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Highland Park (Brooklyn)

  • Restaurants

    May 9, 2012

    Sparks touches on Mediterranean using wood-burning oven

    Restaurant fills old Bryn Mawr Coffee shop space

  • Blogs

    April 16, 2012

    Santana's Shape Shifter U.S. tour dates launch in Minnesota

    It no longer feels like yesterday (it was 1999, people) that guitar impresario Carlos Santana kicked his career into a new gear with the collaborative album Supernatural. Sure, Rob Thomas had plenty to do with it, but the Santana legacy is alive in a way that has grown past a crusty classic rock sla ... More >>

  • Restaurants

    March 14, 2012

    My Burger, Turkey To Go, and Which Wich reviewed

    A taste test of three new fast-casual restaurants

  • Blogs

    January 9, 2012

    Ford plant closure symptomatic of capitalism's ills, writes World Socialist

    ​Weeks after the last Ford vehicle build in Minnesota rolled off the Highland Park assembly line, the World Socialist Website writes that the plant's closure is symptomatic of the decline of American manufacturing. The fact that one of the world's leading sources for left-wing news and analysis pi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 27, 2011

    Top 10 coffeehouses in the Twin Cities

    ​The second wave of coffee awareness has seized the Cities.  Where once we happily sipped diner swill for $1.50, when we were introduced to Starbucks the coffee snob revolution began. Now we have single-cup brewing of fair trade beans and elegant surroundings in which to savor them.  We ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 11, 2011

    Mark Mallman tour diary, Vol. 6

    ​Jared Diamond says the success of a given civilization is based on three things: "Guns, Germs, and Steel." What he means is, dont open your surf shop in Gary, Indiana, and dont dig for gold in your laundry hamper. If Diamond were to write a book on making it in the music industry, I highly doubt ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 29, 2011

    Joan's in the Park: A first look

    ​The cozy space that St. Paul's Highland Park residents have long known as Grandpa Tony's pizzeria has been transformed into a neighborhood bistro. The walls received a warm coat of soft mustard-colored paint, and white linens cover the tabletops.  Despite having only the one large front wind ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 14, 2011

    Kopplin's Coffee moving to Merriam Park

    A.J. OlmscheidKopplin moves its coffee--and hot chocolate--across town. ​Andrew Kopplin, proprietor of Kopplin's, announced news that's been long in the making: He's moving his Highland Park coffee shop across town to Merriam Park. The new spot, on the intersection of Cleveland and Marshall, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 3, 2011

    TCF Bank robber caught on camera in St. Paul [PHOTOS]

    FBISeen this guy?​The FBI said this afternoon that a man walked into the the TCF Bank branch on Ford Parkway in St. Paul's Highland Park neighborhood, implied that he had a gun in a paper bag, and walked away with an undisclosed amount of cash. He either didn't know or didn't care that he was bei ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 20, 2011

    Tom Hackbarth reloads with gun-rights amendment

    Tom Hackbarth exercises his Second Amendment rights.​Rep. Tom Hackbarth likes his guns, especially when they're strapped to his hip outside a Planned Parenthood office while he hunts for a girlfriend he met online. So it only makes sense, really, that he'd want to ensure that his right to keep an ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 16, 2010

    The Grand Sandwich is now delivering

    Look deep into my olives and tell me what you see​ When Dan Esrig graduated with a degree in geography from Macalester College last year, he realized what he wanted was in his own back yard.  He wanted to open a sandwich spot that would serve the student's need for late night, affordable food ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 10, 2010

    Tom Hackbarth won't be charged in armed search for girlfriend

    Tom Hackbarth parks at Planned Parenthood, and his career takes a turn for the worse.​St. Paul police suspected Republican state Rep. Tom Hackbarth of stalking and harassment the day he strapped a loaded gun to his hip, parked his pickup truck next to Planned Parenthood in Highland Park, and w ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 24, 2010

    Rep. Tom Hackbarth's loaded gun seized by cops near Planned Parenthood

    Hackbarth packs heat when he visits the ladies.​Republican state Rep. Tom Hackbarth went looking for a date the other day in a Highland Park alley, with his Smith and Wesson .38 strapped to his waist. He chose an odd place to park his pickup truck, too: The Planned Parenthood clinic lot, wher ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 15, 2010

    Psycho Suzi's liquidation sale--all liquids must go--this Week in Food.

    Kathy EasthagenDo your part: drink up. ​ Monday 11/5 Gather at Brit's with members of the Guthrie to honor the theater's smash-hit production of The 39 Steps, based off of Alfred Hitchcock's acclaimed 1935 film. Trivia host John Cosgrove will kick off the evening at 7:15 p.m. with a Movies and Hi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 11, 2010

    Heiruspecs' Sean McPherson slings food recommendations

    Whether you want vegetarian Ethiopian or a solid strawberry shake, Sean McPherson has your rec.​Sean McPherson is a busy guy: When he's not working in McNally Smith College of Music's hip-hop department, he's hosting trivia around the Twin Cities with Trivia Mafia or playing with his band Heir ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 28, 2010

    DWITT: 100 Creatives

    ​Number 97: DWITT (a.k.a. David Ruddy Witt)  City: Saint Paul (Highland Park)  Years spent living in MN: 31He may not be an actual rock star, but prolific artist DWITT (David Witt) is as close as you can get without picking up a guitar. In fact, his mere association with an event usuall ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 25, 2010

    Ford says no turning back on St. Paul plant closure

    Ford's Twin Cities Assembly Plant once built 300,000 Ranger pickup trucks a year​Despite a last-ditch, bi-partisan plea from Gov. Tim Pawlenty and St. Paul Mayor Chris Coleman, Ford Motor Company's St. Paul truck plant is now all but certain to be shuttered in 2011. The two politicos made wha ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 3, 2010

    Planned Parenthood announces new St. Paul HQ

    ​Planned Parenthood's Highland Park clinic in St. Paul, the frequent scene of anti-abortion protests -- and, more recently, counter-protests favoring reproductive rights -- is closing up shop. But the services it offers aren't going away. Instead, the women's reproductive health organization ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 2, 2010

    Twins fans ready to believe anything good about Joe Mauer?

