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Where in this town can a guy get a glass of warm, flat, weak beer?

By Jeremy Iggers, Iggers Digest

Maybe I had better explain. I don't really want warm, flat weak beer. All I am really looking for is a proper pint of English bitter, brewed and served the way it’s supposed to be. That is, moderate in alcohol, naturally carbonated, and served at cellar temperature.

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Scandinavian sushi at Fika and Cafe Finspang

By Jeremy Iggers, Iggers Digest

I have been immersing myself in Scandinavian culture recently - or more specifically Danish TV shows - first the crime series Forbrydelsen, which was remade by AMC as The Killing, and more recently the political drama Borgen, which has been described as the Dan

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Super Moon: the mother of all Chinese buffets

By Jeremy Iggers, Iggers Digest

It was a major oversight. When Carol and I were drafting our wedding vows, I didn't think to insert a clause about Chinese buffets. As a result, Carol steadfastly refuses to accompany me on my all-you-can-eat expeditions, and there is not much I can do about it. 

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Shhh. Don't tell anybody about Mona, the new restaurant in the Accenture Tower in downtown Minneapolis

By Jeremy Iggers, Iggers Digest

Shhhh. There is a very good, somewhat quirky new restaurant on the ground floor of the Accenture Tower in downtown Minneapolis.

It's called Mona. But I don't think anybody is supposed to know about it.

There is no signage outside the building to indicate that there is an eating establishment inside, and even once you enter the building at 333 S. 7th, it's easy to overlook.

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Abdul's Afandy reopens (after 24 years) in Northeast Minneapolis - AND CLOSES AGAIN

By Jeremy Iggers, Iggers Digest

Update (i p.m. 8/6/2012): I just got a call from Mohammad Abdul Ahmad informing me that, because of a financial dispute, Abdul's Afandy has closed.

 

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Blackbird: Happy hour burgers and Saturday beer fest

By Jeremy Iggers, Iggers Digest

I stopped in the other night at Blackbird, 3800 Nicollet Ave. S., Minneapolis for a late-night bite — they now serve till midnight Monday through Saturday — and ordered this grass-fed hamburger from their Happy Hour snack menu.

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The 1029 Bar in Northeast Minneapolis: Smack Shack's home away from the truck

By Jeremy Iggers, Iggers Digest

The first thing I noticed upon entering the 1029 Bar in northeast Minneapolis was the bras. Dozens and dozens of them, hanging from the rafters. Upon closer inspection, it turned out that many of them were autographed.

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Primebar: Another chain comes to Updale!

By Jeremy Iggers, Iggers Digest

I'm still feeling a little grumpy after my opening day visit to PrimeBar, the new chain restaurant that replaced Il Gatto in Calhoun Square. The grumpyness isn't really about the food — which was actually pretty good — as it is about the chain-ification of Hennepin-Lake. Crate and Barrel (CB2). Victoria's Secret. Urban Outfitters. Columbia Sportwear. Jimmy John's. Timberland. North Face.

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