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It Could Have Been Jean-Georges

Here’s a brief quiz on the Twin Cities hotel dining scene (no peeking at the answers at the bottom of the next page): Name the hotel associated with each of

Cab Fare

Twin Cities taxi drivers aren’t nearly as garrulous as their brethren in New York. In fact, among the Somali and Ethiopian immigrants who comprise the majority of local cabbies, many

Erté in the Arts District

If your idea of “Nordeast” Minneapolis is one of countless polka bars, churches, and veterans’ club posts, you’re behind the times. The area has had a major renaissance, with numerous
Southern Comfort Food

Southern Comfort Food

Diane Deverges-Ruona, chef and proprietor of the year-old Antoine’s Creole Maison Restaurant (2819 Hennepin Ave. S., Minneapolis, 612-871-2262), came to Minneapolis—and the food business—from Louisiana by way of New York

Right on Cue

A flair for the dramatic isn’t limited to the architecture and stage productions at the new Guthrie Theater. It’s also apparent in the dining venues: a pair of headlining restaurants–Cue

Dim Sum Daily

One of the most popular tourist experiences in Hong Kong is having a meal at the bustling, 1,000-plus-seat Jumbo Floating Restaurant in Aberdeen Harbor—the largest floating restaurant in the world

Sea Salt at the Falls

The Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board’s first big catch was Tin Fish, the al fresco seafood restaurant that opened two years ago at Lake Calhoun. Now it has a second

Ciao, Mexico!

What sent Richard and Larry D’Amico to Mexico to develop their latest venture? Partly, it was Saul Chavez, a talented Mexican immigrant who was sous chef at the D’Amicos’ Campiello

Something to Talk About

For more than 60 years, the Town Talk Diner was a Minneapolis institution, beloved for its $1.99 breakfast combos and its plate-sized pancakes made from the secret family recipe of

Explore the Peninsula

When have you possessed such a craving for a food that you’d drive an hour and a half each way to have it for lunch? That’s how enthusiastic some in
Golf Gear

Golf Gear

In the spring, a young man's fancy lightly turns to thoughts of golf. And equipment.

Lyn-Lake’s New Bistro

I have a form of “roving eye syndrome” common to restaurant critics. Wherever I am, I’m scouting for eating and drinking establishments that look worth a try. Spotting something doesn’t

Family Thai

Thank Cathareen Chang for the fact that you don’t have to go to Sydney or Bangkok to taste her father’s cooking. You need go no further than Krua Thai in

Unchained

Holiday shopping took me to the Mall of America, and hungry for lunch, I decided on California Café (952-854-2233, 8100 24th Ave. S., Bloomington), where I hadn’t dined for years.

Credit for Courses

If the phrase “college food service” evokes visions of overcooked green beans and chipped beef on toast, you must not have been on a campus lately. Schools now tout the