smashing glass on CeCe McDonald's face

A Minneapolis woman is charged with starting the fight outside the Schooner Tavern last summer that resulted in Chrishaun "CeCe" McDonald, a transgender woman, being charged with second-degree murder. Molly Shannon Flaherty "threw or pushed" a glass into McDonald's face outside the bar that night, ... More >>

Is SuperValu anti-Christmas?

Wait--we thought the Grinch was green...​For those people out there who don't make a habit of watching paid political ads on YouTube, you may be surprised to learn that America is currently at war. No, we're not talking about the drawn-out wars in far-off lands like Iraq or Afghanistan ... More >>

Octavia Marberry charged, Good Samaritan free in vigilante justice killing

Octavia Marberry is facing two felonies for her role in the muggings.​The Minneapolis Good Samaritan who caught Darren Evanocich in the act of mugging a woman and eventually shot and killed Evanovich will not be charged. That's not the case for Evanvovich's sister, Octavia Marberry. This afternoon ... More >>

Free Dove ice cream bars, massages, & manicures today and tomorrow!

Dove via FacebookFollow this truck for free ice cream--if you're 18 !​An ice cream truck for adults-only? Now we're talking! Dove's promotional ice cream truck is making stops in the Twin Cities today and tomorrow offering the following free indulgences: Dove ice cream bars, a five-minute ma ... More >>

Transgender suspect Chrishaun McDonald didn't kill Dean Schmitz, witnesses claim

Chrishaun McDonald, who is transgender, stands accused of murder​Just after midnight on June 5, two groups of strangers began shouting at each other outside Schooner Tavern in south Minneapolis.A brawl broke out, and when it was over, Dean Schmitz, 47, lay in the street bleeding to death.Chrishaun ... More >>

Anthony Martin Ramos sentenced for beating, robbing autistic teenager

Anthony Martin Ramos is going to jail.​Anthony Martin Ramos broke down in tears the day he admitted in court to terrorizing, beating and robbing an autistic teen behind a Cub Foods in St. Paul two days before Christmas. The victim was on a shopping errand to help his mother make Christmas co ... More >>

Whole Foods breaks ground in Edina

Breaking ground in Edina​The history of grocery stores in Edina is actually quite long, with Hove's in 1942 and the Country Store where Cub Foods now sits on York Avenue. Wednesday brought the groundbreaking of the latest supermarket to come to the Southwest suburb, the national retailer Whole Foo ... More >>

Anthony Martin Ramos admits terrorizing autistic teen

Anthony Martin Ramos will be sentenced in May.​Anthony Martin Ramos broke down in a Ramsey County courtroom yesterday, filled with remorse and sorrow after admitting his role in a truly pathetic crime: Beating and robbing a 16-year-old autistic kid of everything he had, including the ginger al ... More >>

Andrew Todd Anderson caught stealing from Salvation Army bucket

Ryan McFarland, Flickr.Anderson doesn't have much in the way of holiday spirit.​It doesn't get much lower than stealing from charity just before Christmas. On Tuesday afternoon, Andrew Todd Anderson was working as a bell ringer for the Salvation Army when he decided $8 per hour just wasn't en ... More >>

Salsa Lisa vs. Gimemo vs. Snappy Dog Salsas: Food Fight

​We here at Hot Dish are partial to making our own salsa--tomatillos, red onion, garlic, cilantro, and lime, with a few pulses in the food processor--but sometimes, in a pinch, we'll pick up a jar of the stuff. A lot of the big supermarket brands always taste so flat, like the veggies have bee ... More >>

Lutefisk: The world's largest chunk of phlegm?

Not-so-stinky Nordic tradition still has foothold in Minnesota

Reunited Somali families stranded after crackdowns

Feds making family reunions not so sweet

Strange Brews

Looking for the weirdest, most obscure beers in Minnesota? They're at the Four Firkins.

Freak show banned from AIDS benefit

Lobster Girl and the Human Tripod aren't Minnesota Nice enough

Number 26

Fifteen-year-old Gary Parker was the 26th of Minneapolis's 49 homicides last year—and one of the 54 percent of black male victims whose killings went unsolved.

Black on Black Grime

The Natalie Johnson Lee/Don Samuels race for city council is one of the nastiest campaigns in local memory

Wal-Mart Wants Your Job

As the Retailing Behemoth Prepares to Open Its First Store in the Twin Cities Metro, Neighborhoods and Workers Brace Themselves for the Wal-Mart Treatment: Low Wages, Union Busting, and a Big, Friendly Smile

Where the Buck Never Stops

Missing jobs and development in Jordan; cops' union leader blasts Olson

Thief of Police

Tony White's lifelong obsession with law enforcement

Bottom of the Ninth

This writer's season might be over. But what a season it was!

Mike Marco RIP

Even in death he is stirring up trouble

The Good Book

Where to find Yr Eglwys Yng Nghymru O'r Goncwest Hyd At Y Diwygiad Protestannaiddand other mysteries of the faith

Family Favorites Readers’ Picks

My Three Fathers

Room at the Bottom

When Eisenhower-era civic leaders drunk on urban renewal laid waste to the Gateway district, they forever altered the topography of this town's hard-luck hotels and shot-and-a-beer saloons.

From 2-1 to Zero

They Made their kids paint over the graffiti and throw out the gang clothes, and they thought they'd seen thelast of the 2-1 Click. Then one of their sons turned up dead in a richfield parking lot.

Quiet Storm

Devin Miller and Thomas Ross want to do something no black person in Minnesota has done before: buy a major commercial radio station. But first they have to beat the FCC, an industry giant, and the trend toward broadcast consolidation.

Call of the Bell

1996 Best Of Twin Cities Readers' Poll