Jeremy Iggers's blog
Anodyne's Eggs come from happy, but not urban, chickens
When I saw that the Daily Special scramble at Anodyne Coffeehouse, 43rd and Nicollet Ave.MORE »
When my baby smiles at me, I go to Samba
Rio de Janeiro isn't in my travel plans this year, but driving down Main Street in Hopkins the other night, I came across a delightful surprise - a new Brazilian restaurant called Samba. I am not sure what happened in Hopkins over the last year or two, but it seems like a gastro-neutron bomb wiped out a lot of the local restaurant scene: Michaeangelo's Trattoria, Camille's Sidewalk Cafe, Gusto Cafe and Wine Bar, the Best Steak House, all closed, and the venerable Jack Yee's, one of Minnesota's oldest Chinese restaurants, shut down (maybe temporarily?) by order of the Hopkins health department. Even Burger King bit the dust.MORE »
My Afghan adventure
Having an Afghan lunch at the Crescent Moon's new Como Avenue outpost brought back memories of a different Afghan adventure. MORE »
Haggis at L'Ecosse: It was offal, but It wasn't bad
I really hesitated before ordering the haggis at L'Ecosse, the new Scottish restaurant at 48th and Chicago. On the one hand, the thought of eating a combination of lamb kidney, liver and heart, cow tongue and oatmeal, all stuffed into a sheep stomach, sounded disgusting. (I eat tongue and tripe, but I can't stand the taste of liver, or the smell of kidneys.)MORE »
Bandeja Latina - Ecuadorian Mixed Grill - at La Cocina Latina
If you want to eat where your favorite chef hangs out, I hear the place to go is Isaac Becker's 112 Eatery.MORE »
Java Train: A Hidden Gem in Como Park
I suppose that if I lived in St. Paul instead of Minneapolis, I wouldn't think of Pascal Street as being the middle of nowhere, but stumbling across the Java Train in the Como Park neighborhood was all the more pleasurable for being unexpected.MORE »
Bar La Grassa: Food, romance and the romance of food
I love Bar La Grassa, the new Italian trattoria that replaced Babalu at 800 N. Washington Ave., but I can't help but be struck by the contrasts. Babalu was made for romance - a nightclub with exotic cuisine, hot Latin jazz, and sexy dancing - the perfect spot to start a date that ends the next morning.MORE »
Church supper season is here! Tell me about your favorites
Biking down Franklin Ave. yesterday, I spotted this sign in front of Bethany Lutheran Church, 2511 E. Franklin, advertising its all-you can eat $5 spaghetti dinner on Thursday, October 29, which reminded me that this is the start of church supper season.MORE »
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