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  • Blogs

    May 16, 2012

    Racist Art Song's chicken wings sign uncovered off Nicollet Ave. in SW Minneapolis [PHOTO]

    Legendary but now-closed chicken wings joint Shorty & Wags used to be located at 3753 Nicollet Ave. S. in Southwest Minneapolis. With Shorty retired and living in northern Minnesota, the commercial building is now in the market for a new tenant and being renovated.The renovations recently reveal ... More >>

  • Calendar

    January 18, 2012

    Third Thursday: Urban Oasis

    Legendary but now-closed chicken wings joint Shorty & Wags used to be located at 3753 Nicollet Ave. S. in Southwest Minneapolis. With Shorty retired and living in northern Minnesota, the commercial building is now in the market for a new tenant and being renovated.The renovations recently reveal ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 25, 2011

    Village Voice Media responds to clergy

    Today 36 clergy affixed their names to a paid ad and open letter to Village Voice and the classified ad site Backpage.com. The full page ad was published in the New York Times.

  • Blogs

    September 22, 2011

    Al Franken questions Google's internet search monopoly

    Al Franken asked questions that Google CEO Eric Schmidt can't answer.​Al Franken loves Google. He just doesn't trust it. That's what came out at yesterday's contentious Senate Judiciary Committee hearings, which saw Google's CEO Eric Schmidt squirming a bit under the hot light of government oversi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 8, 2011

    Google Zagat deal threatens Yelp

    Google announces purchase of Zagat​Google has just announced the purchase of Zagat, the longtime publisher of restaurant ratings, bringing the search giant into the food sector and threatening nascent rival Yelp. So, today, I'm thrilled that Google has acquired Zagat. Moving forward, Zagat wil ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 14, 2011

    Grand Szechuan opens second location in Plymouth

    A new Szechuan in the 'burbs​When 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 >>

  • Blogs

    March 31, 2011

    Yelp Drinks offers half-off specials next week

    ​Yelp has organized a Yelp Drinks event next week, April 4-10, where nine participating bars/restaurants will offer three drinks at 50% off--you don't have to be a Yelper yourself, or even post a review afterwords, just mention Yelp Drinks to get the special any time the restaurant is serving ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 17, 2010

    Google Hotpot challenges Yelp's restaurant rater

    Yelp Foursquare Facebook = Google Hotpot​Google is getting into the restaurant rating biz, with its new launch of Hotpot, a sort of Yelp/Foursquare/Facebook mash-up linked to Google Places. Google maps already aggregate ratings from other rating websites like Citysearch and OpenTable, bu ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 10, 2010

    City Pages' Rachel Hutton honored in "Best Food Writing 2010"

    ​A story by City Pages' food critic, Rachel Hutton, has been included in the latest edition of Best Food Writing 2010. The prestigious annual anthology is a collection of the year's best essays and articles on food from national magazines, books, newspapers, and websites. Hutton was selected f ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 13, 2010

    Is the Gri.pe app the restaurateur's new worst nightmare?

    Got a Gri.pe? Social extortion is coming to a phone near you.​If you thought Yelp's contribution to the battle between restaurateurs and their customers was making the situation bad, Gri.pe just made it worse, replacing civility and polite face-to-face problem solving with virtual public shami ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 21, 2010

    Har Mar Superstar headlines Zombie Pub Crawl 2010

    ​The sixth annual Zombie Pub Crawl is upon us: On October 9, 2010, the biggest incarnation of the undead fest yet will take over the West Bank, culminating with a party at Cabooze headlined by Har Mar Superstar.

  • Blogs

    September 21, 2010

    Har Mar Superstar headlines Zombie Pub Crawl 2010

    ​The sixth annual Zombie Pub Crawl is upon us: On October 9, 2010, the biggest incarnation of the undead fest yet will take over the West Bank, culminating with a party at Cabooze headlined by Har Mar Superstar.

  • Calendar

    July 14, 2010

    OutSpoken

    ​The sixth annual Zombie Pub Crawl is upon us: On October 9, 2010, the biggest incarnation of the undead fest yet will take over the West Bank, culminating with a party at Cabooze headlined by Har Mar Superstar.

  • Blogs

    March 17, 2010

    Yelp lawsuit widens: Plaintiffs across the country charge extortion

    Businesses from L.A. to Washington, D.C., accuse the customer-review site of offering to remove bad reviews in exchange for ads.

  • Blogs

    March 2, 2010

    Yelp sponsors 1/2 off drink specials

    Great drink deals this week at OM, Frost, Bradstreet, BLB and more...

  • Blogs

    December 21, 2009

    Yelp declines Google's $550 million acquisition offer

    Drat! We were hoping the Google folks might help solve the Yelp's problems with anonymous reviews...

  • News

    December 9, 2009

    Readers respond to our Turkeys of the Year

    Drat! We were hoping the Google folks might help solve the Yelp's problems with anonymous reviews...

  • Restaurants

    November 25, 2009

    Anonymous online reviews affecting Twin Cities eateries

    Heartland's Lenny Russo says some of it "borders on libel"

  • Blogs

    November 24, 2009

    Top 5: Comments that irk local restaurateurs

    The anonymous online reviews that restaurateurs wish would go away...

  • Blogs

    October 28, 2009

    Sofitel's Chez Colette giving complimentary chocolate today

    Chez Colette in the Bloomington Sofitel Hotel wants to woo you to its premises with chocolate today.

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