St. Louis Park

Trader Joe's selling overstock Valentine's Day chocolate for $2 to $5

​Valentine's Day is long since over, and gifts of flowers wilted days ago. If you're on the hunt for discounted chocolate, though, look no further than Trader Joe's. Its 32-piece boxes of assorted chocolates are selling for $4.99, a steal if we ever saw one. Flavors include sea salt caramel, yello ... More >>

Little Szechuan brings fiery Chinese to St. Louis Park

New location ups the ante when it comes to decor

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.

Muddy Paws Cheesecake hands out free samples Tuesday

Muddy Paws chocolate peanut butter cheesecake​Next Tuesday, November 29, just about the time you've finished stuffing yourself with Thanksgiving dinner and leftovers, Muddy Paws Cheesecake will be offering you dessert: Free samples of its cheesecake. Muddy Paws is holding its 19th annual tasting a ... More >>

Thanh Do receives full liquor license

Thanh Do: Your Lemongrass-tini is waiting​"St. Louis Parks weekends are about to get allot [sic] more fun!" Thom Pham of Thanh Do and the Wondrous Azian Kitchen tweeted on Wednesday. "Big news in store... stay tuned!" The big news is that Thanh Do recently got a full liquor license and full b ... More >>

Have you seen this cheesy car that was used during a shooting? [IMAGE]

This lamely decked-out car was used in a St. Louis Park shooting.​St. Louis Park police are asking for the public's help in trying to find the man responsible for a burglary and shooting that took place last week.For the case, which left a St. Louis Park homeowner with a gunshot wound, cops have a ... More >>

Cooper Pub celebrates 2 years with happy hour deals today

Toast two years with 2 Gingers​Traditionalists insist the proper gift for a second anniversary is cotton. The look, the feel ... the only problem is, it's lacking in drinkability. Cooper Pub and Restaurant at the Shops at West End is celebrating in better style. Today, in honor of Cooper's second ... More >>

Mill Valley Kitchen offers Midwestern take on California cuisine

Day boat scallops and grass-fed beef anchor healthy entrees

Cedar Lake Trail finally connects St. Louis Park, Minneapolis, Mississippi River

The last leg of the Cedar Lake Trail is open.​Twenty years after the Cedar Lake Park Association set the plan in motion, a two-lane bicycle freeway has finally opened to connect St. Louis Park with the Mississippi River. The last mile was a $9 million pain in the neck, too. The Minnesota Twin ... More >>

Restaurant.com fire sale: 80 percent off gift certificates

Cheap eats at Northeast Social!​It's happening again: Restaurant.com is offering huge discounts on their gift certificates when you enter the code EXCLUSIVE at checkout. What does 80 percent off mean? We just nabbed a $25 gift certificate to the Northeast Social Club for $4!

The Best of Hot Dish: January 3-7, 2011

Courtesy of TheBeezKneezDeliversMmmmm honey and a bee costume to keep you warm...​It's the first Best of Hot Dish for the new year, and the restaurant openings and scandal are practically boiling over. That's a good thing, as it will keep our minds off the chilly temps and persistent precipitation ... More >>

Dr. Mambo's Combo

Courtesy of TheBeezKneezDeliversMmmmm honey and a bee costume to keep you warm...​It's the first Best of Hot Dish for the new year, and the restaurant openings and scandal are practically boiling over. That's a good thing, as it will keep our minds off the chilly temps and persistent precipitation ... More >>

Ciento tequila bar and Mexican kitchen RIP

That was quick!​100 tequilas weren't enough to keep Ciento in business. The Mexican eatery opened this summer in a former Majors off of 394, just north of St. Louis Park's booming West End, and already Minneapolis St. Paul Magazine is reporting that it's closed. Initial reports put Ciento a di ... More >>

Crave coming downtown, replacing Palomino

Jana FreibandCrave St. Louis Park's sushi counter.​The old workhorse, Palomino, is finally being put out to pasture. The Star Tribune reports that the ever-expanding local chain, Crave, plans to take over the prime downtown Minneapolis space by next spring.

West End to lure shoppers with wine bar, crepes, 24-hour diner

Coming soon to St. Louis Park: Le Crepe Nanou, Wine Loft, and Huey's 24/7 Diner​St. Louis Park's West End shopping complex is already a restaurant mecca, home to Cooper, Crave, Ringo, Rojo Mexican Grill, Sauce Pizza and Wine, and Toby Keith's I Love This Bar & Grill. If those aren't options ar ... More >>

Toby Keith meet-and-greet, Trailer Choir, and Marty Stuart this weekend

​Many of us, our friends over at Hot Dish not excluded, have buzzed about Toby Keith's I Love This Bar & Grill, which opened earlier this summer in St. Louis Park. "I hear they have a mechanical bull!" "Mechanical bull?!?" "Down-home Southern comfort food? Say what?" "Will Toby really put a bo ... 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 >>

