Stewart Woodman

Birdhouse is CLOSED

The second restaurant from Heidi and Stewart Woodman has officially closed its doors. Although the restaurant had cycled through a couple of chefs, its concept of fresh, healthy, creative food seemed a perfect fit for the neighborhood.See Also:2013 Best Vegetarian-Friendly Restaurant: BirdhouseBirdh ... More >>

Best-selling food writer Michael Pollan to visit Twin Cities

New York Times best selling author and forefather of the modern movement against industrialized food is coming to the Twin Cities for a one-night-only event to promote his newest book, Cooked: a Natural History of Transformation. The event will be held May 2 at Beth El Synagogue in St. Louis Pa ... More >>

Food & Wine names Jamie Malone of Sea Change one of its Best New Chefs

Each year Food & Wine Magazine anoints a collection of chefs across the nation as the best, new up-and-comers. Historically it's been a career springboard for many leaders in the culinary world. Locally, past winners have included Stewart Woodman of Heidi's and Erik Anderson, late of S ... More >>

Our favorite Twin Cities food trends

A closer look at some of the hottest plates in restaurants around the metro

ReviewerCard: "$100 for a lifetime of preferential treatment" [VIDEO]

Last month local critic and Bizarre Foods host Andrew Zimmern discussed the user-generated review forum Yelp on his podcast Go Fork Yourself. He heavily criticized the website's exploitative nature, saying,"Yelp has become dangerously unstable, because clearly they have people abusing ... More >>

Best places for post-holiday eating: A round-up, part 1

In a day or so, perhaps even sooner, you'll be sick of trying to get creative with whatever odd scraps of holiday leftovers are still lingering in your fridge and definitely not in the mood for more carbs, cream cheese, or cookies. It's that post-holiday, getting back in the swing of the regula ... More >>

Heidi's gets dinged in state's latest liquor posting; Stewart Woodman responds

When the state of Minnesota's Depart of Revenue posted its latest monthly list of bars and restaurants that are allegedly delinquent in their tax payments, it included one surprising entry: Heidi's, the Lyndale Avenue hot spot known for it's refined dining and seasonal craft cocktail ... More >>

Fish Bites: MN Zoo and top chefs raise awareness for sustainable fish

Last night the Minnesota Zoo hosted its second annual Fish Bites; an event focused on raising awareness around the issue of sustainable seafood. Over 150 people showed up to the event, which featured nine of the Twin Cities' top chefs. Each chef prepared a dish using sustainable seafood, allowing gu ... More >>

Birdhouse is good and good for you

Stewart Woodman's new venture goes healthy but doesn't feel trendy or preachy

Birdhouse's vegetable juice spritzers: Add them to your summer survival kit

See Also:Birdhouse on Hennepin: A sneak peekBirdhouse: A preview of Stewart Woodman's new restaurantVeggie Spritzers$6Birdhouse on Hennepin2516 Hennepin Ave. S., Minneapolis612.377.2213; Birdhouse FB pageIt's hard to fathom, but this recent streak of sweltering heat has left us eshewing cocktails in ... More >>

Birdhouse on Hennepin: a sneak peek

Birdhouse on Hennepin, the new venture from Heidi and Stewart Woodman (owners of acclaimed Heidi's Restaurant) is officially open to the public today for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Their liquor license came through yesterday just in time for a small preview dinner in the charming space, which fo ... More >>

The Best of Hot Dish: June 4-8, 2012

At the Hot Dish, we've been cranking out the latest food and drink news to keep you in the know. Here are a few of the week's top stories.~Take a sneak peek at Eat Street's latest venue, the highly anticipated Icehouse. And another first look with Pupuseria La Palmera. ~In the co ... More >>

Month in Review: Open, Closed, Coming Soon March '12

​OPENColossal Cafe in St. Paul (City Pages review)Eli's East Food & Cocktails (City Pages review)Eat Street Social (City Pages preview)Eat Street PizzaThe Hole Sports LoungeOceanaire  (new location)Turkey To Go  (Minneapolis skyway)Uncle Moe's Deli and DraftsWest Bank DinerWhich Wich

James Beard Award finalists include Twin Cities names - Updated

​The James Beard award semifinalist list was announced today, and on the list were some familiar names. The awards were established in 1990 and named for chef, food writer, and celebrated lover of life, James Beard. The awards are the highest honor available to food professionals. Part of why the ... More >>

Stewart Woodman announces new restaurant Birdhouse

​We first heard a rumor that Stewart Woodman, chef and owner of Uptown's Heidi's, had bought the house that once was home to Duplex.  Yesterday, word came out that Woodman is moving ahead with plans to open a second restaurant.

5 great gifts for foodies

Christmas foodies = delicious gifts​Got a few foodies on the list of people to shop for this Christmas? Turn off QVC. I promise they don't want a juicer. The Hot Dish is here to help you come up with the perfect gift for as many foodies as you have on your list. This will be the first of a s ... More >>

Fish Bites event hooks top chefs for seafood dinner at MN Zoo

​By the low, blue light reflected from the Discovery Bay exhibit, Fish Smart, the Minnesota Zoo's sustainable seafood effort, will host its first major event: Fish Bites. Hosted by Sue Zelickson on Thursday, October 13, local celebrity chefs like Stewart Woodman of Heidi's, Russell Klein of Merita ... More >>

Adam Vickerman of Cafe Levain: Chef Chat

Photo courtesy Adam Vickerman​After some time away, chef Adam Vickerman has returned to where he started his professional culinary career in 2004, the kitchen at Cafe Levain. While other boys were perhaps dreaming of fire trucks or sports stardom, young Vickerman knew he wanted to be a chef when h ... More >>

