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Frogtown

  • Blogs

    May 1, 2012

    Frogtown black bear shot and killed by DNR

    Around 12:30 Sunday morning, residents of St. Paul's Frogtown neighborhood saw a black bear roaming around the area.The bear's journey to the heart of the city must've been an interesting one. Dave Garshelis, bear research biologist for the DNR, said the two nearest bear populations -- western Wisco ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 27, 2012

    Little Mekong: St. Paul's answer to Eat Street?

    ​This weekend, Mai Village Vietnamese restaurant on University Avenue was the site of a ribbon-cutting ceremony that kicked off the citywide campaign to rebrand the eastern end of the Central Corridor light rail line as an East Asian business district called Little Mekong,  reports MPR N ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 6, 2011

    Anthony Schmitz, former CP food critic, talks about his new book, Valentine's Cafe

    A new novel about the most romantic restaurant, ever.​Anthony Schmitz has held a variety of jobs during his career, including serving as City Pages' editor and its restaurant critic. Since that time, he's turned out several novels, including Darkest Desire: The Wolf's Own Tale (Ecco), Lost S ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 28, 2011

    Minnesota History Center hosts St. Paul food and pub crawls this summer

    Courtesy of Max Martin Banh mi, one of the many delicious eats guests will get to try on the Food Crawl.​History teachers always say that history can be fun and exciting, but sometimes that's hard to remember when you're slogging through pages and pages of readings. This summer, the Minnesota ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 18, 2011

    Peelander-Z at the Turf, 4/15/11

    Photos by Erik HessAnamanaguchi​Peelander-Z (with Birthday Suits and Anamanaguchi) April 15, 2011 Turf Club Don't you hate a schtick? (Stay with me, here.)

  • Blogs

    April 5, 2011

    Johnny Howard endorsed by Green Party for St. Paul City Council

    Nick VlcekThe Green Party hopes ranked-choice voting will give them an edge this election. ​Longtime St. Paul activist Johnny Howard picked up some support this week in his campaign to unseat St. Paul City Councilmember Melvin Carter. The Green Party of St. Paul voted unanimously to endorse ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 28, 2011

    University 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 >>

  • Blogs

    March 24, 2011

    Ngon's locavore happy hour of the week

    MN wine and a turntable​Ngon Vietnamese Bistro799 University Ave., St. Paul651.222.3301Hours and Details:Monday - Friday, 3-6 p.m. $5 appetizers/small platesMonday - Friday, 11 a.m.-6 p.m. & Saturday-Sunday, 11 a.m.-5 p.m.$2 off Minnesota wines, $1 off Minnesota beersBecause Twin Citians vorac ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 7, 2011

    Johnny Howard, ousted Frogtown football coach, wants seat on St. Paul City Council

    Photo: Nick VlcekHoward was ousted from Frogtown Football six months ago.​Ousted Frogtown Football coach Johnny Howard has announced a bid to unseat St. Paul Ward 1 City Councilmember Melvin Carter. He says rehabbing rental properties and creating an oversight board for St. Paul's department o ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 12, 2010

    Open Minds Open Mic aims to revivify Frogtown next week, feat. special guest Eyedea

    ​Next week a new artistically focused open mic project serving the perpetually overlooked Frogtown neighborhood of Saint Paul is launching with one simple goal: to foster Saint Paul's performing arts scene. Open Minds Open Mic is a project spearheaded by longtime host Shahbaz Shah (and many friend ... More >>

  • News

    August 25, 2010

    Johnny Howard ousted from Frogtown Football

    He can't get an explanation for end of 20-year job

  • News

    July 14, 2010

    Twin Cities Thinkers

    Meet the Minnesotans shaping our future

  • Blogs

    July 1, 2010

    Mayor Chris Coleman offers insider's guide to great St. Paul eateries

    Mayor Coleman hits neighborhood haunts​St. Paul Mayor Chris Coleman is gearing up for his city to host one of the most food-tastic events in the state: the newly revamped Taste of Minnesota. While you may find the mayor lurking near the Barrio taco truck this weekend, the rest of the year he ... More >>

  • Calendar

    April 28, 2010

    The University Avenue Project

    Mayor Coleman hits neighborhood haunts​St. Paul Mayor Chris Coleman is gearing up for his city to host one of the most food-tastic events in the state: the newly revamped Taste of Minnesota. While you may find the mayor lurking near the Barrio taco truck this weekend, the rest of the year he ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 13, 2010

    Rename Frogtown to Little Mekong?

    ​Maybe, reports the Twin Cities Daily Planet's David Kong. Va-megn Thoj, the Asian Economic Development Association executive director, is leading an effort to create a catchy new nickname and identity for the stretch of University Avenue between Dale and Rice streets in St. Paul -- and the su ... More >>

  • Restaurants

    December 31, 2008

    Five signs the Minneapolis restaurant scene is growing

    The recession can bite it

  • News

    December 17, 2008

    St. Paul deploys effective weapon against frisky felines

    Is the reign of feral cats over in the Twin Cities?

