Secrets of the City

Heavy Table provides a work-in-progress list of local restuarants for people concerned about issues such as whether they compost, if they provide vegetarian options, and if they use locally grown food.

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James Norton from The Heavy Table offers up an impassioned celebration of local beer, and condemnation of restuarants that don’t carry it: We make good artisan beer, right here in the Upper Midwest. There’s no excuse for not offering at least one solid local beer, regardless of how high-class your restaurant may be — in fact, the higher class your restaurant, the more you should grasp the marketing and moral appeal of supporting someone who’s laboring passionately — around the corner! — to make a world-class brew.

Local photographer Deke reports in his blog about an unusual encounter he had in a local restuarant when he decided to snap some photos of the food her was eating. An employee approached him, rather aggressively, about his camera: At this point I was approached by an employee, I can only assume she was the manager that day, who asked what I was taking pictures of. I thought I was pretty straight-forward with her explaining that I was taking a picture of my lunch. She asked, “Why?”

My response was that I’m an amateur photog that simply sees a nice image in front of them. To which she replied, “I’m not that gullible.”

“I’m not that gullible.” Now, what do you say to that!?! (Via)

The City Pages is reporting that the Dinkytowner is going to close its doors at the end of May. What are your Dinkytowner memories?

The Heavy Table points us to a very useful online Girl Scout Cookie locator.
The Foodie File notices better service everywhere.
Camatcho Watcho goes to Barrio.
We Got Served tries out Cosmos.

Apparantly, Hiawatha Joe’s is available for whoever wants it, if it hasn’t been snapped up already. (Via Alexis on Twitter.) Anybody know what’s going on here?

Edible Cities reports that the Cheeky Monkey Deli is opening soon.
We Got Served goes to Cafe Maud and Merlin’s Rest.
Foodie File looks at local burgers.
The Decider (specifically, MnSpeak’s own McP) goes bar hopping.

Camacho Watcho: Psycho Suzie’s
Zimmern: Sexy Food (also referenced by Alexis)
Lazy Lightning: Everest on Grand