(I had to have a few bites before snapping the picture.)

With The Original roast beef sandwich from Mayslacks:

THE ORIGINAL ……$9.25
The storied sandwich that only Stan Mayslack could make popular. A sandwich piled
so high with roast beef. Slow roasted for 8 hours in garlic & other juices so the beef
just melts in your mouth. Served with onions, banana peppers, coleslaw & some of that
awesome au jus.

Sure, you’ll eat around 1000 more calories than you probably need and wreak of garlic for a day and a half. But while eating this fine sandwich you’ll have a moment.

Try it. Go hungry.

Casey Selix, a news editor for MinnPost, was mugged after leaving Merlin’s Rest (3601 E Lake St) on Sunday Nov. 2nd. She recalls what she remembers of the incident at the above link.

This is unfortunate, surprising, and out of character for the neighborhood.

I’m sure the good people who hang out at Merlin’s will take proper precautions to prevent something like this happening in the future. And I really look forward to hearing about some arrests.

Thanks for Oliver for passing this along.

Downtown residents, U of MN students who live behind Sally’s, and Hiawatha residents, what’s the deal? I suppose I can understand downtown empty-nesters in high end condos preferring Coleman, but I don’t understand the U of MN and Hiawatha voters. What’s up?

Here’s a look at the Erotic Services post volume by day over the past 8 days (in blue) with post volumes of the CityPages’ comparable category and Craigslist’s Therapeutic Services categories included for comparison:

Friday over Friday saw the following change in post volumes:

Craigslist ERS	 -62.54%
Craigslist THS	  61.82%
Backpage Adult   192.86%

Short term results:

Post volume is down in ERS, but it may just be a reduction in duplicate posts throughout the day. If that’s the case, the site may have become more valuable to service buyers since there will be less duplicate content to sift through. That was the result after a previous change to require registration before posting to certain categories including Erotic Services.

Post volume is up in Therapeutic Services, and seems to include some new entrants who used to post to ERS. Try searching by the phone numbers of the more flirtatious of the advertiser’s ads using Google to find their previous ERS ads.

Backpage is benefiting. The CityPages’ online classifieds seem to be picking up some of the castoffs from Craigslist. Who knows if this will continue? Will Backpage become the posting site of choice? As Greg pointed out in the comments on a similar post regarding this issue back in April, Backpage has already been charging advertisers (and doesn’t give the money charity) so I imagine the service providers will figure out over time which site - or some other site - brings in the most leads for their money. Strangely, Backpage charges less for male escort ads than female escort ads: $3 vs $5.

Update: A dominatrix in Seattle has some interesting thoughts on this issue on her blog.

Bringing art to your table and food to the Community

Come together with your friends and neighbors to end hunger in our neighborhood!

Empty Bowls Dinner
Friday, November 7, 2008
11:00 a.m. - 9:00 p.m.
Powderhorn Park Building
3400 15th Avenue South
Minneapolis, MN 55407

Pick out a handmade bowl, make a free-will donation, enjoy homemade soup and leave with your bowl — now empty — a reminder that there are bowls that need filling in our neighborhood… and that you’ve done something to help fill them!

via Colin