Heidi's restaurant relocates after fire and exceeds expectations

More complex flavors, fancier platings

Food & Wine nominates four locals for People's Best New Chef

Nominee Erik Anderson working his kitchen magic. ​Since 1998, the editors of Food & Wine magazine have selected 10 up-and-comers in the restaurant world to honor on its cover each July--Stewart Woodman, Tim McKee, and Seth Bixby Daugherty among them. This year, the magazine is expanding its ... More >>

Top 5 restaurant breakups

Universal PicturesIf Jennifer Aniston were Tim McKee, then who would Vince Vaughn be?​Valentine's Day is a celebration of love. But then, it's hard not to think about relationships that have gone sour. Let's open up a box of chocolates and take a stroll down memory lane of top five Twin Citi ... More >>

Heidi's opens tomorrow, but we already dined there

Heidi and Stewart Woodman are opening Heidi's 2.0 on 1/1/11​Last February, Heidi's was claimed by fire just hours after chef and owner Stewart Woodman was named one of the Top 20 Chefs in the Midwest by the James Beard Foundation. Luckily for Twin Cities food lovers, the Woodmans weren't about t ... More >>

Most anticipated restaurant openings of 2011

​Based on reader response, Shakey's may be the average City Pages reader's most highly anticipated restaurant opening this year. (This April in Plymouth, everybody!) Here are five other soon-to-open eateries that the Hot Dish is especially excited about.

The Best of Hot Dish: November 15-19

Sit down. Take a load off. Read Hot Dish. ​It's the final weekend before the holiday season truly kicks off, so be sure to get some rest and relaxation in now. Kick off your shoes, settle into your comfy couch and pull these lovely Hot Dish stories in close. They will make you laugh and cry and ev ... More >>

Stewart Woodman and Lenny Russo trade blows in the blogosphere

Woodman and Russo trade blows in the blogosphere.​Usually chefs criticize each other's work in private and leave restaurant critics to do the public skewering. But with the rise in chefs taking part in social media, it was only a matter of time before they started slinging serious mud at each ... More >>

Mill City Farmers Market ends tomorrow with Fall Harvest

Mill City Farmers MarketGet your market produce while you can; soon this place will be a tundra.​Sure, Minnesotans are a hearty people. Our local produce? Not as much. Yes, there are tough crops that persevere deep into fall, thriving despite a brisk evening or an early frost. But sooner or la ... More >>

Stewart Woodman's Shefzilla cookbook helps you cook Heidi's at home

Learn how to cook like Heidi's. ​Stewart Woodman has created a monster. His new cookbook, Shefzilla: Conquering Haute Cuisine at Home, (Borealis Books, $27.95) might just put his forthcoming restaurant, a.k.a. Heidi's 2.0, out of business. Yeah, right. The Hot Dish recently received a revie ... More >>

Heidi's coming to Lyn-Lake, Stewart Woodman shares details

photo courtesy Heidi'sRIP Heidi's 1.0, welcome Heidi's 2.0!​Stewart and Heidi Woodman have finally made their long-awaited announcement: Heidi's will reopen in the former Vera's coffee shop at Lyn-Lake. After learning that reopening in their 50th and Bryant location, which was destroyed by fire l ... More >>

Stewart Woodman, Heidi's chef, calls mom for comfort after fire guts restaurant

Stewart Woodman is doubtless shaking his head in sadness this morning after a fire in his restaurant, Heidi's, gutted not just that business but four others.

Heidi's, Patina, Blackbird in Lynnhurst gutted by fire

A two-alarm fire is raging in the Patina retail store on 50th Street at Bryant Avenue in the city's Lynnhurst neighborhood.

Foodography: Charcuterie, Home cooking and Pre-historic dining

This week, Kate snacks chez Stewart Woodman and hits up Chris Olson's Evolution of Food dinner.

Top 10: Influential restaurant openings of the decade

Drumroll, please...

Top 10: Restaurant Closings of the Decade

Aquavit? Cafe un deux trois? Are you old enough to remember any of these?

Top 5: Ways to spend T-giving weekend, foodie-style

What to do for the next 5 days, besides eat turkey...

MSPMag, Shefzilla showdown over "up and coming" chefs

MSPMag article inspires a semi-heated exchange over local chefs and food writing.

Heidi's gives out $20 gift certificates

Chef Stewart Woodman's cooking demo at the Kingfield Farmers' Market this Sunday comes with an extra perk!

Top 10 kitchen gadgets you'll only use once

All hail the beef jerky gun and the remote control beer pager!

Making zabaglione Shefzilla-style

Heidi's Chef Stewart Woodman mends fences with a quick weeknight dessert: zabaglione.

Stewart "Shefzilla" Woodman starts blogging

Heidi's hot new chef's table

Five signs the Minneapolis restaurant scene is growing

The recession can bite it

Heidi's makes Conde Nast Traveler's "Hot List"

Small But Mighty

It has only 40 seats, but Heidi's is interesting enough for a lifetime

Minneapolis Comeback!

Steven Brown is back! After the '07 Massacre, Minneapolis is regrouping in other ways, too.

Cheap is the New Hot

Got Champagne tastes and a Grain Belt budget? Welcome to the Minneapolis of your dreams.

Singular Five

Stewart Woodman's long-awaited solo venture is stylish, costly, and absolutely unique

Talk Of The Town

A trifecta of impending restaurant openings, and one departure

2004's Top Dozen Dishes

If you read this list and subsequently eat your newspaper and/or hat, don't come crying to me

Levain Unleavened

To redefine success, a south Minneapolis hot spot needs some polishing

Third And Final Restaurant Opening Of The Century