Josh Thoma

Smack Shack serves up splendid seafood

There's an expanded menu at the new restaurant, but Smack Shack's lobster is still the main event

Smack Shack announces opening date -- for real this time

Last we heard that the hotly anticipated brick-and-mortar outpost for Smack Shack, the lobster-roll-peddling truck, would be open in January. Unfortunately for crustacean fans, they aren't going to make that deadline. However, we've waited this long, what's just a couple of more weeks?See ... More >>

Smack Shack opening update: On for January

Though construction has appeared interminable and every supposed opening date gets pushed into the next season, it looks like the brick-and-mortar location of perennial list-topping food truck Smack Shack is finally official. Even better news: It's coming up fast.If you're planning to make a New Yea ... More >>

Smack Shack: A television debut and a new restaurant

Minneapolis's own Smack Shack, the unlikely Midwestern lobster truck, is officially loved from coast to coast. Guy Fieri's Diner's, Drive-Ins and Dives filmed there recently, Bon Appetit raved about them, and now they've decided it's time to expand. While the Shack has been operating out of the kitc ... More >>

Food truck season almost over: Who's still open and who's closed

Gastro Truck: Still open.​The food truck season is almost over. Last Wednesday was the last food truck court in St. Paul, and today is the final food truck rally until spring. But even as many food trucks shut down for the winter, others are staying open, and some are just getting started. We ... More >>

Solera's sun rises again

Spanish eatery offers more than just a great rooftop

Cocina del Barrio opens in Edina

A bigger, badder Barrio?

Top 5 restaurant breakups

Universal PicturesIf Jennifer Aniston were Tim McKee, then who would Vince Vaughn be?​Valentine's Day is a celebration of love. But then, it's hard not to think about relationships that have gone sour. Let's open up a box of chocolates and take a stroll down memory lane of top five Twin Citi ... More >>

Twin Cities street food Pt. 2: Smack Shack, Sonny's, and more

Discover tasty treats to go

Top 5 Minneapolis street eats

Head to the streets for some Brotherly love.​This week's Dish column investigates the new street eats in downtown Minneapolis: goat curry, Ethiopian coffee, pulled pork sandwiches, homemade lemon-ginger sodas, and more. We ate our way through the new carts' offerings to bring you the five be ... More >>

Smack Shack sells high-class street food till late

Michelle BruchThe Smack Shack opens for lunch and doesn't close until at least 10 p.m.​Ever heard of a lobster smack? It's a one-man sailboat used in the Northeast during the 1800s for commercial lobster fishing, explains Josh Thoma, the chef/restaurateur who, with Tim McKee, brought us La Belle ... More >>

Josh Thoma accused of financial mismanagement; out at Barrio, La Grassa

​Rick Nelson reports a big scoop on a local restaurateur accused of "cooking the books." Josh Thoma--James Beard Award winner Tim McKee's partner in La Belle Vie, Solera, and Smalley's Caribbean Barbeque, who more recently entered partnerships with the white-hot Barrio (with McKee) and La Gra ... More >>

Top 10: Influential restaurant openings of the decade

Drumroll, please...

Bar La Grassa: Trendiest table in town

Isaac Becker brings new pasta bar to North Loop

Lyndale Taphouse and Sauce Soundbar bring just the right flavor to Uptown

Two new eateries fill neighborhood niches

Now Open: Bar La Grassa

Bar La Grassa is now open on Washington Ave.

City Councilwoman Lisa Goodman wants it her way

Known as the "second mayor," she controls downtown development

Coming Soon: Bar La Grassa

Exciting news! Isaac Becker and wife, Nancy St. Pierre are partnering with Josh Thoma to open a restaurant in the former home of Babalu. 112 LBV = We Can't Wait!!

New Guthrie restaurant names chef...

We couldn't be more excited! Drumroll, please...

Barrio II in the works for St. Paul

Five signs the Minneapolis restaurant scene is growing

The recession can bite it

Readers respond to "Strike Anywhere"

Barrio treats tequila with wine-style reverence

Terrific new bar adds brighter possibility to everyone's tequila story

Stillwater, Hopping Restaurants

Two new restaurants prove you don't have to buy a Tiffany lamp or a teddy bear in an apron to enjoy the trip

Have It All, Eat It Too

La Belle Vie is back: Momentous, stately, and the best restaurant in the history of Minneapolis

Really Fine Dining

Minneapolis is a-changin', and the restaurant scene will never be the same

A Very Big Year

2003: The year everything got Big, in both ambition and execution, but pandering lurked darkly in the background

Celestial Solera

Long-awaited Tapas bar outshines the sun

Third And Final Restaurant Opening Of The Century

Restaurant Opening of the Century

Solera, Hotter Than The Sun

Pantry to the Stars

Spanish cheese as a talent-retention tool?

Beef à la Mode

C'est La Belle Vie

I had become emotionally involved with the turnip ravioli--giddy, protective, strangely proud. You've got to taste this, I kept telling my dinner companions. But only one bite. Back off!