Fussy little French pancakes are everywhere now. But they’ve dropped their flaming Suzette persona to become—in Minneapolis and St. Paul, as in Montparnasse—street food to go. La Belle Crêpe at
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While major metros around the country host mobile restaurants that tweet their whereabouts to loyal followers, Minneapolis is stuck in park. The city council passed a measure in April that
“I’ve probably sold more octopus in the past year than I have in the previous 20 combined,” says Tim Lauer, general manager of Coastal Seafoods. Tako has always been on
“The year of the burger” last year in the Twin Cities—openings of Burger Jones, Galaxy Drive-In, American Burger Bar, and Smashburger, to cite just a few—continued into 2010 with this
Petite women in a small shop on a quaint stretch of Marshall Avenue are producing miniature delicacies: macarons the size of 50-cent pieces, and cupcakes, some small enough to fit
Best known for his acclaimed Restaurant Alma in Southeast Minneapolis, chef-owner Alexander Roberts—one of the small club of locals nominated for the James Beard Award—also owns the Brasa restaurants in
Cruciferous vegetables are all the rage. Check the menus: The Sample Room in Northeast Minneapolis serves a terrific roasted vegetable salad with grilled Brussels sprouts over spinach; Café Lurcat offers
It’s not that you need help. Of course you don’t. But here it is, the month of hearts and love and romance. You’ve got a special someone in mind, and
There are few clear advantages to living in a place where winter begins on October 10th. But here’s one: Like pub owners on the damp English moors and Celtic bluffs,
You might want garlic at its full potency for staving off vampires—or cholesterol, though garlic’s ability to do that could prove equally mythical. The Mayo Clinic says research so far
Johnny Michaels, the lyrical and heady bartender at La Belle Vie, treats the cocktail as an intellectual challenge—but one that requires equal parts creativity and good humor. (Beware: He cringes
It’s gotten harder and harder to sit down and enjoy a nice, juicy venison steak. Used to be you bought a license, threw on blaze orange, and tromped into the
Twice, my friend Lisa has tried to teach me to make risotto. The first time, I drank a glass of wine while watching her stir things into a pot. This
Frog legs are, for me, like veal or endangered bluefin tuna. First, I harbor a weird affection for frogs that I suspect goes back to Sesame Street. Second, I’ve become
To name a restaurant Saffron is to conjure associations of the rare and precious. Like natural pearls and golden caviar, saffron is expensive—about $150 an ounce. But the name also
About tequila, I have good news and I have bad. The good news is that tequila sales are growing faster than those of any other spirit, and the Twin Cities
“We don’t want to make this a big educational moment and be preachy about it,” says Scott Pampuch, executive chef and owner of Corner Table in South Minneapolis. Better to