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The wife and I scored a sitter last night and, by chance, made it a (mainly) Green Line evening. In truth, the evening began far away in northeast Minneapolis at Psycho Suzie’s. Continue Reading
I was starting to think that I knew every restaurant on the Avenue, but clever Green Line tipsters are always turning me on to ones I have yet to hear of. One such place is Thai Cafe which I’ve passed by many times, but had never noticed. Continue Reading
I love going out for breakfast, but I’ve done it very rarely since the blessings of children. This has prevented me from hitting up Bonnie’s Cafe, which while open for lunch, seems best known for breakfast. Friday morning before my daughter’s soccer camp, I decided we should stop in for breakfast. Continue Reading
I love East African food so much that it is a problem. I don’t know when to quit, and I’ll just keep mopping up sauce with injera until I can’t walk. I acknowledge my problem, and sadly this has meant limiting my consumption. Flamingo Restaurant, which opened up recently on 490 Syndicate, has not made things easier for me as it is incredible food.
I was making fish tacos on Monday, and still needed limes and corn tortillas. I remembered someone somewhere had mentioned a Latin American grocery on University, and I opted to go searching for it instead of making another trip to the grocery store. Continue Reading
I had not intended on writing a blogpost about the Turf Club, but I did just go there and it is smack dab next to a future stop. It is a quintessential rock club with the long bar on one side of the club, a smattering of tables and smallish booths, and a great malange of framed posters from the many great shows they have had over the years. Continue Reading
Lowertown is really one of the more pleasant neighborhoods in either city. It has a lovely scale to it, thanks in no small part to the fact that it avoided the wrecking ball better than most places in either downtown (though Minneapolis was a far worse offender in its day). Continue Reading
As I’d mentioned in a previous post, there was a time not too long ago that I thought there was no good Thai food in St. Paul. Continue Reading
It appears that the Thursday night cash mob on University is becoming a tradition. Last Thursday’s was at The Best Steakhouse on the southwest corner of University and Victoria. (Shout out to Noel Nix for the excellent suggestion.) I hope this tradition sticks around through construction season, if not beyond.
Friday afternoon I went to Trieu Chau at 500 University, which is just a few storefronts west of Cheng Heng. I’d been there before and was eager to go back. Continue Reading