    He's got his doubters, but Mark Rosen is sticking with his story.

  • Blogs

    October 13, 2009

    Food Fight: Bagels

    Bagels can be about as different as night and day but we put a couple head to head anyway.

  • News

    August 19, 2009
  • Blogs

    August 17, 2009

    Circus Juventas bleachers collapse during final performance, 450 people fall

    At the end of the St. Paul youth circus's final performance, half of the audience fell as the bleachers underneath them collapsed.

  • Blogs

    July 1, 2009

    Free hot dogs for Cecil's 60th, through Sunday

    We're giving you this information with the understanding that you will not start any Popeyey's/KFC-style riots, okay?

  • Calendar

    July 2, 2008

    Modern Marvels: Jewish Adventures in the Graphic Novel

    We're giving you this information with the understanding that you will not start any Popeyey's/KFC-style riots, okay?

  • Restaurants

    May 11, 2005

    The Great Steak Hunt

    Taste-testing the best real dry-aged steaks for sale locally reveals a lucky, lucky, steaky, steaky metropolitan area

  • Restaurants

    March 23, 2005

    Chicken Run

    The metro area's three greatest takeout chickens are revealed

  • Restaurants

    November 12, 2003

    Punch Drunk Love

    The Twin Cities' original neapolitan pizza purveyor is almost as hard to top as one of its top-flight pies

  • Restaurants

    May 9, 2001

    A Stylish Statement

    The Twin Cities' original neapolitan pizza purveyor is almost as hard to top as one of its top-flight pies

  • Restaurants

    April 25, 2001

    A Cooking Class

    The Twin Cities' original neapolitan pizza purveyor is almost as hard to top as one of its top-flight pies

  • Restaurants

    May 24, 2000

    Won't You Be My Diner?

    The Twin Cities' original neapolitan pizza purveyor is almost as hard to top as one of its top-flight pies

  • News

    March 22, 2000

    The Paper Trail

    What you won't read in the morning paper about how the news gets delivered

  • Restaurants

    March 15, 2000

    Pastrami Divine

    What you won't read in the morning paper about how the news gets delivered

  • Restaurants

    March 8, 2000

    Better Driving Through Chocolate

    What you won't read in the morning paper about how the news gets delivered

  • Restaurants

    September 29, 1999

    My Own Private Quang

    What you won't read in the morning paper about how the news gets delivered

  • News

    August 4, 1999

    Young Spuds in a Longhorn Daze

    What you won't read in the morning paper about how the news gets delivered

  • Restaurants

    July 28, 1999

    Farewell, Kabul

    What you won't read in the morning paper about how the news gets delivered

  • Restaurants

    July 14, 1999

    Splendor in the Grass

    What you won't read in the morning paper about how the news gets delivered

  • Books

    June 23, 1999

    Vegetarians at the Gate

    Health-food heavyweight Whole Foods takes aim at the Uptown crowd

  • Books

    June 23, 1999

    The Cars of St. Bonifacius

    One licensed cab for every three people--and not a fare in sight: Welcome to the Panama of the North

  • News

    March 10, 1999

    A Tale of Two Towers

    One licensed cab for every three people--and not a fare in sight: Welcome to the Panama of the North

  • Restaurants

    January 20, 1999

    Family Planning

    One licensed cab for every three people--and not a fare in sight: Welcome to the Panama of the North

  • Feature

    January 1, 1999

    Like a Prayer

    How the power of faith is fueling the revitalization of Catholic education

  • Restaurants

    November 11, 1998

    Love at First Flush

    How the power of faith is fueling the revitalization of Catholic education

  • News

    August 5, 1998

    The Last Block Party

    Pig's Eye Parrant bootlegged here 150 years ago. Then came the robber barons, the great wars, the spaghetti junctions, and the exodus to the suburbs. Its glory days gone, St. Paul's Brewery District tries upscaling--and evicting renters who don't belong.

  • Books

    June 10, 1998

    Anatomy of a Storm

    Why some trees stood their ground while others toppled

  • Restaurants

    May 6, 1998

    The Alchemist

    Brian McElrath's Zinfandel-Balsamic Vinegar Truffle is so potent and rich it seems almost meaty.

  • News

    October 29, 1997

    Saint Bore

    In Ward 3, home to one of St. Paul's two hotly contested City Council campaigns, the race parallels the mayoral contest. Incumbent Mike Harris has been drawing fire from his challenger, DFL endorsee Randy Schubring, for defending "the special interests of

  • News

    June 4, 1997

    Come to Pappas

    Stacked up against Bobbi Megard (left), state Sen. Sandy Pappas (right) appeared feisty and ambitious

  • News

    January 17, 1996

    Big Brother, Inc.

    Why are businesses spying on their own employees more and more? Because they can.

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