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  • Blogs

    April 13, 2012

    Brie Roland on the new Harriet Brasserie, coming soon to Linden Hillsve Questions

    Harriet Brasserie is coming to Linden Hills. The new restaurant will be housed in an old firehouse and will focus on dishes that are multicultural in influence and locally farmed. The owners of the Harriet Brasserie, Alain Lenne, Helen Hamman, and Fernando Silvo, who will also serve as executiv ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 8, 2012

    Olive Garden review: the greatest restaurant review ever written

    ​After a great run writing reviews for City Pages, I will probably need to tender a letter of resignation because Marilyn Hagerty, Eatbeat columnist for Grand Forks Herald, just won restaurant reviewing. Forever.Today's column, which she has been writing for years, titled "Long-awaited Olive Garde ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 8, 2012

    Marilyn Hagerty: Interview with genius Olive Garden reviewer

    ​Everybody online today is enjoying the recent publication of The Greatest Restaurant Review Ever Written, a piece entitled "Long-awaited Olive Garden receives warm welcome" by Marilyn Hagerty of the Grand Forks Herald.There are so many evocative parts of the review: The "two long, warm breadstick ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 19, 2011

    Pacific Islander at Midtown Global Market closes

    Filipino cuisine remains hard to find as the lights go out at Pacific Islander​The lumpia landscape turns bleak again as the Pacific Islander stall at Midtown Global Market darkened recently. A sign at the stall reads, "Closed until further notice." Lumpia, a sort of spring roll, remains an elusi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 6, 2011

    Bald is beautiful at Blue Plate: Chrome-domes eat free

    Bald pates = free plates​Blue Plate Restaurant Company is hosting its third annual Bald and Free Day on Friday, October 14. In part a celebration of owner David Burley's own hair-free head, the area restaurants will allow fellow baldies to enjoy an entree of $15 or less at no cost to them.

  • Blogs

    September 7, 2011

    Outback Steakhouse ordered to pay $1.25 million in tip-sharing lawsuit

    Outback servers won a class action lawsuit over tip pooling. ​Tip-pooling--when a restaurant's waitstaff shares a percentage of their gratuities with untipped staffers, such as bussers and dishwashers--has become a popular practice at some local restaurants, including Piccolo and Travail. Bu ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 15, 2011

    Four indie food trends stolen by chain restaurants

    WestwordApplebee's: Corporate posers​The Simpsons famously asked, "If you take away our right to steal ideas, where are they gonna come from?" Entertainment is built on stolen ideas, of course. But so, it seems, is the food industry, especially in recent years. Indie food trends--from food tr ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 10, 2011

    Food truck owners to restaurateurs: Blame yourself, not our trucks, for business problems

    Barrio Restaurant Group think it's easy for restaurateurs to blame food trucks for their problems.​Local food truck vendors are striking back at the suggestion that their trucks are eating local restaurants' profits. "I think in a downward economy we blame everybody but ourselves as restauran ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 8, 2011

    St. Paul restaurant owners say food trucks are eating profits

    Brent SchoonoverSt. Paul restaurants vs. food trucks.​When the city of Minneapolis was creating its food truck policy, several restaurant owners spoke out against it, saying the competition was unfair. Now that food trucks have come out in full force in downtown St. Paul, the Pioneer Press h ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 7, 2011

    Minneapolis patio ordinance heads for City Council vote

    The proposed law would add restrictions on patio capacity and late-night music​Opponents and supporters of a controversial proposal to add restrictions on restaurant patios packed a Minneapolis City Council committee meeting Monday night, and after a debate by more than two dozen speakers, the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 27, 2011

    Minneapolis's restaurant patio ordinance: It's baaack

    Parasole RestaurantsThe Cafeteria Skybar: A councilwoman has her eye on you​Remember back in March, when Minneapolis City Councilwoman Meg Tuthill proposed an ordinance that would put restrictions on restaurant patios, included the number of people allowed outdoors and a ban on amplified music ... More >>

  • Restaurants

    May 4, 2011

    Open Table and the cost of making reservations

    How much does booking online cost restaurants? You'd be surprised.

  • Blogs

    April 26, 2011

    Republic coming soon to Seven Corners

    www.republicmn.comRaise a glass: change comes to 7 Corners. ​Change is brewing on 7 Corners, as Preston's Urban Pub (formerly Sargent Preston's) has a new owner with a familiar face: Matty O'Reilly, co-owner of the Aster and 318 Cafes. Besides Town Hall Brewery, most of the area's other bars ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 11, 2011

    D'Amico "date night" a Sunday steal--or FREE if you win!

