One of the biggest problems I see with nationally run restaurant recommendations websites is, while they have a ton of listings, their recommendations tend to suck when you actually try to get local. I don’t care how many listings or traffic you have. All I’m looking for are good restaurant recommendations that will lead to [...]
Birchwood Cafe is one of the Kohler household’s favorite restaurants because it’s close to our house and serves great food from local sources. What’s not to love? They currently have a salad on their menu with the following online description: A Spinach, Arugula, and Black Bean salad. Sounds pretty healthy and veggie. Here’s what it [...]
Election night, 2008. Obama takes Ohio. Polls start closing out West. McCain gracefully concedes. Time to celebrate. But how? (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 [...]
I’ve had a chance to check out the Bulldog Lowertown St Paul three times so far. Here’s what I’ve learned. 1. It’s easy to get to. If you’re coming from Minneapolis, take I-94 East around downtown St Paul to the 7th Street exit. After exiting, you’ll be at 7th & Wall St. Go straight 1-block [...]
This sucks. 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 [...]
Otho No-tho?, originally uploaded by edkohler. What happened to Otho at the Skyscape condos? I just saw this announcement on the door.
No authentic Mexican food. Compare to my zip code in Minneapolis (55406): A much higher quality of life from my Mexican food loving perspective.
This just in from Olive in the comments of the previous Bulldog St Paul post: Bulldog Lowertown is a sure thing! You can expect an opening sometime in the last week of Sept -first week of Oct. 40 tap beers, shuffel board, and of course vienna beef dogs and hamburgers, plus a few new menu [...]
If you’re into Nascar, pull tabs, beer, and puffed cheese balls, I’m sure you’d like the Cedar Inn at Cedar & 42nd in South Minneapolis. The cheese balls are free. And, after a few beers, are they’re good enough to eat even after being dropped on the floor by people who aren’t good at catching [...]
One of Minneapolis’ top breakfast spots, Birchwood Cafe, has long caused one minor (some would say major) gripe among coffee junkie breakfast enthusiasts: they charged for coffee refills. Their coffee is delicious and is bike delivered from Peace Coffee, so it’s probably not the cheapest thing to brew. However, the complaint isn’t as much about [...]
