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6 days ago | 
mspmag.com | Justine Jones
Revival's closure didn't just leave a drummie-shaped hole in the Cities' fried chicken scene—it left Northeast Minneapolis's Indeed Brewing Co. without a food truck. That all changes this May, when Pizzeria Lola sets up shop in the beer yard, serving wood-fired pizzas and garlic knots and salads (no soft serve for the time being, though Lola’s very popular brown butter chocolate chip cookies are a go).
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6 days ago | 
mspmag.com | Justine Jones
Sometimes the light needs a little help finding its way in—a cracked window, a dropped curtain, a prism to pass through. Take, for example, a sunny new café coming to a long-dark corner of Uptown with plans for events, book clubs, and all kinds of neighborly connection, or a Northeast Minneapolis restaurant banding with local chefs to support World Central Kitchen’s mission of feeding those trapped by war around the globe. Remember, there’s a crack in everything.
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1 week ago | 
twincities.eater.com | Stacy Brooks |Justine Jones
Cheese-stuffed burgers, basement speakeasies, and aromatic bowls of pho — these are just some of the highlights of the Twin Cities’ restaurant and bar scene. This is the homeland of the Dakota and the Ojibwe, where wild rice grows on the lakes, and where new generations have introduced lefse, sambusas, heirloom corn tortillas, cherry-smoked barbecue, Hmong sausage, soul rolls, and fragrant injera platters. This is a guide for navigating the Cities’ vibrant, ever-evolving food scene.
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1 week ago | 
mspmag.com | Justine Jones
Yuzu poppy seed donuts and strawberry matcha lattes are brightening up the corner of Hennepin Avenue and 31st Street, where Moona Moono, a new retail shop and café that celebrates all things Asian and Asian American culture, opens this weekend.
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1 week ago | 
asianamericans.einnews.com | Justine Jones
Yuzu poppy seed donuts and strawberry matcha lattes are brightening up the corner of Hennepin Avenue and 31st Street, where Moona Moono, a new retail shop and café that celebrates all things Asian and Asian American culture, opens this weekend.
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1 week ago | 
mspmag.com | Justine Jones
Not yet: Brighter days are dallying, big time, on their way to the Northland. The best way to get through the grays is to stay busy—so get cracking on those Easter brunch rezzies, those patio dreams, and stay fed and caffeinated with po’ boys and salted cheese foam lattes. There’s never been a better time to sign up for a beekeeping class, either.
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2 weeks ago | 
mspmag.com | Justine Jones
We wouldn’t blame you if you haven’t yet noticed the evolution of Cafe Harmony, the sleek little coffee shop tucked off First Avenue NE, into Bar Harmony, a subtle, European-style wine bar. To be clear: That evolution happens on a daily basis, when the café switches over from serving coffee by day to wine by night every Thursday, Friday, and Saturday. Around 5 p.m., time starts to meld—glasses of wine and soju float over to laptops, stragglers stop in for early evening coffees.
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2 weeks ago | 
mspmag.com | Justine Jones
There are some April Fools’ jokes we wish would come true—like a Northeast cafe building Margaritaville on its rooftop, a new burger spot dishing out smoked mackerel soft serve (IDK, I’d try it!), or a brewery stringing a zipline over Bassett Creek. Manifesting, you know? Still, though, there’s plenty of real magic, real tomfoolery, to go around this week: bread kettlebell, 4/20 dinners, and Ferris wheels roaring back to life.
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3 weeks ago | 
mspmag.com | Justine Jones
The Twins home opener is shaping up to be a chilly one this year—land of ice and snow is the current vibe at Target Field, where this sleety mess should melt away before first pitch at 3:10 p.m. Thursday. But good snacking lives on at the stadium: Highlights from this year's new foods roster include sweet gochujang wings, boba, cherry bomb sausages from Kramarczuk's, and more.
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3 weeks ago | 
mspmag.com | Justine Jones
The Ferris wheel is (almost!) back in action at the former Betty Danger’s in Northeast Minneapolis, where Big Star Tipsy Taco Bar opens this May. The new restaurant has retained much of Betty’s funky vibe—there are plenty of gloriously clashing color schemes‚ and the eight-foot gorilla statue still looms over the mini-golf course—but it has an Austin, Texas-themed spin (hence “Big Star”).
