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Quick Bites: Turkish Delights, the Harriet Brasserie, and Sushi Dreams in Uptown
I just flew in from Istanbul, and boy are my arms tired. I’m also jet-lagged and writing on deadline, so my apologies in advance for this disjointed ramble across continents, from Kadikoy and Sultahahmet in Istanbul, to Linden Hills and Uptown in Minneapolis.MORE »
Tastes from around the globe
Food from all over the world - and you can have it all in Uptown! No matter if you are into European, Asian or American dishes, Uptown is the meeting place for food lovers. Places featured in this article are only some suggestions out of many more options, and certainly all of them will make your mouth water.
The land of smilesMORE »
Franco-Brazilian Harriet Brasserie coming to Linden Hills
I am really looking forward to the opening of the Harriet Brasserie, in the old Cafe 28 space in Linden Hills.
I got to meet the owner, Alain Lenne, and his chef, Fernando Silva, a couple of weeks ago at the first anniversary party at Tilia, Steven Brown's Linden Hills cafe. The talented chef Brown knows how to feed a crowd, with an unending stream of platters loaded with pulled pork sandwiches, jerk chicken, thighs, corn dogs, gravlax, farmstead cheeses and more. As you might expect, the place was packed, and the decibel level as high as ever, so I asked Steven about the best time to beat the noise and the crowds.MORE »
Twin Cities' group walks welcome you and your dogs
It is a truth universally acknowledged that walking, like gum and locally brewed craft beer, is best when it comes in packs. And even though the weather’s still far from tropical (or temperate, for that matter), two diverse groups of Twin Cities dog parents are taking that axiom to heart and pounding the pavement in plenty of good company.MORE »
Urban Farms Offer Solutions
MINNEAPOLIS, March 2, 2010- With its goals of expanding the local foodshed in the Twin Cities and providing urban dwellers with more access to fresh produce and the skills to grow it, the Backyard Harvest Program kicks off its second growing season.MORE »
THEATER | Washburn High School students work with local stars to produce "Once On This Island"
As long as there are young lovers, there'll be warmhearted tales of adolescent angst in the face of life's fateful twists and turns. One of the most enduring is pretty-poor-girl-pining-away-for-handsome-rich-kid, from Cinderella on. One of the more interesting is Trinidadian novelist Rosa Guy's My Love, My Love, which tosses into the mix not only class but the seldom acknowledged aspect of color-struck black folk.MORE »
FREE SPEECH ZONE | Neighbors seeking support for potential off-leash dog area at Martin Luther King Park
A group of Kingfield resident leaders is organizing support for a potential off-leash area in MLK Park. This part of the city has the highest density of licensed dogs, but no off-leash areas.MORE »
Fire breaks out at 50th and Bryant in Minneapolis
UPDATED 9 p.m: Intially tweeted by Jason DeRusha earlier today, the block on 50th and Bryant—which holds such popular establishments as Patina, Blackbird Cafe, Heidi's, and the Malt Shop—caught fire in the afternoon. [Video after jump.]
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