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May 16, 2013Downtown's favorite haute 'diner' celebrates their venture into mid-toddlerhood as the restaurant known for its own distinct take on Midwestern cuisine turns three-years-old this weekend. The restaurant will be celebrating with a special five-course tasting menu composed of several of their classic ... More >>
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April 24, 2013Downtown Minneapolis's Millennium Hotel has undergone a $22 million renovation. Part of the spruce-up includes a new restaurant and bar. They have plans to use some local purveyors and have plenty of Minnesota brews on tap. It's the cooking technique that has us raising a skeptical eyebrow.
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March 6, 2013Take a bite out of the Twin Cities' best dining gems with a little help from City Pages. Today, the Restaurant Guide 2013 hits newsstands with hundreds of must-try restaurants around the Twin Cities. Here's a preview.
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December 13, 2012It's relatively rare -- maybe even a blue moon-level occasion -- for a chef, particularly one at a new restaurant, to be able to go out on the town and have someone else cook for them. So when local chefs do get a chance to get away from their own kitchens, where do they choose to eat? This Chef's D ... More >>
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October 17, 2012After a short, sweet, and successful Kickstarter campaign to raise the additional $25,000 it needed, the Lynn on Bryant in Lynnhurst has officially opened its doors to the public. Even in its earliest days of development, the surrounding community seemed to embrace the concept of this restaura ... More >>
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June 19, 2012The movement of street food to brick-and-mortar buildings continues with overachiever Erica Strait bringing her Foxy Falafel to St. Paul only weeks after launching her food truck. While looking for a new commercial kitchen space this summer, she happened upon the neighborhood bistro space that ... More >>
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February 22, 2012Wellman's will replace the downtown DrinkThe space that was once home to the downtown location of Drink won't be empty for very long. Wellman's Pub, an Iowa-based bar and restaurant chain with two locations in Des Moines, will open its first Minnesota store on the busy corner of North Fifth Stree ... More >>
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January 13, 2012Now that the damage from the fire that ravaged the beloved Blackbird and Heidi's restaurants has been cleaned up, a new eatery has announced it is ready to move in. The space at 50th and Bryant in southwest Minneapolis will soon be home to a pub called George and the Dragon, Minnesota Monthly rep ... More >>
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December 12, 2011Debbie TallenNow you don't have to wait for dinner to get your Italian on.Rinata, "a little piece of Italy in Uptown," has been pleasing guests and critics alike since its opening on Hennepin Avenue in 2008 with its affordable but excellent Italian cuisine. Fans had to content themselves with ... More >>
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September 30, 2011Eat Street is going to get Social this fall.
Northeast Minneapolis hotspot Northeast Social is opening a new restaurant on 26th and Nicollet, where the Caterpillar Lounge and Tacos Morelos used to be. The new location will be called Eat Street Social. The plan is to keep the flavor of Northeast So ... More >>
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July 14, 2011A new Szechuan in the 'burbsWhen the former chef at Little Szechuan decamped to Bloomington's Grand Szechuan in 2009, his decision caught the attention of the Twin Cities Chinese-language publications and the foodie press: Chef Luo Guanghe left the St. Paul stalwart and took several staff members ... More >>
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June 7, 2011Grand View LodgeThe historic lodge offers contemporary dining.When you hit the Brainerd Lakes this season, you don't have to spend the trip subsisting on fish fry. The Grand View Lodge in Nisswa--one of Minnesota's best-loved up north resorts--recently upgraded its dining options by opening a ... More >>
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May 18, 2011 Mo PerryThe hip new downtown Crave opens tomorrowThe ever-expanding Crave empire celebrates the grand opening of its most ambitious location yet tomorrow. All traces of former occupant Palomino are long gone, and the space has been given a fresh makeover. Walls have been torn down to create ... More >>
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March 16, 2011More complex flavors, fancier platings
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February 23, 2011Chef Don Saunders makes his comeback
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December 20, 2010photo Steve BarnesAlbany Times Union restaurant critic Steve Barnes after the attack.Two years ago, Times Union restaurant critic Steve Barnes and a friend were brutally beaten outside an Albany, New York restaurant. Two brothers, Jason and Gerald Spiegel, were later apprehended and admitted ... More >>
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December 9, 2010Sarah NienaberWill Andiamo succeed where Bibo's bruschette and braised lamb shank failed?Lazy Lightning perused the Eagan City Council's upcoming agenda and noted that a new restaurant is set to replace the former Bibo restaurant run by the Marchionda family, owners of Buon Giorno and I Nonni ... More >>
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October 7, 2010Bin Wine BarGet high legally--on chocolate, anywayThat got your attention, didn't it? While you won't get anything except a sugar high from Bin Wine Bar's terra cotta-wrapped dessert, its novelty doesn't show signs of fading anytime soon. "In the last two weeks, I've probably sold a couple hundre ... More >>
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October 5, 2010The Strip Club crew takes over Subo.Coinciding with Subo's recent closure comes the announcement that its space will become a new restaurant called The Inn, run by Tim Niver and Aaron Johnson, owners of The Strip Club in St. Paul and founders of the revived Town Talk Diner. The pair are partn ... More >>
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January 22, 2010Find out what Chef Landon Schoenefeld's got up his sleeve and what local breakfast sandwich earned a "killer" rating on this week's "Best of Hot Dish."
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January 6, 2010City Pages' former critic pens new book, Drink This: Wine Made Simple
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December 16, 2009How to entertain visiting relatives *and* have some good eats? Start planning now...
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September 18, 2009Check out master brewer Todd Haug's latest beer.
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July 23, 2009First, check out MPLSSt.Paul Magazine's new Restaurant Rater. Then check out its exhaustive burger breakdown.
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January 20, 2009 The best seats in town are at Heidi's new chef's table.
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April 30, 2008Diners hungry for a place to linger over their meals have a home in Kingfield
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October 17, 2007New Via and Gangchen Have Little in Common, Except That They're Serving the Needs of Their Diverse Communities Uncommonly Well
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January 31, 2007Auriga has closed—and so have Five and Levain. Is Minneapolis over?
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November 8, 2006Need help navigating a wine list? The bins at your local wine shop? City Pages' sixth annual toast to the noble grape is here to help.
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March 8, 2006Parasole's newest venture aims for France, but pleases everyone
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December 21, 2005Why all the taste-making top-tier kitchens in the Twin Cities are suddenly awash in plastic bags
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November 30, 2005Fugaise has sky-high ambitions and the kitchen skills to match
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October 12, 2005If 40 distributors each work with between 30 and 200 chateaus, bodegas, collectives, estates, wineries, or what have you--how many separate bottlings are available in Minnesota?
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October 5, 2005Minneapolis is a-changin', and the restaurant scene will never be the same
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May 4, 2005A terrific bar lurks within East Lake Street's newest fine-dining restaurant
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December 10, 2003A Stillwater wine bar reveals the real reason wine is good for you
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July 9, 2003Will "crossroads cuisine" reinvent both St. Louis Park and the Brazilian barbecue?
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December 11, 2002Heartland serves purely Midwestern ingredients in pure French style
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October 28, 1998Vintage chef Patrick Atanalian dances on the bleeding edge of the culinary avant-garde, pushing past the current "fusion" trend into a world where everything in sight has fused and become surreal.
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April 15, 1998The Local's Kieran Folliard is no stranger to turning pieces of straw into plates of gold.
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