New restaurants on Grand Avenue: Is overlap inevitable?
When a city sees a rapid influx of new business, as St. Paul has recently, and new restaurants specifically, it is inevitable that we'll end up with more than a few of the same...
The Twin Cities’ Best Juice Bars
Juice for lunch: Who would have thought? Start replacing those mid-morning donuts and high-calorie lunches with high-quality (and great-tasting) juices.
A quick and easy way to get more nutrients and vitamins into your system is...
Brewing excellence: 12 Minnesota breweries win medals at the 2018 Great American Beer Festival
Minnesota took home the gold (and silver, and bronze) at this year’s 37th annual Great American Beer Festival (GABF), held each year in Denver. This is basicall the Olympics for American brewers, and the...
How the marshmallow will actually help with your indigestion and heartburn
Okay, so not exactly the white, gooey, explode-in-the-microwave marshmallow we know and love today. But rather, the herb -- marshmallow root. It was only over centuries that we developed the medicinal marshmallow root into...
A farewell to Kelly’s means the end of an era
We were recently watching the 2005 film adaptation of Bukowski's famous Factotum, starring Matt Dillon, Marisa Tomei, and Lili Taylor. Much of the film was shot right here in St. Paul, specifically in the downtown...
Fashion, food, festivals: 5 events welcome fall in the Twin Cities
Fall is officially here. This means apple orchards, corn mazes, and cozy sweaters. If you’ve already gone apple-picking, however, and also frustratingly navigated your way, finally, out of a corn maze after an unexpected...
Recipe: Curried Broccoli Soup
No waste necessary: There are a few great ways to utilize broccoli stems in your cooking instead of throwing them away. Utilizing the "throwaway" pieces of your vegetables means you'll have less compost to...
Meat on meat on meat: The best burgers in the Twin Cities
Burgers are having a moment, and it seems that just about every restaurant, from fine dining to dive, has their own take on this classic American meal. But there is a reason we keep...
Apple-picking season is here! Head out to these sustainable, organic apple orchards
It is officially apple-picking season. Nothing says fall more than heading out to the orchard to pick your own apples, sip on some warm cider, and snag some apple butter or cider donuts for...
Grape stomping will be your new favorite fall activity for 2018
As summer begins to wind down, we all start shifting into fall mode. Everyone breaks out the flannel shirts, and businesses bombard us with pumpkin spice, well, everything.
But, if you’re ready for something a...
