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February 27, 2013We've finally found it -- the quintessentially Wisconsin story.SEE ALSO: 350-pound Wisconsin man picketing restaurant after he's cut off during all-you-can-eat fish fry
In a nutshell, the Italian sausage that races other sausages during Milwaukee Brewers' games has gone missing after a night of barh ... More >>
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February 19, 2013These excellent metro eateries have been around for a while, but if you haven't paid them a visit, you should
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April 25, 2012Read all about it: Nicollet Mall mainstay the Newsroom has acquired new cooking talent and designed a new menu. Joe Campbell has joined executive chef Andrew Baebenroth's team as sous chef. Their new menu debuted last week. The restaurant offers an American-eclectic menu and is centrally located in ... More >>
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January 19, 2012To kick off 2012, we're highlighting 12 of the best dishes under $12 in the Twin Cities. Scroll down to view the complete list.
It's a chilly January evening, but the soft yellow walls, honey-colored wood, and blond exposed brick at Restaurant Alma make it feel warm and cozy. We're sitting at the ... More >>
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January 18, 2012We're celebrating the 112 Eatery's seventh birthday by featuring its chef de cuisine, Dennis Leaf-Smith. Yesterday, we learned how he cut his teeth as a young chef, first in local kitchens and then out west (click here to read part 1 of our conversation).
Today, he tells us how he ended up at the ... More >>
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January 13, 2012To kick off 2012, we're highlighting 12 of the best dishes under $12 in the Twin Cities. Scroll down to view the complete list.
Steven Joel Brown thought maybe it was time to move on. "I was kind of thinking I was done working in restaurants," he confesses," and that part of my life was over."
I ... More >>
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January 12, 2012To kick off 2012, we're highlighting 12 of the best dishes under $12 in the Twin Cities. Scroll down to view the complete list.
Isaac Becker has much to be thankful for, and he knows it. The restaurant game can be brutal, and when you're fortunate enough to survive, you count your lucky stars.
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September 7, 2011Spanish eatery offers more than just a great rooftop
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August 3, 2011Featured local chefs rotate through the kitchen
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June 8, 2011We're headed to Minneapolis for the 4th of July weekend to celebrate a 40th birthday and to see the Eddie Vedder Ukulele tour (kinda random, but we are!). Any good restaurant recommendations? Would be great if there was something really special for the birthday, but also just any great, local ... More >>
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February 23, 2011Chef Don Saunders makes his comeback
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February 3, 2011Danielle LenzPunch Pizza: serving up huge flavors in 90 seconds flatMaybe it's the top-notch ingredients, from the San Marzano tomatoes to the imported mozzarella di bufala. Or maybe it's the crust--thin yet chewy and speckled with char from its 90-second stint in an 800-degree wood-fired oven. W ... More >>
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January 20, 2011carldunniii via Flickr.comSuch magical wordsWe've all been there: nights when the idea of cooking dinner or venturing into the dark, teeth-chattering cold to grab a meal sounds about as enticing as hitting the gym at 5 a.m. At times like these, there's no phrase quite as magnificent as "We de ... More >>
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December 28, 2010Where will you ring in the New Year? Made your New Year's Eve plans yet, or are you procrastinating? If you caught yesterday's Week in Food post, you already heard about a couple of options: Tour de Farm hosts its final meal of 2010 in a heated, hundred-year-old barn at Star Thrower Farm in G ... More >>
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November 5, 2010Theater prices are for suckasDinner and movie nights don't have to break the bank. Sometimes after a
long week it's even easier to whip up a quick meal at home, load up an
old flick, and snuggle into the couch, plush and cozy. Save a little
cash and take these suggestions for an ea ... More >>
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October 27, 2010It's a restaurant intervention
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September 24, 2010A.J. OlmscheidSteaks now sizzling at Mystic Lake's Il Premio restaurantIl Premio is the newest addition to the eating options at Mystic Lake Casino, an Italian steakhouse with executive chef Richard Fisher and executive pastry chef Marshall Rosenthall behind the menu. Il Premio invited the Ho ... More >>
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September 7, 2010Mapping out the best places to eat in ExcelsiorWe love to cycle to quaint, lakeside Excelsior to take a dip in Minnetonka or to catch a flick at the movie theater. But we'd never made it back home without something to eat. Here are our top 5 spots to refuel.
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August 5, 2010Chris Bohnhoff PhotographyThe chef as still life. 20.21's resident chef Asher Miller is as comfortable making the iconic Spoonbridge and Cherry out of chocolate as he is whipping together a rest stop lunch on the weekend. But at the end of the day, this chef prefers a heap of mango salsa and ... More >>
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July 30, 2010zingyyellow via Flickr.comHappy National Cheesecake Day! Sure, you can rush out to the Cheesecake Factory to celebrate in, um, style, or you could wait until next week to take a Cheesecake 101 class at Byerly's St. Louis Park with Joan Donatelle, Culinary Shop Manager.
We talked with Donatelle ... More >>
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July 2, 2010Gougères at Faces Mears Park
This past Tuesday my lovely friend and fellow food blogger Crystal Grobe and I set out for lunch at the newly opened Faces Mears Park. After a tour of the expansive inside space we headed to the patio to enjoy the view of the park, where, coincidentally, what ... More >>
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April 16, 2010
This is the picture of the most exciting part of my week. For those of you who don't know, that is a chicken coop. Albeit a small coop, it will be a great way to introduce ourselves to the world of backyard chicken rearing. Now we just need to get our neighbors' permission so I can star ... More >>
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April 9, 2010I've been trying to eat out less and this week proved to be a success. This task is especially difficult when driving around in my car all day for my day job. Occasionally I'm able to make it home for lunch and I decided to make it special. Back in the day when I was an exchange student ... More >>
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March 10, 2010Doug Flicker's new restaurant is pint-size, but not on taste
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January 8, 2010A rundown of restaurants that opened, closed, and are coming soon
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July 23, 2009Finer dining comes to the northern 'burbs.
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July 23, 2009Lyn-Lake reboot: The former La Bodega reopens as a restaurant/nightclub.
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February 19, 2009Lynn Lake takes another hit in the world of restaurant closings.
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December 31, 2008Eating thrifty doesn't mean your tastebuds should suffer
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November 7, 2007Acclaimed local chef Doug Flicker has finally rolled out his own menus at Mission American Kitchen
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September 12, 2007The New Blackbird Café in Southwest Minneapolis Is as Personal as a Diary, as Likable as a Hand-Knit Sweater
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April 12, 2006Are the best cannoli in the world available to Minnesotans, and even Bismarckers? Dear Dara finds out.
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March 22, 2006La Belle Vie is back: Momentous, stately, and the best restaurant in the history of Minneapolis
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June 8, 2005What a difference a chef makes: Marianne Miller, newly established at Bobino, turns an old reliable into a new joy
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December 10, 2003A Stillwater wine bar reveals the real reason wine is good for you
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October 2, 2002A great new French pâtisserie in a Richfield shopping center
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August 14, 2002Japanese megastar Cornelius doesn't translate easily into American
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March 13, 2002The humble chicken wing: nadir of an American cucina povera?
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