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White Castle celebrates 20 years of Valentine's Day dinners in the Twin Cities

Lonely hearts without dinner plans tonight might be tempted to eat their feelings with a White Castle Crave Case.But if they show up at Castle doors between 5 and 8 p.m., they'll get turned away. This year marks the 20th anniversary of area Castles serving dinner for lovebirds, which means shutting ... More >>

Valentine's Day music roundup: Seven options for the unprepared

Ah, yes, Valentine's Day. Maybe you're the hopeless romantic type, and you've had this night all planned out for you and your special someone since October, and if that's the case, jolly good for you. More likely, though, you just remembered, like, two days ago that this stupid holiday was happeni ... More >>

Best of The Hot Dish, December 19-23, 2011

Uh...Bob/FlickrWe hope all your fruitcakes, cookies, and holidays sweets turn out extra divine this year.Whether you are preparing a Christmas ham, Hanukkah latkes, a harvest feast for Kwanzaa, or just a little post-solstice snack, we hope all your meals are is super fine. We would also like yo ... More >>

White Castle to sell beer?

Soon, that cup could be filled with merlot!​Times are tough for America's restaurant owners.  McDonald's is planning a large-scale makeover for many of its restaurants, hoping to make them more 'chic.'  Wendy's has reworked its menu, changing to natural-cut fries and new burgers. Even Su ... More >>

Top 5 strangest ingredients in Thanksgiving stuffing [ACTUAL RECIPES]

Maybe you've been serving the same boring turkey dressing at Thanksgiving for years and you're ready to break out of your rut. Or maybe you'll just enjoy watching Aunt Martha gag when you tell her, after dinner, what her two helpings of stuffing were made from. Either way, here are five real Thanksg ... More >>

John Alspach: Recent Works

Fear and lawsuits in the Best of Hot Dish: September 12-16, 2011

Inspiring fear in Iowa​Get out your sweaters as you read up on all the craziness that went down this week in the Hot Dish. There were fear-inspiring wieners and drinks from drugs, just to name a few of the shockers. As you slide into your weekend fun, here's a quick list of our most stunning posts ... More >>

Martin Kessman, 290-pound man, sues White Castle on behalf of pregnant women

Is there an inalienable right to slyders?​What is it about White Castle that makes so many people feel access to slyders is their inalienable right? Just a couple years ago, a wheelchair bound St. Paul woman (who happened to be a former stripper, remember?) lost a lawsuit against the Castle ... More >>

Five favorite Twin Cities food trucks

Brent SchoonoverOur favorite meals on wheels!​Food truck season is in full swing. Now, if only the weather would cooperate! Here are five of our favorite street eats well worth braving the dreary damps.

Gastro Truck, Barrio, Hola Arepa, and more

Food trucks bring new eats to the street

White Castle offers online ordering

Minneapolis's iconic--and no longer serving--White Castle. ​White Castle is finally joining the hundreds of other restaurants that have been taking online orders for years, including Domino's pizza and all the Subways, Boston Markets, and Outback Steakhouses who take orders through Snapfinger. ... More >>

Lowbrow Minneapolis: Definitely a crowd-pleaser

But Nicollet Avenue hot spot could do more with its concept

Urban Eatery's Asian pork sliders: 100 Favorite Dishes, No. 37

Take that, White Castle!​To think that we once satisfied our late-night snacking urges with the mushy blandness of the White Castle slyder, a meal that's perfectly content to be seasoned with nothing more than steamed onions. Sure, there's comfort to be found in the squishy buns and flat mea ... More >>

Football or Piccolo? Best of Hot Dish: January 31-February 4, 2011

A still life in honor of the big game​This weekend sees the world championship of football and warmer temperatures--what could be better? In the meantime, we'd like you to chew on some fine food news this week. In this big-game edition of the weekly wrap-up, you'll find reports on the free, the fa ... More >>

Turn White Castle slyders into chili, party dip for Super Bowl entertaining [RECIPES]

First, White Castle comes in candle form, now as chili? ​The White Castle slyder slips down so easily that it's difficult to conceive of the little steam-grilled burgers as anything other than a three-bite snack. So the Hot Dish was a little stunned to receive these recipes that call for slyde ... More >>

Worst food products of the year

The KFC Double Down: And they get worse. Much worse.​It's hard to imagine that food hasn't been invented or combined in every possible combination by now, but humans are still managing to create unique new variations on things to eat or new ways to employ food. But for every delicious new idea ... More >>

Ziffel the errant St. Paul piglet digs White Castle hash browns

Photo:Kevin HutchinsonZiffel's looking for a good home.​What will be the fate of Ziffel, the piglet found wandering around Saturday on Reaney Avenue in St. Paul? His bacon's safe, according to St. Paul Animal Control. If no one comes forward to claim the spunky little porker by Saturday, he's ... More >>

McDonalds now offers McWeddings

Do you take this franchise to be your wedding location?​If spending Valentine's Day at White Castle is your idea of a romantic night out, then the latest announcement from McDonald's is right up your alley: you can now get a heaping helping of married at the chain's locations in Hong Kong.

