Stephanie March

Minneapolis

Executive Editor New Media and Food at Mpls.St.Paul Magazine

Podcast Co-Host at Weekly Dish on MyTalk

I am always hungry.

Articles

Hendrix and Siena: What's in a Name?

2 days ago | mspmag.com | Stephanie March

Naming restaurants is a tough game. Beyond the fact that you usually need some foundational inspiration, you then have to make sure people can spell it correctly when searching for it and say it correctly when talking about it to their friends. Plus, you have to make sure no one else has thought of it first. Bar Siena, which opened in January in Hopkins, didn’t think there was any competitive issue with the Bar Siena in Chicago, until there was.
Easter Is on 4/20

1 week ago | mspmag.com | Stephanie March

Granny’s Seasoned Pretzels Cheddar pretzels are the ultimate snack, but they also come in maple cinnamon sugar and s’mores flavors. Freeze-Dried Ice Cream Bites This collab from Legacy Cannabis and Cornell Urban Agriculture offers the nostalgic treat in many flavors, including sea salt caramel. Peanut Butter–Filled Cookies Retro Bakery and Simply Crafted have teamed up to make a tasty line of cookies.
RIP David Burley

2 weeks ago | mspmag.com | Stephanie March

I love this picture of David Burley and Stephanie Shimp from the State Fair last year. It says so much in one captured slice of a full day tagging along with the Blue Plate founders on an August day of Blue Barn magic. It seems like a quiet moment. Maybe Burley's one-armed lean gives the impression of ease but, as always, in restaurants, it's what you don't see that matters most. Burley's leg was in a boot, having broken his foot right before the Fair.
Cravings: The Global Buzz

1 month ago | mspmag.com | Stephanie March

The first Yemeni coffee shop in the Twin Cities will soon have three locations. Bringing in beans from farmers in Yemen, the shop offers a killer pistachio latte and many traditional baked treats. qamariacoffee.com Just off of George Floyd Square, this little shop sources sustainable beans from Black, Brown, and Afro-Latino cultures. Plus, it’s serving delicious conchas buns for snacking with your brew.
Sectarian violence rocks Syria

1 month ago | abc.net.au | Stephanie March

Syria's suffered its worst bloodshed since the ousting of former President Bashar al-Assad. Armed men loyal to the new Islamist Government last week attacked members of the country's minority Alawite Community, human rights groups say as many as 1000 people were killed. Sabra Lane: Syria's suffered its worst bloodshed since the arsing of former President Bashar al-Assad. Armed men loyal to the new Islamist government last week attacked members of the country's minority Alawite community.
State of the Plate: Feescaping

1 month ago | mspmag.com | Stephanie March

On January 1, Minnesota enacted a ban on what it terms “junk fees” in a bid for more transparency for consumers. Who doesn’t love more transparency? This ban comes in conjunction with a national ban from the FTC, in a campaign to tame hidden fees on concert tickets and extra charges on hotel bills. The big difference is that the national ban took the funky nature of the restaurant business model into consideration and exempted them from the law.
Sneak Peek: Cafe Yoto

1 month ago | mspmag.com | Stephanie March

It seems fitting that Cafe Yoto is opening today, Fat Tuesday. Not because of any real Mardi Gras association, but because it's all about fat noodles, finally. Opening in the lower level space that used to house Stalk and Spade in the Duffy Building, Cafe Yoto is the work of chef Yo Hasegawa, who has been working with James Beard–nominated chef Shigeyuki Furukawa at Kado No Mise for the past seven years.
2025 Winter Restaurant Week: The Picks!

1 month ago | mspmag.com | Stephanie March

Welcome to the first and best Restaurant Week of the year! Let's be honest, you need RW most when you're in the throes of a winter meh, to get out of your couch-level eating habit. And since the weather has decided to taunt you with Fool's Spring, you really have no reason not to get out and eat meals at killer prices this week. It's almost like you'd be losing money if you stayed home (RW math). THE NEWBIES Altera is the new kid on the block in Highland.
What to Eat at Graze Food Hall by Travail

2 months ago | mspmag.com | Stephanie March

It's new and splashy! OK, it's not new, but it clearly has a new vibe and new vendors, giving it that glow up the neighborhood deserves. As Graze Food Hall by Travail makes a bid for your social life and dining dollars, what should you know before you go? Here's a cheat sheet for the stalls, the bar, and the events coming this year. STREET LEVEL Graze on the Green // Salads Salads and grain bowls are the name of the game at this counter tucked into the corner.
Heads Up: Patticake Ice Cream Lands on Valentine's Day

2 months ago | mspmag.com | Stephanie March

The Patticake from Yum! Kitchen and Bakery is more than one person's love language. How lucky are we that it happens to be the Valentine's tradition of Zach Vraa from A to Z Creamery? VERY LUCKY, because the iconic three layer chocolate cake with snow white buttercream icing has been turned into pints of ice cream. And boy-howdy, they do not break your heart. A to Z Creamery started during the pandemic as an internet business and has grown with cultish success.