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4 days ago | 
mspmag.com | Justine Jones
A pandemic-era partnership is winding down as culinary retailer Cooks of Crocus Hill and chef Gavin Kaysen’s Bellecour Bakery part ways. It’s a big change-up for both entities, but they’re moving forward with optimism: Owners Marie Dwyer and Karl Benson are honing in on Cooks’ mission as an educational and retail space—beefing up their cooking classes and even venturing into culinary travel.
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1 week ago | 
mspmag.com | Justine Jones
PTO stands for Patio Time, Obviously. That’s what we’re all doing, agreed? Skipping sunhats and security lines at MSP and establishing semipermanent residence on the cool, leafy patio at W.A. Frost. When you get a lucky sun streak like this in May, there’s nowhere else worth traveling to. Stay tuned for much that’s happening locally in the coming sunny weeks, namely lakeside seasonal openings, movie screenings at Owamni, rhubarb bartering, and best-laid Whirly plans.
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1 week ago | 
mspmag.com | Justine Jones |Stephanie March
Is there a valuable difference between shedding light on a problem and tossing gas on the flames?
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1 week ago | 
mspmag.com | Justine Jones
It’s hard to imagine a more steakhouse-esque name than Stock and Bond, which is the name of the new steak-and-whiskey venture coming to the Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in downtown Minneapolis. The name references the Bottled in Bond Act of 1897, a federal law that established quality standards for producing whiskey. It’s also a nod to the building’s history: A mutual savings bank with a clientele of mariners, farmers, merchants, and other laborers resided there from 1942 to 1982.
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2 weeks ago | 
mspmag.com | Justine Jones
Maybe you missed it, but MPR’s weather report dropped a little poetry on the airwaves yesterday: “In Minnesota, spring is the promise that summer keeps.” Snaps, weather poets! These are the words we need. That promise is here this week: She’s new, she’s sure, she’s pushing up through the grass. Grab on tight with cornflake cookies and third-culture pop-up dinners and booze-free parties at local bottle shops. Plus, read on for a handful of notable closures to know.
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2 weeks ago | 
mspmag.com | Justine Jones
We’re back at it with the 2025 Get It / Skip It guide to all the new bites at Target Field this year. A few fun and funky themes shine through on this year’s roster—lots of big paper boats, stuffed alternately with sausage or quesadillas; lots of pork, served sweet and sour over slaw or in its highest form as a hunk of Spam—so get eating. Here’s our discerning food team’s takes on what to scarf, what to pass on at Target Field this Twins season.
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3 weeks ago | 
mspmag.com | Justine Jones
True, Earth Day has (officially) passed us by, but we’re declaring it a week-long holiday. Things are looking bountiful these days: The grand opening of the Minneapolis Farmers Market approaches, a local distillery is giving away a thousand (really, a thousand!) trees to celebrate Arbor Day, and a new cannabis-focused lifestyle store and plant-based restaurant will bring many shades of green to Uptown.
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4 weeks 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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4 weeks 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 month 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.
