Long Island

The Ajax at Amsterdam Bar: Get down and go Dutch with this drink of the week

The Ajax Amsterdam Bar and Hall $7 Countryside tulips and wooden shoes aside, Amsterdam is a party city, and its namesake joint in downtown St. Paul lives up to the reputation. With live music careening off the walls and a bar menu stacked with creative ways to get tipsy on gin you've never heard o ... More >>

Best pumpkin dishes in the Twin Cities, part 2

Ah, mid-autumn. The time of year best marked by your level of annoyance with people who are still talking about how great it is that pumpkin lattes are back. But savvy foodies know there are so many more interesting uses for this in-season squash than as a syrupy synthetic shot in your morning coffe ... More >>

Maruso re-creates street food from around the world

Dishes from pierogies to bahn mi are under $10

Weekday extended happy hours: a round-up

Few things in life are more disappointing than arriving to a bar just in time to get your drink order in for the end of happy hour. Who can leave work, park, and order all before 6:00? Here's a roundup of some of our city's happy hours that last into the wee hours, and a few that are never-ending.

WCCO Duck Dog Story: Newsroom source predicts "heads will roll" and reveals how mistakes were made [UPDATE]

James Schugel isn't the only one at WCCO who screwed the pooch on the duck/dog story.​New details have emerged regarding the WCCO-TV story broadcast last Thursday that falsely claimed local dogs were being sold as meat for human consumption in New York City's Chinatown, and it doesn't look good f ... More >>

Pillsbury A Mill now one of America's 11 Most Endangered Historic Places

WikipediaThe Pillsbury A Mill today.​Some people look at the Pillsbury A Mill building across the Mississippi from downtown Minneapolis and see a run-down heap of brick and stone. Developers look at it and see a cash cow. But the National Register of Historic Places looks at it sees one of Ameri ... More >>

Favre Sexual Harassment Court Papers: Just the good parts

Brett Favre retires, and gets sued the next day.​In the summer of 2008, two Long Island massage therapists scored a payday: They landed another season of work at the New York Jets training camp. It must have seemed like a dream job at the time, working on the beat-up gladiator bodies of NFL stars ... More >>

Palomino's Last Call party and final week of happy hours

Soon the palomino shuts its doors.​Palomino825 Hennepin Ave.612.339.3800Happy Hours and Details:Sunday - Thursday, all day opening at 11 a.m.Friday - Saturday, 4-6 p.m., 10 p.m.-close$5 Signature cocktails, $4 House wine$4 Draft beers$4 Tuscan white bean dip, $6 Sicilian meatballs,$6 Potatoes gorg ... More >>

Oak City Brooklyn Center: Happy Hour of the Week

A beacon in Brooklyn Center​Oak City, Brooklyn Center2590 Freeway Blvd., Brooklyn Center763.503.3561Hours: Daily, 3-6:30 p.m.Sunday - Wednesday, 9-11 p.m$2 Rock shrimp, Buffalo wings, Walleye fingers, Waffle fries & Cajun ranch sauce, Chips & salsa$3 Mini burgers with fries, Onion rings$4 ... More >>

The best pumpkin treats in the Twin Cities: Forget pie--think cheesecake, waffles, and beer

Liz PotasekThis pumpkin could be beer or cheesecake or something equally delicious.​The season of pumpkin is upon us: that magical time just before Halloween through Thanksgiving when pumpkins are baked, pureed, and served up in a variety of forms. Our search for pumpkin-flavored edibles at local ... More >>

"Dangerous By Design" ranks Minneapolis first in pedestrian safety

Photo: Andrew KelsallMinneapolis want you to walk​You want to die trying to cross the street? Move to Florida. At the very least, head south of the Mason-Dixon line. If you don't want to take your life in your hands while out for a stroll, just stay right here in Minneapolis. That's what the g ... More >>

As Tall As Lions

Peter Correale

McLaughlin Group yells about Pawlenty's presidential prospects

"What are the odds that Tim Pawlenty will win the GOP presidential nominiation in 2012? Eleanor Clift!"

Insane ex-husband won't get his kidney back

The completely crazy New York man who tried to get his kidney donation back from his ex-wife failed. Everything in the world is right again.

Get ready to play the Sarah Palin drinking game!

In Appreciation of Cecil's

Special Drinks of the Week: the Clinton Concession edition

Hillary Clinton and Eminem both love White America

Par's Download Blues

The ink-stained Benedict Arnold gets his comeuppance in court

'Knocked Up' Player Hits Homer

Writer-director Judd Apatow gets personal

Crisis in Suburbia

The 10 Hottest Hairless Celebs in History

Fine Living

The Twin Cities' newest sushi spots are just fine, but they also offer mad-crazy rolls

Songs That Fall from the Sky

Meet the Handsome Family: The story of the band that forgot time

My Summer of Love

Minnesota filmmakers remember the warm-weather flicks that got them hot (or bothered)

Lost in the Deep Throat Media Blitz: Carl Bernstein's Kid Tabbed Felt in 1988

Last week a former high-ranking FBI official outed himself as the most famous anonymous source of all time--17 years after Carl Bernstein's young son told fellow summer campers on Long Island that W. Mark Felt was DT

Film Fest Coverage II: The Sequel

The M-SPIFF's second week brings 'The World' and more

Reality Show Veteran With Brain: Film at 8

Still complicated: the De La Soul interview

Northern State: All City

Reading Between the Lines

MCBA's "Artists' Books" exhibit turns aesthetic concepts into a novel idea

Intoxicating

Uptown's newest fun palace proves you shouldn't drink where you eat

How Green Was My Lawn?

To be middle-aged and miserable in the suburbs: Chang-Rae Lee's 'Aloft'

Real Life Rock Top 10

American musical taste gets bland; Robert McNamara gets angry; the President gets naked

My Favorite: The Happiest Days of Our Lives

To The Break of Daylight

Aesop Rock's new EP reconstructs his old fables

Size Matters

American Ugly

L.I.E. peeps on the shadier side of suburbia

Various Artists: False Object Sensor

Let the Good Thymes Roll

Dog day afternoons: Teeny handbags, lutefisk jokes, and the virtues of loose tea

Packing Heat

Boiler Room is the boom era's gangster flick

And Forty Bottles of Rum

Sucka Punch

Out here

Even lesbians can learn to love Long Island.

Sex and the Senior Citizen

Tweedy Old English Guy Seeks Garden-Variety Teen Hunk: John Hurt in Love and Death on Long Island.

Bird Hunt

Boogie Nights

Breeding Familiarity

Love Hurts