Local chef showdown at TPT's Whisk Factor

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tpt.com
Crank up the ovens, the competition is going to get hot at TPT's Whisk Factor challenge next week.

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Surly launches SeVIIn, their seventh-anniversary brew

Categories: Beer, Events

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The mystical artwork for Surly's Trappist-style brew


Surly, the Brooklyn Center brewery with the ravenous cult following and huge presence in the local beer scene, is celebrating its seventh anniversary with a party at the Varsity Theater. The star of the party is, as always, the beer, and Surly looks to keep up its tradition of doing something different on its birthday with SeVIIn, a specialty Belgian-style beer.

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Surly founder Omar Ansari on the MN brewing scene and "what makes a Surly"

Surly confirms Prospect Park for new brewery location


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Butcher and the Boar announces new pastry chef

Categories: News
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Photo courtesy Butcher and the Boar
Rachel Slivicki just blew in from the windy city

Butcher and the Boar has announced their new pastry chef, replacing opening Chef Sara Botcher (who left to open Black Walnut Bakery). Rachel Slivicki hails from North Dakota, but was most recently working at the renowned Mindy's HotChocolate Restaurant and Dessert Bar in Chicago.

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Jake's Street Grille: a new restaurant-run food truck

Categories: Food Truck
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Joy Summers
From outside the city to the downtown streets

With locations in Eagan, Eden Prairie, Maplewood, Plymouth and Gull Lake, Jake's City Grille knows what their customers love. But how do they transfer their casual neighborhood hangout vibe to the downtown city sidewalks? We stopped by their new food truck Jake's Street Grille, for a little downtown Minneapolis lunch.

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Surly to add taproom to Brooklyn Center facility

Categories: Beer, Coming Soon
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Anne Rucker
Get a Bender at the Brooklyn Center brewery
Back in April, Surly Brewing confirmed Prospect Park as the location of its new destination brewery, complete with onsite bar, restaurant, beer garden, and event center. But you won't have to wait until building is complete to enjoy a Surly brew on Surly grounds. Following in the footsteps of other popular local breweries like Fulton, Indeed, and 612Brew, Surly announced it will open a taproom in its Brooklyn Center facility, reports the Star Tribune.

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Rock the Garden: Grub Roundup

Categories: Festivals
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Joy Summers
The view from up on Foodie Hill

Not only did the music rock. Not only did Low launch an epic one-song set. Not only did we endure a torrential downpour, rock the parking ramp and revel in the Husker Du and Sugar-peppered Bob Mould setlist. We also ate very well.

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Five ways to celebrate National Bourbon Day in the Twin Cities

Categories: Food Holidays

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Kelly Moritz
Sure, just about every day of the year is National [Insert Random Food] Day, but today's a special one. It's National Bourbon Day, and we're inclined to celebrate our return to summer weather with a bourbon-filled concoction.

Here are a few drinks around the Twin Cities with which you can toast this boozy holiday.


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Best of Hot Dish: June 10-14, 2013

Categories: Weekly Wrap-up
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Benjamin Carter Grimes
Booze-soaked beer and tasty wings from Mason's

The Twin Cities food and drink scene keeps on rockin'. Stay in the know with the top stories from this week's Hot Dish.

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Twin Cities food trucks make the list of 101 Best Food Trucks in America

Categories: Food Truck

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Foodie site the Daily Meal just released their second-annual list of the 101 best food trucks in America. This year, the Twin Cities can count two food trucks among the best of the best in the country.

Trucks were ranked on several different factors including social media followers, media coverage, review sites, geography, and actual canvassing of various food truck-loving cities across the U.S. According to their site, more than 450 food trucks were whittled down to the top 101 from around 40 cities.

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Weekend brewery round-up: St. Paul Summer Beer Fest and more

Categories: Beer
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St. Paul Summer Beer Fest is this weekend
Hopefully this week's cover story got you all inspired to go check out some of our local brewery taprooms, but this weekend's top billing goes to the St. Paul Summer Beer Fest. Craft beer fans will gather tomorrow, June 15 starting at 2:00 p.m. in the International Bazaar at the Minnesota State Fairgrounds. More than 100 brewers will be in attendance giving out samples of their beers and food vendors will be scattered throughout the grounds.

VIP tickets, which allow early access to the event, are sold out but regular admission tickets are still available online and at Ward 6, Four Firkins, both Northern Brewer locations, and the Ale Jail for $40.

But that's just one city and one part of one day of the weekend, and we all know there's more beer to be had. Here's a few more good options for kicking back and drinking local.

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