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Tot Boss: In tot pursuit of potato perfection

​With the snow and wet and cold and slush, food on wheels, a concept we tend to reserve for the summer months, may be the furthest thing from our collective culinary minds. But a newcomer to the food truck scene will be rolling through St. Paul this spring, the Pioneer Press reports, and he's got a narrow, deep-fried focus on tots.
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Coming soon to 50th and Bryant

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Maruso will offer bahn mi sandwiches and pho

​The 700 block of Hennepin is about to get a new neighbor, which is good news for foodies who want a downtown option somewhere in between fast food and fine dining.

Will the Devil's Advocate be a great new downtown neighborhood bar?

​Erik Forsberg's new gastropub being planned for the former Inn/Subo/Hell's Kitchen space in downtown Minneapolis will be called Devil's Advocate, the Downtown Journal reports.  The restaurant is expected to open as a pub-type place with large flat screen TVs and a focus on beer, with 30 to 40 taps. The owner hopes to feature many rare and seasonal brews.

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Northeast Social heads south--with a bunch of high-class jerks behind the bar

​Partners Sam Bonin and Joe Wagner of Northeast Social are expanding to Nicollet and 26th in Minneapolis.  The windows of the former Taco Morelos building are covered with craft paper, but inside is brewing a new hot spot with a cutting edge bar program. Like their Northeast counterpart, Eat Street Social will feature food with a farm- to-table, American bistro-style menu and likely a space for some acoustic music. What sets them apart from any other neighborhood joint is who and what you'll find behind the bar.

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Ike's to open in the former Prima space in Minnetonka

 ​Carl "Chip" Isaacson, owner of the downtown eatery Ike's Food and Cocktails, famous for its monster 20-ounce, salad-in-a-glass bloody Mary called the Weekender, recently announced plans to expand his empire to Minnetonka.

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For most of us the new year means either giving up old habits or trying to stay on the straight and narrow and adopt new ones. For the Golden Valley-based food giant General Mills, 2012 means a slew of new products will be introduced to consumers.

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Two-Buck Chuck could be coming to Uptown

​Trader Joe's is close to finalizing a deal for a store on the corner of 27th Street and Lyndale Avenue in Lyn-Lake, according to the Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal.

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A familiar colored door is coming to Minneapolis

​St. Paul's diminutive burger darling, the Blue Door Pub, has settled on a Minneapolis location for its next outpost, according to Rick Nelson at the Star Tribune.

Here are more details about where co-owners Jeremy Woerner and Patrick McDonough say they plan to set up shop.

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Beer, bourbon, boar and butchering, hoo boy!

​Over the weekend, chef Jack Riebel shared, for the first time, a small taste of what he plans to serve at his new venture, the Butcher and the Boar, with a party that livened up a sleepy block in downtown Minneapolis.

On Sunday afternoon the parking lot next to the once-vacant, marble-front building was filled with bands, neighbors, dogs, kids, and charred pork sausages. His sous chef, Peter Botcher, who was most recently cooking at Tilia, was manning the grill. We were able to chat with them for a moment about the hotly anticipated new spot as well as sample some of the food.
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