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Saigon

  • Blogs

    September 30, 2011

    Free beer and Farmageddon in the Best of Hot Dish: September 26-30, 2011

    ​The Hot Dish loves a fresh foodie headline and this week saw some doozies. Free beer always works for us and frankly, we wish we had come up with the title Farmageddon. Buy one get one free is kind of a favorite too. So we're a little easy with the praise, but we're still quite sure this round-up ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 28, 2011

    Saigon Restaurant re-opens after latest mysterious closing

    Pho followers have been complaining all month about Saigon Restaurant's abrupt closing this September, its third extended shutdown of the year. Fans of the popular Vietnamese eatery noticed it had quietly closed on September 2. A Facebook user took to the restaurant's page and asked, "How come you ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 1, 2011

    Alex Chase of Masu Sushi and Robata, Chef Chat Part 2

    Chef Alex Chase and Hello Kitty share a laugh​Alex Chase, executive chef at Masu Sushi and Robata in Northeast, may prefer the chaos of a kitchen to the babble of a Twitter feed, but we were able to coax a few more insights out of the self-described shy guy.  Yesterday we discussed the depths ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 7, 2011

    Gen. Vang Pao candlelight vigil tonight in St. Paul

    WikipediaThe venerated Gen. Vang Pao in the early '60s.​Last night, news arrived from California that Gen. Vang Pao succumbed to a 10-day battle with pneumonia and died at the age of 81. Though decades have passed since he lead the Royal Army of Laos in guerrilla combat during the Vietnam W ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 17, 2010

    The best thing I ate this week

    Crowning a new banh mi king!​The best thing to come out of France's colonization of Vietnam is, arguably, the banh mi. The pitch-perfect sandwich marries a pillowy, delicately crusted baguette with meat (often pork) or mock meat, pickled and fresh veggies (carrots, cucumber, and usually cilant ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 22, 2010

    Gastro Non Grata boys talk meat, beer, and rock 'n' roll: Chef Chat, part 1

    Courtesy of Gastro Non Grata Gastro co-founders Jeff Mitchell and Craig Drehmel: Their No. 1 work rule? Don't get drunk.​ Gastro Non Grata, the traveling circus that is part backyard BBQ, part beer festival, and all rock, takes on its biggest event to date Sunday with Vagabond Vacation at ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 4, 2009

    Monthly review: eateries opened, closed, and coming soon

    The monthly roundup of what we've reported on restaurants opening, closing, and coming soon.

  • Blogs

    March 2, 2009

    Saigon christens new digs with grand opening

    The new Saigon is bigger, but the jury's out on whether or not it's better.

  • Calendar

    January 28, 2009

    Changing Identity

    The new Saigon is bigger, but the jury's out on whether or not it's better.

  • News

    October 22, 2008

    Al Franken vs. Norm Coleman gets down and dirty

    The senate race between the Republican incumbent and the former SNL comedian is the most expensive in the country

  • Restaurants

    May 21, 2008

    Indio: Beyond the Burrito

    Mexican food goes upscale on Lake Street

  • News

    October 10, 2007

    The MnDOT Motto

    A day late, a dollar short, and the wrong address

  • Music

    August 22, 2007

    For Whom the Bottom Line Tolls

    Hip Hop's Big Rock-the-Bells Thinkers Break Free from Industry Shackles.

  • Blogs

    March 21, 2007

    Vincent Wyckoff: Tales of a Letter Carrier

    Hip Hop's Big Rock-the-Bells Thinkers Break Free from Industry Shackles.

  • News

    January 31, 2007

    The New Voyageurs

    Wherein six Minnesotans brave the Mekong River, whirlpools, and dysentery in a leaky boat with a lawnmower engine held together by toothpaste and cardboard and live to tell about it

  • Restaurants

    January 3, 2007

    Ten Most Wanted

    2006 was a tasty, tasty year. Dara goes through her memory book and anoints the stars.

