Highlights of a week of eating – at Vincent, Café Maude at Loring Park, the Dakota, Somos Peru, Catalina’s & more
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(Shown above: Cafe Maude at Loring Park.)
Where in this town can a guy get a glass of warm, flat, weak beer?
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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.
Scandinavian sushi at Fika and Cafe Finspang
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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 Continue Reading
Super Moon: the mother of all Chinese buffets
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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.
Shhh. Don’t tell anybody about Mona, the new restaurant in the Accenture Tower in downtown Minneapolis
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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.
Abdul’s Afandy reopens (after 24 years) in Northeast Minneapolis – AND CLOSES AGAIN
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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.
My lunch with Luisa Tetrazzini at Jakeeno’s Pizza & Pasta
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I had a delightful lunch the other day at Jakeeno’s Pizza & Pasta, 3555 Chicago Ave. S., Minneapolis, with signorina Luisa Tetrazzini. Continue Reading
Blackbird: Happy hour burgers and Saturday beer fest
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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. Continue Reading
Now open: El Burrito Mercado in the Midtown Global Market
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Great news for fans of Mexican and Central American cuisine. St. Continue Reading
The 1029 Bar in Northeast Minneapolis: Smack Shack’s home away from the truck
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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.