Sea Change, Anchor Fish & Chips among favorite new spots
By Rachel Hutton,
December 30, 2009
Are you one of those people who reads the Cliffs Notes instead of the book? Procrastinates about studying and then pulls an all-nighter cramming... More >>
Golden Valley eatery reputed for awesome breakfasts now serves dinner
By Rachel Hutton,
December 23, 2009
On a recent Sunday morning, an older woman in a long wool coat stood in the vestibule of the jam-packed Good Day Cafe and shouted into her cell... More >>
Growing up, I was always the weird kid at birthday parties because I never ate the cake. You know the cakes I'm talking about: the flat, white,... More >>
I had my first local sighting of "jeggings" the other night at Bar La Grassa. They are a confident fashion choice that recently arrived from the... More >>
Northeast Minneapolis gets an ethnic eatery worth the wait
By Rachel Hutton,
December 02, 2009
Unless you arrive especially early or late, there's a good chance that your evening at the Anchor Fish & Chips will begin across the street at... More >>
Heartland's Lenny Russo says some of it "borders on libel"
By Rachel Hutton,
November 25, 2009
They gripe about their server tacking the gratuity onto their bill, without realizing that the sum was actually the valet parking charge. They... More >>
For all the diversity that Uptown accommodates—just the other day I watched a long-haired guy extract himself from a vintage Cadillac, hoist a... More >>
Add these two to the long list of new Twin Cities restaurants
By Rachel Hutton,
November 11, 2009
"It's a good life," the website of the Eitel Building City Apartments proclaims, as a synthesized Miami Vice-style soundtrack streams in the... More >>
What does it take to be hip these days? Not long ago it was a mullet, a PBR tallboy, and a pair of tapered jeans. But after a few visits to Kings... More >>
Where crotch-grabs and pot tips are just part of the job
By Rachel Hutton,
October 21, 2009
It doesn't take long to forget that you're wearing spandex, or at least that's what Captain Awesome tells me. And he's right. After about half an... More >>
Famed chef Jean-Georges Vongerichten is replaced at the Chambers—now what?
Rachel Hutton,
October 14, 2009
For quite a long stretch, in the restaurant world, at least, where time is measured in a ratio like that of dog years, D'Amico Cucina was the... More >>
Award-winning chef presents creative dining options at the "theatery"
By Rachel Hutton,
October 07, 2009
For the first few weeks after Sea Change opened, every time someone asked me about it, I found myself mentioning three things: The place was run... More >>
Should we be sent back to the kids' table with a sippy cup?
By Rachel Hutton,
September 30, 2009
The St. Paul Hotel's Business Etiquette class hadn't even started and I'd already committed my first faux pas. I realized it—or rather, it was... More >>
Both restaurants offer distinct takes on sophistication
By Rachel Hutton,
September 23, 2009
At the Grand Garage building in downtown Stillwater, someone had hastily taped a homemade sign to the glass doors, right under the words "public... More >>
Prohibition-era drink deftly masks taste of alcohol
By Rachel Hutton,
September 16, 2009
I first heard about the Bootleg from Dean Phillips, of Phillips Distilling, who told me he'd served the drink at the Food & Wine Classic festival... More >>
One could spend an entire day at the fair without eating locally grown food
By Rachel Hutton,
September 02, 2009
If it's served on a stick, does that make it Minnesotan? Take your sugarcoated fingers out of the mini-doughnut bag and think about it for a... More >>
Restaurants offer shiny new take on their beloved predecessors
By Rachel Hutton,
August 26, 2009
Who doesn't have a soft spot in her heart for a hole-in-the wall? A place that serves classic American fare as thick with nostalgia as it is with... More >>
Will restaurants that originated in Minneapolis also find success across the river?
By Bridgette Reinsmoen,
August 19, 2009
Something odd has happened to downtown St. Paul. In a city center that has often been desolate enough to film a zombie movie in, groups of people... More >>
Black raspberries grow along Greenway, wild plums along Mississippi
By Rachel Hutton,
July 29, 2009
Even from the passenger seat of a car whizzing down the freeway, Teresa Marrone can't help foraging. Scanning the blur of vegetation, she picks... More >>
When Sauced opened in the spring of last year, it was the first restaurant to bring any sort of culinary chic to Minneapolis's North Side. Its... More >>
For anyone who is still yammering on about the underwhelming poutine at Rye, or who can't keep from lamenting the loss of Duplex's classic take on the same dish, perhaps… More >>
John Lynden is a jerk.
Actually, he's a very warm, convivial guy who successfully pulls off Truman Capote-esque glasses, neatly cuffed jeans, and black Chuck Taylors, but he proudly admits to… More >>
One of the paradoxical things about dining in restaurants is that the experience is not always about the food. Consider places like Mickey's Diner, Mancini's, or the Copper Dome in… More >>
