Justine Jones

Food and Dining Editor at Mpls.St.Paul Magazine

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This Week in Food News: Solstice O’Clock

1 week ago | mspmag.com | Justine Jones

The longest light of the year approaches—a paradox, it feels, after a week of much darkness. We’ll take every minute; every ray above the horizon we can get. There was lots of joy radiating from Chicago this week, following four Minnesota wins at the James Beard Awards, plus closing and opening news not to miss. If you’re chasing the light this weekend, find it in chicken salad hand pies or food truck fests or a Gullah Geechee cooking class.
Minnesota Takes Home Four 2025 James Beard Awards

1 week ago | mspmag.com | Justine Jones

It's a pinch-me kind of moment following last night's James Beard Award ceremony at the Lyric Opera House in Chicago: chef Karyn Tomlinson of St. Paul restaurant Myriel took home the award for Best Chef: Midwest, and Bûcheron, Adam and Jeanie Ritter's French-American-yet-indelibly-Minnesotan restaurant nestled in south Minneapolis, took home the award for Best New Restaurant.
Young Joni Will Close in Northeast This Fall

1 week ago | mspmag.com | Justine Jones

Here's an ending that's hard to wrap your head around: Chef Ann Kim's wood-fired pizza restaurant Young Joni is planning to close on September 14, per a press release sent out this afternoon. According to reps for Kim's restaurant group, Vestalia Hospitality, the restaurant was unable to come to terms on a lease renewal.
Small Bite: Stonegarden

1 week ago | mspmag.com | Justine Jones

Hear us out: Weekday brunch is the truest indulgence, unfettered by hour-long wait times and the cutthroat reservation game. The logistics may be tricky for 9-to-5ers, but Bailey and Andrew Novak had late-shift and frontline workers in mind when they opened their new Minneapolis restaurant, Stonegarden, on a 7 a.m.–to–3 p.m. daily beat, serving a full menu of Benedicts and oysters and other late-morning delights amid the traditional workweek.
4 Deli Cases to Try at Your Favorite Local Restaurants

2 weeks ago | mspmag.com | Justine Jones

Head to Wise Acre, AKA your urban farm stand, for house-made kimchi, Tangletown honey, Baker’s Field loaves, and picnic staples like beet hummus and local cheeses. 5401 Nicollet Ave., Mpls. True, many of Broders’ epicurean delights are imported from Italy, but don’t overlook the hyperlocal salami collab with Lowry Hill Provisions, best paired with a rich Taleggio and taralli crackers for snacking. 2308 W. 50th St., Mpls.
Amy’s Cupcake Shoppe Hands the Keys to Angel Food Bakery

2 weeks ago | mspmag.com | Justine Jones

Sweet things are changing hands in Hopkins: Amy’s Cupcake Shoppe owner Amy Brace is handing the keys over to Katy Gerdes of Angel Food Bakery. The transition will be, as the two of them put it, “steady as she goes”—a gradual process that keeps the heart and soul of Amy’s very much intact, while also folding in exciting new additions (namely weekend donuts are in the plans, so clear your calendars, Hopkins).
First Bite: Macanda’s New Menu

3 weeks ago | mspmag.com | Justine Jones

You may have heard that Macanda, the Wayzata restaurant originally concepted around Latin America’s literary tradition of magical realism, is getting a makeover—the new style is less One Hundred Years of Solitude, with a primarily Mexican menu, more Nobu glam, and a menu that now combines both Japanese and Latin American influences.
Lemon-Lime-Lychee - Mpls.St.Paul Magazine

3 weeks ago | mspmag.com | Justine Jones

Anyone else tracking the rise in ice-cream-alternative frozen desserts that seems to be gaining steam this summer? There are swirls of fro-yo in the Sculpture Garden, there are popsicles taking over Stillwater, and major PSA that there are now lemon-lime-lychee delights from MN Dairy Lab at Saturday Dumpling Co. In a town as ice cream–strong as ours (bury me in a tub of Bebe Zito’s salted caramel flan brûlée flavor), it’s fun to have a little shake-up.
Du Nord Co-Founder Chris Montana Reflects on Lagniappe’s Closure and What Lake Street Needs to Heal

3 weeks ago | mspmag.com | Justine Jones

The Du Nord Social Spirits distillery has sat at 2610 E. 32nd Street, just off the Lake Street corridor, for more than a decade. It opened there in 2013, right on the early edge of Minnesota’s microdistillery boom—its adjoining cocktail room was an indelible south Minneapolis hang, home to comedy nights and bake offs and debate watch parties.
Frozen Yogurt Comes to the Minneapolis Sculpture Garden

1 month ago | mspmag.com | Justine Jones

Remember last spring, when news broke that the Minneapolis Sculpture Garden was getting its very own food and drink stand? Lake Harriet has Bread and Pickle, Minnehaha Park has Sea Salt, etc., as we all know—thanks to a partnership between the Walker Art Center and the Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board, the Sculpture Garden was finally joining the city’s grand tradition of pairing public parks with good eats.