Trio of Coffees
Working down my growing backlog of coffee shop reviews, here are two in Minneapolis and one in St. Paul. (Links to previous reviews in this series are at the bottom of this post.) And before we get … ‣ more…
Category Archives: Food
Two Openings
Here is a timely report from Black Coffee and Waffle Bar, visited about 2 weeks after its soft opening, and an extremely early look at Grand Central, observed mere hours after its debut. [Note added 2017-12-24] … ‣ more…
Regional Pairings
What beers and wines go best with everyday foods? An article in the Minneapolis Star Tribune from a year and a half back got me thinking about regional foods and the apposite pairings. The Strib … ‣ more…
Farm to…
The locavore movement (farm to table or farm to fork) has grown explosively since its origins in Boulder, CO in 2001. (Elon Musk’s brother, Kimbal, turns out to be one of its founders; who knew?) The … ‣ more…
Herbivorous Butcher
When my wife was growing up and her grandparents lived in “Nord‘east,” it was not a hip, happening place. It was a bunch of separate Minneapolis neighborhoods sorted by ethnicity. Kinda different now. Caveat: While the … ‣ more…
Payne
We found lots to like in a brief incursion into St. Paul’s northeast quarter, out along Payne Avenue. Unlike Minneapolitans, St. Paulites don’t call this quadrant of their city “Northeast.” Rather it’s “Payne-Phalen and The … ‣ more…
Booyah
This evening we head to our first booyah (though our hosts spell it without the “h”). Not to be confused with sportscaster Stuart Scott’s or money guy Jim Cramer’s exuberant catch-phrase, the booyah under discussion … ‣ more…
Fair
[Note added 2018-10-26] Re: butter sculpture. Turns out that Tibetan Buddhist monks create elaborate sculptures in yak butter. Unlike the Minnesota State Fair sculptor Linda Christiansen, the monks add mineral pigments to achieve a wide … ‣ more…
Luce
Finally made it to Pizza Luce tonight. Spectacular. In comments elsewhere on this blog at least two people have recommended Luce in the most glowing terms. Luce has been going for 22 years in the Twin … ‣ more…
Craft
If Groton was pasta and wine, St. Paul may turn out to be burgers and beer. And ice cream. And pizza. The local zeitgeist, and the dominant styles of food being served, will exert their influence … ‣ more…