Food and restaurants


NEIGHBORHOOD NOTES | Hotdish Revolution is Coming April 21

By Robin Sauerwein, Neighborhood Notes

What says community in Minnesota more than hot dish?

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Minneapolis: PrimeBar gets the boot, abrupt ending catches patrons off guard

By Bruce Cochran, Wedge Neighborhood News

Open not quite 9 months. PrimeBar closed on March 25 just as the spring pedestrian traffic began to warm up. The northwest corner space at Calhoun Square was most recently home to Il Gatto and Figlio prior to that. (Photo by Bruce Cochran)

When a fairly new restaurant opens and weathers a long winter with little pedestrian traffic, you would expect they’d be clamoring for a warm spring to return more street traffic. So much to everyone’s surprise on March 25 there was a sign posted on a shuttered PrimeBar that they were closed and were saying goodbye.

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Women on the homefront: Classic WWII posters on display at Minneapolis Central Library

By Mary Treacy, Poking Around

It was a poster from the Kittleson Collection on exhibit in the Minneapolis Central Library Hosmer Collection that spurred my reflections. The World War II-era posters depicts a loving mom and daughter, their gentle exchange as they plant their Victory Garden, the little girl‘s optimism as they work together to support the War effort. Peaceful, full of life and hope.

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Poking Around

The Nicollet in Minneapolis: New owner, new menu—same cozy charm

By Paige Elliott, TC Daily Planet

The Nicollet owner, Michael Graca, shows off his drawing skills outside of the shop.  (Photo by Paige Elliott)

The Nicollet coffeehouse, with its quaint and modest allure, strikes a contrast to the bustling neighborhood surrounding it. Since reopening under new management in October, The Nicollet has quietly gone about reintroducing itself to the community. The recent expansion of evening hours--the shop is now open every day until 10 pm-- is a signal that the The Nicollet is finding its footing along the Eat Street corridor of Nicollet Avenue.

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Minnesota Farmers: Conservation Stewardship Program is on for 2013

By Adam Warthesen, Loon Commons

One of the nation’s most innovative working lands farm conservation initiatives has received a financial reprieve, thanks to the continuing resolution signed by President Barack Obama on Tuesday.

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Loon Commons

Q: Who IS that? A: Emily "Piefinger" Weiss, flavorful food writer

By Jay Gabler, Who IS that?

Courtesy Emily Weiss

Name: Emily Weiss

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Pupuseria 'La Palmera': Central American flavor in South Minneapolis

By Sam Ridenour, Standish-Ericsson Neighborhood Association

Pupuseria la Palmera. “Palmera” means palm tree.

On an early May morning in 2012, Mauricio and Kim Prieto opened the doors to their new restaurant, Pupuseria la Palmera (4157 Cedar Ave. S.). It was a day the young couple had long envisioned, a dream they had shared since they met, more than 10 years ago. It was a day toward which they had been spending all of their spare moments (not to mention all of their spare dollars) for the better part of a year: cleaning, painting, obtaining licensure, taking care of the countless details that must be in place to open a restaurant.

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Know where you eat, and where those restaurants stand on paying minimum wage

By Nelson Inz, Minnesota Progressive Project

Today the President of the Minnesota Restaurant Association, JJ Haywood said that the Association wants a Tip Penalty for servers and bartenders attached to the current minimum wage bill. Apparently the association thinks tipped employees make too much money.

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Minnesota Progressive Project

The question behind Minnesota Food Council legislation: Why import when we can grow local?

By Lee Egerstrom, Minnesota 2020

A lot of different small-scale growers, academics and communities are tossing ideas into the collective pot, hoping to come up with a cost and fuel efficient model for creating local food systems in Minnesota. "It’s like the childhood story of making stone soup," said Clarence Bischoff, a farmer near Red Wing who is among people pushing for a Minnesota Food Council.

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With a Turkish flair, Kitty Corner Café opens in Stadium Village

By Meritte Dahl, The Minnesota Daily

Turkish waffles, the Kitty Corner Cafe's specialty, are a popular food in Istanbul. (Photo by Amanda Snyder)

Start with a waffle. Add a layer of chocolate. Top with fresh fruit, sprinkle on some nuts and go.

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