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Cap’s Grille, at Hiawatha and 50th Street, is not strictly speaking in Longfellow. But it fully qualifies as a good destination for the community without undue travel. I happened to visit there after seeing that the line at Sea Salt Eatery was too long given the time of the evening. I love fish, but I love smoked pork. Not sure which I love more.
Distant Early Warning: Friends Plant Sale coming May 11-13 in St. Paul Friends School of Minnesota is a Quaker-run school located on Englewood Avenue in St Paul.
The Friends of the East Lake Library hold an annual sale of books, mostly used. The purpose of the sale is to create a fund upon which the library can draw in order to add items to its collec
I’ve previously blogged about having fish tacos in the neighborhood. On April 16, I decided to have a dinner out in the neighborhood. My wife had borrowed my car, but living in Cooper means many restaurants and cafes in easy walking distance. I decided to go to the easiest, El Norteno, at 40th and East Lake.
The decades-long sense of invulnerability for Minneapolis residents was shattered by the touchdown in North Minneapolis of a tornado last year. This makes this year’s Tornado Awareness event more important than it has ever been. The city is announcing that a drill will occur on April 19 as a part of the Tornado Awareness. Sirens will go off that day twice, unlike the usual monthly sounding on first Wednesdays. Residents can read more on the city’s tornado awareness page.http://www.minneapolismn.gov/news/WCMS1P-091550Free Speech ZoneThe Free Speech Zone offers a space for contributions from readers, without editing by the TC Daily Planet. This is an open forum for articles that otherwise might not find a place for publication, including news articles, opinion columns, announcements and even a few press releases. The opinions expressed in the Free Speech Zone and Neighborhood Notes, as well as the opinions of bloggers, are their own and not necessarily the opinion of the TC Daily Planet. Continue Reading
I watch a lot of hours of food programming on such channels as Food, Cooking, and Travel. It constantly amazes me that so many people have so many creative ideas on something as simple as food. But I’ve noticed a disturbing theme. On such series as Man v. Continue Reading
Some people make money to eat food. I’m one of those. Some people eat food to make money. In that class of people are food critics. I don’t think I can claim to be one of those. I’m too inclined to overlook small flaws. For one thing, it might be something secondary that influences the relative rating of one restaurant against others in a market niche. Continue Reading
Precinct 3 of Minneapolis Police Department mailed out its update for March 13 to March 20, for Longfellow. No crime is good, but the silver lining in this latest cloud is bifold: The b
Let me start out with a paraphrase of the Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers (ask the hippie in your family if the allusion is obscure):”Love will get you through times of no food better than food will get you through times of no love.”
Community Connections Committee is one of the standing committees of the Longfellow Community Council.