Win The Fresh Girl's Guide to Easy Canning and Preserving

Yes you CAN!​If you impulse bought a bushel of beautiful-looking beets at last weekend's farmers' market or your garden exploded with too many tomatoes, don't fret. Ana Micka's new book, The Fresh Girl's Guide to Easy Canning and Preserving, is here to help you process and store your summer su ... More >>

Terror Eyes

Yes you CAN!​If you impulse bought a bushel of beautiful-looking beets at last weekend's farmers' market or your garden exploded with too many tomatoes, don't fret. Ana Micka's new book, The Fresh Girl's Guide to Easy Canning and Preserving, is here to help you process and store your summer su ... More >>

LEGO® Games 2010 Tour

Yes you CAN!​If you impulse bought a bushel of beautiful-looking beets at last weekend's farmers' market or your garden exploded with too many tomatoes, don't fret. Ana Micka's new book, The Fresh Girl's Guide to Easy Canning and Preserving, is here to help you process and store your summer su ... More >>

Crave's Japalac is a throwback to pre-Prohibition days

drinkerific​ Japalac $8.95 Crave West End www.craveamerica.com 1603 West End Blvd., St. Louis Park 952.933.6500 website The renaissance of classic cocktails continues, this time at Crave in St. Louis Park. From the alternate universe that is the West End complex, this drink is a bit of a ta ... More >>

Where am I eating?

Every Monday, we'll show you a photo we've snapped at a local restaurant--it's up to you to guess which one. The first person to answer correctly in the comments (be sure to leave your email address--it won't be visible), will be entered into a pool and periodically we'll draw names and award a few ... More >>

Hi Kids! A Retrospective of Twin Cities Children's TV

Every Monday, we'll show you a photo we've snapped at a local restaurant--it's up to you to guess which one. The first person to answer correctly in the comments (be sure to leave your email address--it won't be visible), will be entered into a pool and periodically we'll draw names and award a few ... More >>

Wellstone, Hedberg, Sealy among notable Minnesotans lost this decade

It'll be a long time before the sting of these deaths fades.

Condoleezza Rice to visit Minnesota this Sunday

Do you have $50-$180 dollars lying around? Reserve your spot at this lecture.

Wash. Post: Even St. Louis Park Jews love 'A Serious Man'

You wouldn't believe it, but St. Louis Park Jews loved the movie, idolize the Coen Brothers, and still love their hometown.

Sexual abuse found in St. Louis Park nursing home

A nursing assistant at Texas Terrace Care Center stands accused of molesting a dementia patient.

Now Open: CRAVE - St. Louis Park

CRAVE is bringing its

Lebowski Fest

CRAVE is bringing its

Lebowski

CRAVE is bringing its

Gold Nugget, Galaxy Drive-In, and Red's Savoy replace old classics

Restaurants offer shiny new take on their beloved predecessors

Afrifest

Restaurants offer shiny new take on their beloved predecessors

In recipes: "Kid-friendly" is code for "awesome"

Kids or no kids, you too can make coconut bread, king cake, gelato, ice cream sandwiches, and waffles.

Dude busted for bringing pot brownies to work

A St. Louis Park man's pot prank went awry earlier this month when a young woman had to go to the hospital after eating one of his "special" brownies.

Dr. Mambo's Combo

A St. Louis Park man's pot prank went awry earlier this month when a young woman had to go to the hospital after eating one of his "special" brownies.

Dr. Mambo's Combo

A St. Louis Park man's pot prank went awry earlier this month when a young woman had to go to the hospital after eating one of his "special" brownies.

RIP Three Fish

Winter got you down? Get out your skates!

If Minnesota winter's got you down, there's nothing like a blast from the past -- like, 6th grade -- to cheer you up. The Metrodome has once again become Minneapolis's indoo ... More >>

Outdoors amendment and Minneapolis school levy also win

If Minnesota winter's got you down, there's nothing like a blast from the past -- like, 6th grade -- to cheer you up. The Metrodome has once again become Minneapolis's indoo ... More >>

Hunting for Easter candy

Think outside the basket this year

Thy Neighbor's House on TV

Think outside the basket this year

My (Very Good) Life as a Dog

Think outside the basket this year

Al Franken releases his candidacy video

Think outside the basket this year

Good Enough

Minnesota's newest luxe Italian bistro and wine bar is good enough, fast enough, nice enough, and, generally, enough all over

Highlights from Rock 'n' Roll Escape from Summer School

Brother and Sister inspire another day of gymnastics, capture the flag, and waterslides. Oh, and music.

The Spirit of St. Louis

Was it something in the water? Kraig Johnson talks about the unlikely rock incubator of the west metro and leading his own band.

High Steaks Gambit

Will "crossroads cuisine" reinvent both St. Louis Park and the Brazilian barbecue?

The Last Picture Show

Movie theaters used to have majestic screens, rocking chairs, and real butter. Some still do.

Peavey's Folly

Movie theaters used to have majestic screens, rocking chairs, and real butter. Some still do.