Venerable Hole in the Wall
Recently my wife got me over to Al’s Breakfast in Dinkytown, as she has been wanting to do since before we moved here. The place is a time capsule from its founding in 1950. Katharyn occasionally … ‣ more…
Category Archives: Restaurants
Finally Bottle Rocket
[Note added 2017-12-13] Well that was a short run. Bottle Rocket lasted less than 10 months. On Friday December 8, at around 7:30 am, Bottle Rocket changed their hours on their Facebook page; the new … ‣ more…
Avidly Awaiting
In the spring of 2016, we who live in St. Paul’s Mac-Groveland neighborhood are waiting for all manner of things to open or re-open. Here’s a status update on a few of them. [Note added 2016-08-06] … ‣ more…
Coffee Genesis
It occurred to me that I have been in most of the places where specialty coffee, as we know it in the US today, was introduced and took root. I have been a coffee afficianado (“snob” … ‣ 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…
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…
Juicy
What culinary gifts have the Twin Cities bestowed on the rest of the country? The Juicy Lucy hamburger might make the (short) list — except that it is hardly to be found outside this metropolian area. What it … ‣ more…
Breakfast
We have a new contender for regular breakfast place in the neighborhood: the Grandview Grill (note: mute speakers if you don't like sites that play music when clicked). It doesn't serve up Wi-Fi but the … ‣ more…
Arrival
We arrived at Arezzo Ristorante yesterday at 6:30, right on time to meet Katharyn’s brother to celebrate his birthday. We literally got out of the car after driving from Geneva, Illinois and sat down to … ‣ more…