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Top 10 Arrested Development eats: A Twin Cities food tour

2013-05-24 16:00:09

It's time for the final countdown. In celebration of Arrested Development's return on May 26, we decided a food tour was in order. From variations on cornballs to juice, we rounded up some of the ...

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Best of Hot Dish: May 20-24, 2013

2013-05-24 15:30:00

It's been yet another amazing week of food and drink news at Hot Dish. Here are a few of the week's top stories. ~Our "50 favorite dishes" countdown reaches the top 5 with picks from Harri...

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Ideal Diner remodeling and (hopefully) re-opening

2013-05-24 13:14:43

When news broke in April that Ideal Diner, a Northeast Minneapolis landmark and breakfast institution, had closed, the most common response from local diners was a regretful, "I always meant to ...

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Bike to dinner: A course for your courses

2013-05-24 11:09:16

The Twin Cities are regularly voted among the most bike-friendly in the country. Bicycling.com currently has us in the #1 spot although we regularly swap the prestigious ranking for second pl...

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Mason's Restaurant & Barre now open in the Cowles Center

2013-05-23 12:00:00

In the old Masonic Building at Sixth and Hennepin, now part of the Cowles Center for Dance and the Performing Arts, a new restaurant serving sophisticated American bar food and takeaway deli san...

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La Belle Vie's sweet pea tortelli: 50 Favorite Dishes, no. 3

2013-05-23 11:21:13

No matter if you're rolling in a hooptie. Step inside La Belle Vie and be transported to an opulent world where every aspect of the restaurant functions at the pinnacle of fine dining...

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Caribbean Cooper at W. A. Frost: A patio-perfect drink of the week

2013-05-23 10:25:18

Caribbean Cooper W. A. Frost $11 Oh, sweet, simple daiquiri, how have things come so far? From a near-perfect combination of white rum and lime to a lip-puckering, bright pink, fake (insert ...

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Pig Ate My Pizza: A first look

2013-05-22 12:27:43

There are a few things you'll want to know before heading out to Pig Ate My Pizza, the new restaurant in the former Travail space (also owned by the same guys). First, parking is easy on main st...

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Figlio to host summer beer series

2013-05-22 11:10:53

Figlio, in its new incarnation at the Shops at the West End in St. Louis Park, is partnering with some favorite local breweries to host a summer beer series, featuring monthly tastings and food p...

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Signature Dish: Victory 44's Chef Erick Harcey

2013-05-22 09:25:28

In the search for the Twin Cities' best culinary creations, we often come across dishes that stop us mid-bite and force us to reflect on the level of thought and artistry chefs put into their wor...

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2nd Annual Food Truck Fair moves to Uptown

2013-05-22 08:40:33

After what can be generously described as a steep learning curve, the Minnesota Food Truck Fair is returning with some big changes. The first Food Truck Fair was held in the North Loop and charg...

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Homemade cheese linked to Salmonella outbreak in Minneapolis

2013-05-21 11:29:24

Homemade food is all the rage these days, with everything from basement breweries to kimchi-making in the kitchen. However, sometimes the goods don't turn out as well as expected. Yesterday, the M...

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Minneapolis church breaks rainbow bread

2013-05-21 09:46:16

To celebrate the passage of the marriage equality bill, Revolution Church pastor Jay Bakker served rainbow bread to congregants gathered at Bryant-Lake Bowl. Photojournalist Courtney Perry ...

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Harriet Brasserie's tres leches cake: 50 Favorite Dishes, no. 4

2013-05-21 07:36:21

I once heard someone, who was obviously not a fan of this traditional Latin American dessert, describe tres leches as "cake soaked in a bunch of canned milk." That definition, though unjust, is ...

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Nightingale now welcomes early birds

2013-05-20 12:50:09

When Nightingale opened last October, the Whitter Neighborhood rejoiced. So did all of the hungry night owls in Uptown who finally found a really good kitchen that is open until 1 a.m. And no...

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B52 Slider Squad, new street eats in St. Paul

2013-05-20 11:15:52

This trailer hails from the home base of B52 Burgers and Brew out in Inver Grove Heights. Surprising to no one, the menu consists mainly of sliders: beef and veggie patties. The test w...

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Smoke in the Pit: A first look

2013-05-20 08:47:42

After a months-long hiatus to make the move from its former East Lake Street location, Dwight Alexander's fabulous Smoke in the Pit is now open in Powderhorn near the intersection of 38th & ...

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Coming soon: The Buttered Tin

2013-05-20 07:48:28

There's a new little bakery and breakfast spot headed for Lowertown in St. Paul. The endeavor comes from Alicia Hinze, a pastry chef who has competed on and won Cupcake Wars, and Jen Lu...

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10,000 Minutes of Minnesota Craft Beer 2013: Weekend Events

2013-05-17 15:04:38

Finally, it's Friday, it's the start of Art-A-Whirl, and it's time to celebrate the end of Craft Beer Week with a cold brew or two... or more. With dozens of events, tappings, and releases going ...

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Best of Hot Dish: May 13-17, 2013

2013-05-17 10:00:35

We hope this lovely spring week has been treating you real fine. Here's a little of what's happening in Twin Cities' food and drink news from this week's Hot Dish. ...

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