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A New Chapter for Bellecour Begins

Katherine Lawless is a Minneapolis-based travel and lifestyle writer, who has interviewed everyone from celebrity chefs to rising culinary stars. The newly opened Bellecour Edina ushers in a new ...
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8 Recent Twin Cities Restaurant and Bar Openings to Know in December

A swanky steakhouse and two Excelsior projects headline the latest newcomers ...
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The Twin Cities’ Most Anticipated Restaurant Openings in 2026

Katherine Lawless is a Minneapolis-based travel and lifestyle writer, who has interviewed everyone from celebrity chefs to rising culinary stars. From the jump, 2026 has been a brutal year for the ...
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These Are Minnesota’s 2026 James Beard Award Semifinalists

The official James Beard Restaurant and Chef nominees will be announced on Tuesday, March 31, followed by a ceremony reveal of the winners at the Lyric Opera of Chicago on Monday, June 15. In the ...
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Here’s What Chef Yia Vang Thinks You Should Order at His New Restaurant, Vinai

Compared to 2024, two more chefs and restaurants from Minneapolis and St. Paul made it to the final round of the prestigious awards ...
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Where to Find the Best Locally Made THC Drinks in the Twin Cities

In July 2022, breweries and cideries across Minnesota were handed a legislative boon: The ability to make and sell THC drinks alongside their craft beers, ciders, and seltzers. Since then, the Twin ...
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12 Sweetest Cookie Shops in the Twin Cities

Stacy Brooks is a Minneapolis-based freelance journalist who has been covering food and travel since 2015. Chocolate chip, oatmeal raisin, peanut butter, frosted with sprinkles: cookies are the comfy ...
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A New Palace For Beef and Whiskey Will Soon Arrive in Downtown Minneapolis

Serena Maria Daniels is a former editor for Eater, Midwest region, responsible for coverage in Chicago, Detroit, and the Twin Cities. She’s a longtime Detroiter, by way of the West Coast and has been ...
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An Icon of a Bygone Era Succumbs to Downtown Minneapolis’ Changing Landscape

For 25 years the Old Spaghetti Factory has stood at the edge of downtown, opening when the area had the Metrodome, Grumpy’s, Sawatdee, and not much else on this side of town. The neighborhood has ...
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6 Recent Twin Cities Restaurant and Bar Openings to Know in August

Zen Box Izakaya and Mesa Pizza have called it quits ...
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Brunch, Decolonized

Nylah Iqbal Muhammad is a James Beard Award-nominated food and travel journalist with work focusing on hunting, food sovereignty, and Black and North American Indigenous foodways. Indigenous brunch is ...
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Todd and Linda Haug exit Minneapolis for 3 Floyd’s Brewing Co.

Shortly after Darkness Day 2016, Surly’s Head of Brewing Operations Todd Haug announced his resignation from the company. On Hallow’s Eve, Mpls./ St. Paul Magazine reports that he’s found a new ...