Mpls.St.Paul Magazine

Since 1972, Mpls.St.Paul Magazine has been a trusted source of engaging and relevant information for its readers about the vibrant communities of Minneapolis and St. Paul. The magazine aims to improve people's lives by highlighting top destinations, exciting events, and notable individuals in the area. In addition to providing excellent service journalism, it is committed to covering important local topics that matter to the community as a whole.

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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.
The Cherry Trees at St. Paul’s Como Park Will Soon Bloom

3 days ago | mspmag.com | Madison Bloomquist

Owing to our temperamental climate and late frost potential, Minnesota doesn’t seem like the most hospitable environment for springtime cherry blooms. But for a short, fickle moment in late April or early May, the area near Como Park’s Mannheimer Memorial glows with blush-pink blooms, just like a scene out of Washington, D.C., or Japan, which is where, as fate would have it, St. Paul got its cherry trees in the first place.
Pizzeria Lola Launches Food Truck at Indeed Brewing

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).
Meet the Hype Squad for the Timberwolves

6 days ago | mspmag.com | Steve Marsh

With the Timberwolves set to begin the playoffs on Saturday night (vs. Luka and the Lakers—😬), it's time to reflect on this team’s regular season contributions to the annals of Minnesota sports PTSD. Quick recap: Coming off last season’s magical playoff run, on the eve of training camp, the team traded its second-best player, Karl-Anthony Towns, and received two New York Knicks in return, Julius Randle and Donte DiVincenzo.
This Week in Food News: Letting the Light In

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.
Rovan Hand Crafted Furniture: Go with the Grain

1 week ago | mspmag.com | Madeline Nachbar |Madeline Nachbar draws

Andy Weld attributes much of the success of his custom millwork and furniture company to his passion for drumming. A self-proclaimed tinkerer, Weld spent his youth posted up inside his parents’ Iowa garage taking apart old drum shells—modifying, cutting, drilling, and refinishing—which ultimately led him to his first business, Rovan Hand Crafted Drums. “It was my foray into finding joy in working with my hands,” says Weld.
By the Numbers: Minnesota Landscape Arboretum’s Tulip Gardens

1 week ago | mspmag.com | Madison Bloomquist

This spring, visitors in droves will make a pilgrimage to the Minnesota Landscape Arboretum looking for the sorely needed color explosion that only MLA’s sprawling tulip displays can provide. “People think of tulips as perennials, but they’re not really, anymore,” says Arb senior gardener Aimee Thuen. “We consider them annuals. So, every year, a new display and color design gets planned.
Twin Citian: Lou Nanne

1 week ago | mspmag.com | Steve Marsh

Occupation: Asset management for RBC-GAM Twin Citian since: 1959 What was your first job here? Chemical sales for Archer-Daniels-Midland before turning pro with the North Stars in ’68. What do you consider the highest character trait in a Minnesotan? They’re compassionate and caring. The lowest character flaw? I’d like to make one up but I can’t. I’ve never had a problem. Where do you grab a table when you’re celebrating? At my restaurant, Tavern 23.
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.
The Raw and the Cooked at Minari

1 week ago | mspmag.com | Dara Moskowitz Grumdahl

I lifted a piece of gimbap at Minari, then kept lifting it, till it was far too high in the air. Open since November, Minari is our new world of rich burgundy paint and high soaring arches, of gold accents and small golden lights, of servers pushing carts and rushing with large trays—taken at a glance, it feels like if terrifically sexy, wine-loving 1920s art deco vampires all took a cruise together. Minari! And then there’s me, in the midst of it all, holding a gimbap roll over my head.