Maple Grove

Blue Plate heading to North Loop

The Blue Plate Company is moving into a new neighborhood. The restaurant group that owns the Highland Grill, Longfellow Grill, Edina Grill, the Lowry,  Three Squares in Maple Grove, and more are known for moving into neighborhoods and bringing in a casual, comfortable dining space with approach ... More >>

Gary Stefano out as Maple Grove hockey coach following purported sex tape scandal

Embattled Maple Grove hockey coach Gary Stefano won't be returning next year.SEE ALSO: Maple Grove hockey player says he graduated from the "college of porn"Stefano reportedly informed his players of the news following Maple Grove's season-ending loss to Centennial last night.

Maple Grove hockey parent: "That whole organization should have a no-confidence vote" [INTERVIEW]

When Terry Heidemann heard about the no-confidence vote the youth hockey association planned to take yesterday regarding Maple Grove boys varsity coach Gary Stefano, he felt compelled to get in touch and tell us about the ordeal his son went through while playing for a Maple Grove youth team this se ... More >>

Maple Grove hockey coach Stefano faces no-confidence vote following purported sex scandal

The Osseo-Maple Grove youth hockey association is apparently dissatisfied with the way a scandal involving the high school team was handled, prompting two unusual motions to be placed before board members.SEE ALSO: Maple Grove hockey player says he graduated from the "college of porn" The first is a ... More >>

LeAnn Sargent, Maple Grove councilwoman, charged with stealing from dying dad

LeAnn Sargent, a Maple Grove councilwoman since 1991, will continue to serve on the council despite being charged with stealing thousands and thousands of dollars from her dying dad and lying about it under oath.SEE ALSO: Maple Grove High School hockey scandal: Rumored player sex tape called "The Sh ... More >>

Maple Grove hockey player says he graduated from the "college of porn"

The Facebook profile of a junior player on the Maple Grove High School boys hockey team said he graduated from the "college of porn" and works at the Chippendales Strip Club in Las Vegas. His profile was changed over the weekend and the porn and Chippendales references were removed.THE MAPLE GROVE H ... More >>

Maple Grove High School hockey scandal: Rumored player sex tape called "The Show"

Yesterday, Maple Grove High School officials held a news conference to talk about how the school is responding to a scandal that resulted in suspensions for 13 players and for the head coach, Gary Stefano.SEE ALSO: Maple Grove high school hockey scandal reportedly involved player sex tape Officials ... More >>

Maple Grove high school hockey scandal reportedly involved player sex tape [UPDATE]

Original post published 8:17 p.m. on January 18 -- update at bottom.Reports are circulating tonight that the Maple Grove high school hockey scandal involved a player who took part in a sex tape. The suspensions of multiple players and the head coach have been publicly announced, but the reasons why ... More >>

Robert Baker loses sub teaching job, threatens to blow up Osseo, Maple Grove schools

​Robert Christopher Baker used to work as a substitute teacher at the Osseo and Maple Grove high schools. Either he was crazy when he started working there or he had a breakdown sometime after starting, because he lost his job in January after making obscene statements about district employees and ... More >>

Tutti Frutti now serving frozen yogurt in Maple Grove

Frozen yogurt with self-serve toppings? Driving 25 miles to Maple Grove was certainly not out of the question for me to check out this phenomenon. Tutti Frutti has stores in several other states, but this seems to be the only store in the Twin Cities. Here's what we found:

Trader Joe's coming to Lyn-Lake?

Two-Buck Chuck could be coming to Uptown​Trader Joe's is close to finalizing a deal for a store on the corner of 27th Street and Lyndale Avenue in Lyn-Lake, according to the Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal.

Iron Fork competition crowns a winning chef and best bartender

Deliciously cut-throat competition​The 2011 Iron Fork competition kicked off Thursday night with a bartender competition and finished off by crowning a new chef champion. Restaurants from all over the Twin Cities shared samples of their dishes at International Market Square in Minneapolis as guest ... More >>

Whisky Park, Malone's Bar & Grill now open

The Lodge becomes an urban country bar.​Gene Suh, owner of The Lyndale Tap House, debuted his second bar/restaurant last week, by opening Whisky Park at 15 S. Fifth St. in Minneapolis (former home of the Lodge). The new spot was conceived as an urban country bar, with the metro's largest selec ... More >>

Chez Arnaud brings French pastry to Maple Grove

Chez Arnaud via FacebookBonjour, Maple Grove!​For years, finding French pastry in the Twin Cities meant your choices were pretty much limited to Patrick's French Bakery and the cafe in the Sofitel. But recent openings have been spreading macarons all over the metro, most notably with the arriv ... More >>

