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
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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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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 architects want you to enjoy your rounds on their courses—no, really!
In the spring, a young man's fancy lightly turns to thoughts of golf. And equipment.
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
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
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.
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