Food and restaurants


Take me out after the ballgame

Everybody, sing along: “Take me out to the ballgame … ” OK, hold it: Let’s update that “peanuts and crackerjack” part. How about “Buy me some mozza on micro greens” or “crab/truffle mac and cheese”?

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OUR STORIES | Meet Chai and Cha of Chai's Cooking at St. Paul's Hmongtown Market

“On a normal day, I get up at 5 in the morning. After getting dressed I reach my shop, open the oven and start preparing the meat at around 7 to 7:30 a.m.

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Soon dubu chigae at the Kimchi Tofu House in Minneapolis

What could be better on a cool rainy day than a hot steaming bowl of soon dubu chigae, spicy tofu stew? The tiny Kimchi Tofu House, 307 S.E. Oak St., Minneapolis, offers about 10 different variations with beef, pork, shrimp, mussels, oysters and kim chi, all priced at $8.99. Served with steamed rice, several panchan side dishes, and a raw egg that you can crack open and stir into the bubbling broth.

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42nd Avenue - History Still Happening

“Dynamic” can describe even the calmest-looking streets. As an almost arbitrary example, take 42nd Avenue in Minneapolis, south from Lake to 42nd Street. It’s loaded with past, present and future food-shopping spots, which in 1930 alone (again, arbitrary) numbered twenty: bakeries, meat markets, grocers, dry goods.

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Grand opening of Up Cafe

Well the warm weather came a few days too late for the grand opening of Up Cafe. But still we had a great event.

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Craft beer niche addressed in liquor law

A new law will allow St. Paul and Minneapolis restaurant owners to have more than 40 percent of their revenue generated from alcohol sales, which is currently illegal.

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COMMUNITY VOICES | Conflict Kitchens in Minneapolis?

Frying falafels.

In Issue 156 of Saveur Magazine, Pittsburgh's Conflict Kitchen (a restaurant/project that changes its menus and only serves cuisine from a country in which the US is in conflict with) was featured.

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Meet Miguel Goebel, New Farmers Market Manager

The Midtown Farmers Market opened for business on Saturday with a new market manager, Longfellow resident Miguel Goebel. Prior to his position at the Farmers Market, Goebel was the Seward Co-op’s grocery buyer. According to the Market’s website, his experience spans “local and international food systems, ranges from working with indigenous farmers in organic production to assisting small corner store owners in offering healthy, affordable produce.”

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