Maynard's owners to open Malone's in Maple Grove

Maynard's owners are bullish on Maple Grove.​Joining the ranks of Blue Plate's Three Squares, Parasole's Pittsburgh Blue, etc., co-owners of the local Maynard's eateries Excelsior and Rogers are slated to open a restaurant called Malone's Bar and Grill in Maple Grove's burgeoning restaurant ro ... More >>

Foodie alert: Fabian Seafood truck in the Twin Cities today

www.fabianseafood.comIowans buying Fabian Seafood in the 1980s.​The Fabian Seafood Company of Galveston, Texas (about 300 miles west of the BP spill), is in its 33rd year of driving trucks of fresh seafood--wild-caught Gulf shrimp, blue crab, oysters, and more--to the Twin Cities and selling i ... More >>

Pittsburgh Blue hosting a tequila dinner

wikimediaTequila does four-courses in Maple Grove. ​We don't normally come across events we think are worthy of telling Minneapolitans or St. Paulites to haul out beyond the beltine, but here's a reason to get yourself to Maple Grove: Pittsburgh Blue's tequila dinner on Tuesday, October 5. I ... More >>

What the fudd is up with Fuddruckers?

The world's greatest?​Regular Hot Dish reader and Fuddruckers fan (I know this describes a lot of you) Sam sounded the alarm last week when he noticed the always-busy burger joints seemed to be disappearing. The Bloomington and St. Louis Park locations had replaced their bright yellow signs wi ... More >>

MPR open house, artwork by John Lennon: Freeloader Friday

​(Image by The Cleveland Kid) This week in Freeloader Friday we have artwork by John Lennon, a road trip to Elk River, and tons of weekend festivals.

Rick Hansen targets poisonous ice arenas

Minnesota Rep. Rick Hansen​State Rep. Rick Hansen is backing a bill aimed at making the ice safer in our State of Hockey. HF3512 would require all existing indoor ice arenas to have Department of Health-approved electronic carbon monoxide monitoring devices by January 2011, along with alarms a ... More >>

Only in Minnesota: Speed dating on skinny skis

Maybe phone numbers and waxing tips will be exchanged.

Two confirmed dead on Twin Cities roads as storm blows through

A Rogers woman swerved to avoid a stalled vehicle on an icy road and lost control of her car.

Man gets jail time for beating cat, torturing kitten with pepper spray

The man will spend 30 days in jail to think about the poor kitten who is probably still crying after he put pepper spray in its eyes. Crying kittens! For the love!

Lowertown Author Showcase

Coming Soon: Trader Joe's - Minnetonka

Another Trader Joe's is joining the stable, this time around in Minnetonka.

Twin Cities fast food cravings leave three dead Sunday

If United's announcement last week that fatties have to pay double to ride their planes wasn't enough to make you skip out on a grease-ball meal this weekend, maybe this weekend's crazy fast food violence will be enough to curb your appetite.

Now Open: Mt. Fuji

Will Maple Grove's Mt. Fuji succeed in one of Minneapolis' most cursed restaurant spaces?

Remembering McPunks

And the days when a Strib headline read: "Punk Rockers have some folks concerned at Hennepin-Lake."

Campiello space to become Cowboy Slim's saloon

Minn. hogs make pathetic escape attempt, will still be eaten

Dentists give children yet another reason to hate them

Ohio State makes the Gophers look like a youth park league

Currying Favor

A new Indian eatery in Maple Grove aims to please with attentive service and a great buffet

The Suburbs Step It Up

Three new west metro restaurants help diners break away from the national chains

Sunday Night Pot Roast at Pittsburgh Blue

Just Shoot Me

Dave & Buster's Has 32,000 Square Feet of air-conditioned zombie-shooting, Jäger-shooting, skee-ball-shooting, and yeah, pretty good fried stuff too

Crime blotter: tastes like chicken

Wal-Mart: always more stores

Revolution at the Strib?

Revolution at the Strib?

Making Ends Meet in Maple Grove

Faketown

Shopping for a sense of community in suburbia

Remembrance of Arby's Past

November Calendar of Events

Bombs Away

The threat is out there, and local high schools are cracking down

MOMS Club Member in Need of Help for Child with Leukemia

Radical Youth

Meet 10 teens and twentysomethings working to improve conditions for the queer kids that follow in their wake

The Remains of the Day

Bloody Fight