    Deals at D'Amico Kitchen. ​You've already made plans for Valentine's Day: Strong work! But how do you plan on stoking the fire beyond next week's steak-and-chocolate gorge fest? Check out the D'Amico restaurant group's plans for a new "date night" promotion that will run every Sunday evening ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 21, 2010

    Hazel's Northeast to open in old Pop! space

    Mo PerryHazel's Northeast will open in the old Pop! space in early December​It has been a sad sight for months now: the windows of Pop! Restaurant on Johnson St. NE covered in brown paper, the lights dimmed. The neighborhood has been in mourning since the beloved Audubon eatery shut its doors for ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 26, 2010

    Colossal Cafe's new owner isn't messing with a good thing

    Liz PotasekElizabeth Tinucci, the new chef and part owner of the Colossal Cafe, says fear not, the pot pies are still coming back in September. ​The pancakes aren't going anywhere, and the rest of the menu is safe, too, says Elizabeth Tinucci, the Colossal Cafe's new chef and co-owner. Tinucci, 24 ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 8, 2010

    Miss Minnesota will trade crown for Chipotle

    Paula PrestonThe crown is not foil-wrapped chocolate. ​Newly crowned Miss Minnesota Kathryn Knuttila is everything you want representing our state: the Detroit Lakes native is a junior at McNally Smith in piano performance and classical competition, is a tireless promoter of the Children's Miracle ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 6, 2010

    Tom Emmer goes after food server wages

    Emmer plans to go after the rich...servers?​Based on his statements yesterday, it seems Republican gubernatorial candidate Rep. Tom Emmer has never worked in the restaurant business. At the Eagle Street Grille in St. Paul he proposed that restaurant owners should pay a lower minimum wage (ofte ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 8, 2010

    Mozza Mia: Coming Soon

    ​The Business Journal reports that Parasole has some big growth plans in store. The restaurant group's estimated 2009 revenue is about $60 million, and management has set a goal to grow to a point where they're making $100-$150 million in annual sales by adding multiple locations of existing c ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 18, 2010

    Derrick's Southern Style vandalized: suspect in surveillance video

    www.derrickssouthernstyle.com​Derrick's Southern Style soul food restaurant at 38th and Chicago has been vandalized twice since March, causing great distress for its namesake, Derrick Williams, the head chef and part-owner. KSTP-TV recently showed surveillance video taken April 17, in which a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 18, 2010

    Zake: RIP

    Another one bites the dust at 533 Hennepin...

  • Blogs

    March 2, 2010

    RIP: Jade Asian

    More bad news for the Midtown Global Market...

  • Blogs

    January 13, 2010

    RIP: Maggiano's Little Italy

    Italian-American restaurant Maggiano's Little Italy will close for good Jan. 25.

  • Blogs

    January 12, 2010

    Roseville hosting its first Restaurant Week this week

    Roseville's putting on its first Restaurant Week this week, with 11 restaurants offering three-course meals for $25.

  • Blogs

    November 2, 2009

    Now Open: Molly Cool's

    Seafood comes to the southern suburbs...

  • Blogs

    September 15, 2009

    T.G.I. Friday's offering free burgers to Facebook fans

    T.G.I. Friday's promises free burgers in exchange free marketing from Facebook users.

  • Blogs

    June 10, 2009

    Recession start-ups might be on to something

    Businesses that launch during a recession (see: IHOP, Burger King) seem to do better in the long run.

  • Calendar

    April 15, 2009

    Sara Barron

    Businesses that launch during a recession (see: IHOP, Burger King) seem to do better in the long run.

  • Blogs

    March 25, 2005

    Like paper in fire: effort to stop smoking ban thwarted

    Businesses that launch during a recession (see: IHOP, Burger King) seem to do better in the long run.

  • Restaurants

    January 27, 1999

    Same Steak, Different House

    Businesses that launch during a recession (see: IHOP, Burger King) seem to do better in the long run.

  • Feature

    October 1, 1998

    National Essay Writing Contest Looks For What Kids Would Do To Make Their City Great

    Businesses that launch during a recession (see: IHOP, Burger King) seem to do better in the long run.

  • Restaurants

    January 7, 1998

    The Triumph of Pomp Over Taste

    Businesses that launch during a recession (see: IHOP, Burger King) seem to do better in the long run.

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