  • Movies

    September 7, 2005

    Our Summer of Disaster

    Hollywood's trilogy of terror frightened the blockbuster into art

  • News

    March 30, 2005

    The Minneapolis-St. Paul International Film Festival: It Ain't a Small World, After All

    The sort-of true story of a Minneapolis man who made his mom into a movie, plus two local trailers, and 36 reviews from around the globe

  • Columns

    August 25, 2004

    The Great American Lockdown

    Bush brigade prepares to take Manhattan

  • Restaurants

    December 31, 2003

    The Best Dishes of 2003

    A top-10 list for a banner year

  • Movies

    December 10, 2003

    Heartburn

    Coppola's 'One from the Heart' is no more of a Valentine now than it was in '82

  • News

    April 30, 2003

    Best of the Twin Cities: The Winners

    Coppola's 'One from the Heart' is no more of a Valentine now than it was in '82

  • Restaurants

    December 25, 2002

    2002 Through Food-Colored Glasses

    Dear Dara's year-end wrap-up

  • Arts

    April 10, 2002

    Two Out of Three Ain't Bad

    The Minneapolis/St. Paul International Film Festival's Middle Week Has Hits, Sleepers, and Snoozers

  • Restaurants

    February 13, 2002

    By Bread Alone

    In search of the humble, perfect italian sub

  • Restaurants

    January 30, 2002

    Shortest Days of the Year

    Of seals, Shakopee, and bittersweet recollections of dates gone by

  • Movies

    August 22, 2001

    Shoot 'Em All!

    Apocalypse Now Redux extends an epic allegory of American megalomania into the 21st Century

  • Arts

    August 15, 2001

    French Roast

    Twenty-nine songs by Jacques Brel add up to a galling amount of Gallicism

  • News

    May 2, 2001

    Best of the Twin Cities: The Winners

    Twenty-nine songs by Jacques Brel add up to a galling amount of Gallicism

  • Music

    March 14, 2001

    The Zone Diet

    Alt rock eats it with another radio format change

  • Restaurants

    August 9, 2000

    The Ground Zero of Bánh Mì

    Alt rock eats it with another radio format change

  • Arts

    July 19, 2000

    Cinema of Cynicism

    In a 29-film series, Oak Street Cinema puts Hollywood's most complicated decade, the Seventies, onscreen

  • Arts

    April 19, 2000

    Reel Two

    The Minneapolis/St. Paul International Film Festival spins into its second week

  • Books

    October 27, 1999

    Toshio Whelchel: From Pearl Harbor to Saigon

    The Minneapolis/St. Paul International Film Festival spins into its second week

  • Movies

    May 19, 1999

    Tourist Trade

    Three Seasons sells its audience a pretty picture of Vietnam

  • Arts

    March 24, 1999

    Enter the Poet

    Thien-Bao Phi brings his cultural grievances and personal lamentations to the arena of competitive poetry

  • Books

    August 19, 1998

    Thomas Beller, editor: Personals: Dreams and Nightmares from the Lives of 20 Young Writers

    Thien-Bao Phi brings his cultural grievances and personal lamentations to the arena of competitive poetry

  • Feature

    May 6, 1998

    1973 An Introduction

    1973 Nobel Prize Winner Henry Kissinger and friends.

  • Books

    July 30, 1997

    The Making of an Angry White Guy

    1973 Nobel Prize Winner Henry Kissinger and friends.

  • Restaurants

    April 30, 1997

    Pop Szechuan

    1973 Nobel Prize Winner Henry Kissinger and friends.

  • Books

    November 13, 1996

    Order in the Court

    1973 Nobel Prize Winner Henry Kissinger and friends.

  • News

    October 23, 1996

    LEFT FOR DEAD

    Nguyen Cao Son and his fellow South Vietnamese soldiers were part of a secret U.S. spy commando force--so secret, in fact, that the American government turned its back and let him spend 14 years in North Vietnamese prison camps.

  • Books

    November 1, 1995

    My Nails, Myself

    Nguyen Cao Son and his fellow South Vietnamese soldiers were part of a secret U.S. spy commando force--so secret, in fact, that the American government turned its back and let him spend 14 years in North Vietnamese prison camps.

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