Frank Wiggins' saggin' jeans prove no match for appellate court

Photo: joshfassbindFrank Wiggins raised his hands and his pants fell down.​Saggin' Frank Irving Wiggins thought he could appeal a drug rap by claiming a St. Paul cop searched his baggy britches illegally. But an appeals court judge ruled today that the cop in the search had every right to pu ... More >>

Rep. Erik Paulsen working at White Castle

"Would you like cheese fries with that?"​Ashwin Madia might dream of one day walking into a local White Castle and seeing his former political opponent Erik Paulson behind the counter flipping burgers. If that happens this Friday, between 11:30 and 12:30 at the fast-food joint at 96th and Lynd ... More >>

White Castle offers Slyder-scented candle to benefit autism

Is this what teen spirit smells like?​We're right on the cusp of National Hamburger Month, and to celebrate White Castle is recruiting "special guest" employees (apparently several members of Congress have "expressed an interest" to volunteer their burger-grilling skills--I'll put in a call to ... More >>

Best of Hot Dish: April 26th-April 30th, 2010

Thoth, God of Knowledge/Flickr​ These Twin Cities are exploding with food news, as the season of all things fresh and bountiful comes upon us. A perfect weekend to hop on the bike, hit the May Day parade, stop at the farmer's market for the earliest harvest items, grill in the yard...there is no l ... More >>

White Castle packs 'em in for Valentine's Day

Tables for all White Castles in the Twin Cities metro area were booked on Valentine's Day.. Watch, as upper-middle class white people take delight in the sanitized cultural experience.

This week's "Best of Hot Dish"

While we await news of Lindsey Vonn's fate, check out some non sports injury-related news we brought you this week.

Lyndale White Castle building's mysteries revealed

Ever wondered what sort of princess resides in its shiny white turret?

Top 5: Most low-brow Valentine's Day dinners

Looking to go beyond merely affordable this Valentine's Day and sink your teeth into something truly low-brow?

Time to start making Valentine's Day plans...

Okay, people, get your dialing fingers ready: It's time to make your Feb 14 reservation.

White Castle Slider-craving ex-stripper loses disability complaint

And with that, the Rosa Parks of the scooter community rests her case.

Disabled stripper wants Constitutional right to White Castle Slyders

If she can't use her mobility scooter in the drivethru at 11 p.m. when she's hankering for mini cheeseburgers, what kind of country are we?

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.

Gastro Non Grata

Minneapolis White Castle employee claims sexual harassment

Former White Castle employee accuses restaurant of looking the other way to sexual harassment.

Owner of Jimmy's Bar & 'Free Slyder Sundays' treated like White Castle's king

Make it a date: Ice Cream

Get Smart works on its own terms

The TV shows transition to film works

Super-Extended MC/VL Interview Transcript

Mighty Clyde and Vicious Lee Go to White Castle

Local Rappers Declare, “We Rock the Sliders Right!”

Minneapolis Comeback!

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

Crime blotter: criminal incompetence, Hennepin County edition

Coachwhips: Peanut Butter and Jelly Live at the Ginger Minge

I Hate 2004: Part One

Garage Sale

The D4 write a "how to" for sellouts while Electric Six cash in at Taco Bell

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We sent a team of trained researchers and documentarians into the wilds of the Twin Cities in search of music in its native habitat. Here are the field notes from Friday, February 15--the day that would not end.

Off Beat

Off Beat

Chemical Imbalance

How Paul Thelander turned radios into gold, wind into spirits, and chemicals into a cocktail that might have saved the world.

Shuttering Slyder Central

With no room for a drive-thru, White Castle says it can't turn a profit on its tiny outlet at 36th and Lake in Minneapolis. The store at Lake and Blaisdell might be next.

Five Ways To Avoid VD

A Baedeker to the Twin Cities At Night