  • Calendar

    September 3, 2008

    The Unconvention: American Politics Sideshow: Weird and Wild

    Is the reign of feral cats over in the Twin Cities?

  • News

    October 10, 2007

    The MnDOT Motto

    A day late, a dollar short, and the wrong address

  • Restaurants

    September 26, 2007

    Only on Saturday

    The Best Cupcakes and Barbecue in Minnesota Are Available Only a Few Hours a Week, But They're Worth Building Your Weekend Around

  • Restaurants

    June 27, 2007

    Pho K.O.

    Ngon Bistro defies all conventional wisdom and opens in Frogtown with elegance to burn, wine for the ages, and the best beef pho in town

  • Restaurants

    February 7, 2007

    Hurts So Good

    Frogtown's new Little Szechuan excels with the numbing, tingling, burning joys of authentic chili-pepper-laden cooking from Chengdu

  • Arts

    June 7, 2006

    Black on Blonde

    Where's the best place in the Twin Cities to murder a drifter?

  • Blogs

    February 9, 2006

    Wonders of the internet: First we shame the hookers, then the politicians

    Where's the best place in the Twin Cities to murder a drifter?

  • News

    September 28, 2005

    Fighting the Blight

    St. Paul crusades against liquor, porn

  • Blogs

    May 12, 2005

    No Respect for the Little Giant

    St. Paul crusades against liquor, porn

  • Columns

    July 21, 2004

    The Mission

    Making book with Carolyn Cone

  • News

    May 19, 2004

    Son of a Chief

    What ever became of St. Paul cop Jon Loretz's bar brawl? Nothing.

  • Restaurants

    May 5, 2004

    The Seventh Dimension

    Mai Village boasts the best part of Vietnam's food, art, and architecture, and its long meals with family

  • Restaurants

    November 26, 2003

    Party Favors

    A quartet of places offer creative solutions to potluck-season woes

  • News

    October 1, 2003

    Living in America

    Meet the neighbors

  • News

    April 9, 2003

    Party of Nine

    The ward one race in St. Paul promises to be one nasty scrum

  • Arts

    January 29, 2003

    Resident Evil

    Lying politicians, pompous villains, and the wrath of a single mom

  • News

    December 4, 2002

    No Power of Attorney for Frogtown Prosecutor

    Lying politicians, pompous villains, and the wrath of a single mom

  • News

    April 17, 2002

    One Night in Bangkok

    A Hmong supper club in St. Paul attracts young hipsters, caters to old-school immigrants, and pisses off the neighbors

  • News

    January 30, 2002

    Off Beat

    A Hmong supper club in St. Paul attracts young hipsters, caters to old-school immigrants, and pisses off the neighbors

  • Arts

    July 18, 2001

    The Canvasser

    Community activist Cy Thao plans to tell the story of the Hmong people in a series of 50 paintings--and may one day speak for them in elected office

  • News

    July 11, 2001

    Off Beat

    Community activist Cy Thao plans to tell the story of the Hmong people in a series of 50 paintings--and may one day speak for them in elected office

  • News

    February 28, 2001

    So you want to be a public servant?

    You too could be mayor of St. Paul! Just answer a dozen of the most preposterous, frivolous, and insultingly direct questions you could ever hope to encounter in your whole squirming political life.

  • Restaurants

    February 21, 2001

    Shmeer Job

    You too could be mayor of St. Paul! Just answer a dozen of the most preposterous, frivolous, and insultingly direct questions you could ever hope to encounter in your whole squirming political life.

  • Books

    February 14, 2001

    Take Me for a Ride

    Why City Pages won't be using this space to write about racial profiling from the cops' perspective

  • News

    September 6, 2000

    Arrested Development

    City officials say the head of the Frogtown Action Alliance is dodging them. Two former employees say he sexually harassed them. Leaders in the struggling St. Paul neighborhood fear Shem Shakir's bad karma is contagious.

  • Arts

    April 5, 2000

    Cat's Cradle

    Choreographer Deborah Jinza Thayer rearranges the cords of communication

  • Restaurants

    September 1, 1999

    Eat Rich

    Choreographer Deborah Jinza Thayer rearranges the cords of communication

  • News

    April 28, 1999

    It's Not Easy Being Green

    Many clients can't afford it. Builders are leery of it. When will ecologically sound housing reach the mainstream?

  • News

    September 10, 1997

    Main Street

    Wing Young Huie's Lake Street portfolio.

  • Music

    April 9, 1997

    Blues News

    Wing Young Huie's Lake Street portfolio.

  • Books

    February 12, 1997

    Metal Machine Music

    Wing Young Huie's Lake Street portfolio.

  • Music

    November 6, 1996

    MUSIC NOTES

    TROPICALS' HOT DOG NIGHT

  • Art

    September 25, 1996

    Art From The Inside

    TROPICALS' HOT DOG NIGHT

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