When dining in a German restaurant, you eyes might first jump to the beers on tap, or perhaps the Riesling list. Ambitious drinks like the Krautini (a martini with sauerkraut juice) may also make you wary to gaze further down the cocktail list, but the Apple Strudel is well worth an order.
Continue reading "Drink of the Week: Apple Strudel"
Posted by Jessica Armbruster at September 12, 2008 6:14 PM | Comments (0)
The label on Phillips Light Rum is emblazoned with a ship, its huge mast catching a mighty gale.
Continue reading "I Can't Believe It's Not Paint Thinner: Phillips Rum"
Posted by Jessica Armbruster at September 12, 2008 6:09 PM | Comments (0)
In addition to the Midwestern hippie's ancestral home, Hard Times Cafe, here's where to take your Palin rants.
Continue reading "The city's 5 most liberal eateries"
Posted by Rachel Hutton at September 11, 2008 8:38 PM | Comments (0)
As fall approaches many pubs and restaurants are gearing up for Oktoberfest to begin. This Friday, the Muddy Pig kicks things off right with a Belgian Beer Festival.
Continue reading "Drink like a pig this weekend"
Posted by Jessica Armbruster at September 11, 2008 4:16 PM | Comments (1)
In tomorrow's edition of The Hot Dish, wine for a good cause, a new steakhouse, a Wisconsin cheese tour and a sneak peek at next week's City Pages food reviews.
Also, The Hot Dish talks to Lou Burdick, one of the organizers of the first annual Taste of Lake Street festival.
"It's an easy way to check out 25 restaurants and then visit them later for more," she says about the event, which takes place this Saturday.
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Posted by James Norton at September 11, 2008 9:56 AM | Comments (1)
By Michelle Leon
As those summer days wind down and we head into the golden days of fall, many of us struggle to say goodbye to the joys of the backyard barbecue Like pulling in the dock at the cabin, the placing of the BBQ into the basement is another bittersweet ritual as the cool air travels in and birds head south.
But there is still time left to fire up the Q. So, put on your Vikings or Packers jersey, crack open a cold one and get ready for the strange spectacle that is a chicken cooking upright on the barbie (with a beer can in its nether-regions). Picture and recipe below!
Continue reading "Make your own Beer-in-the-Butt Chicken!"
Posted by Jeff Shaw at September 10, 2008 11:44 AM | Comments (0)
Continue reading "Make it a date: Jax Cafe"
Posted by Rachel Hutton at September 9, 2008 6:33 PM | Comments (1)
Laura Anderson writes:
I am going to a concert at the Cedar Cultural Center (416 Cedar Ave S) this weekend and wondering where to go to dinner in the area. I love trying new restaurants and ethnic dining...but I'm just not so familiar with that area. Any thoughts?
Continue reading "At Your Service: Cedar Ave."
Posted by James Norton at September 9, 2008 1:39 AM | Comments (1)
Forbes quotes Chef Shack co-owner Carrie Summer in an article about mobile kitchens.
Find Chef Shack at the Mill City Farmers' Market Saturday mornings for the next few weeks.
Posted by Rachel Hutton at September 8, 2008 11:16 AM | Comments (0)
Well, it's been a tough and patriotic week here at CP. Some of us were roughed up by police. Others were maced. Some dodged concussion grenades. A few might have even been inspired by the American spirit on display at the RNC. Either way, we're doing an abbreviated version of ICBINPT this week, with the Canadian whiskey Grande Canadian. Don't worry, it's imported and bottled in Kentucky, so that makes it part American. This week needs to end already.
Continue reading "I Can't Believe It's Not Paint Thinner Vol. 13"
Posted by Ben Palosaari at September 5, 2008 4:45 PM | Comments (0)
Continue reading "Foodies have their own convention"
Posted by Rachel Hutton at September 4, 2008 1:35 PM | Comments (1)
In tomorrow's edition of The Hot Dish, a local beer author appears at the Cities' only dedicated beer specialty shop, gearing up for the Rock for Democracy Block Party, a new farm-to-table food co-op, and a sneak peek at next week's City Pages food reviews.
Also, The Hot Dish talks to Chef Don Saunders of Fugaise, a restaurant on the brink of its three-year anniversary. For Saunders, the joy of being a chef/owner boils down to the flexibility and creative control that the job offers.
"One of the reasons I wanted to open my own restaurant was so that I could change the menu as frequently as I wanted to," he says. "I love the fact that I can literally get on my computer — we print the menus in house — and change anything I want."
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Posted by James Norton at September 4, 2008 12:51 PM | Comments (0)
Posted by Rachel Hutton at September 3, 2008 5:00 AM | Comments (1)
One of my favorite aspects of food writing is the relatively constant stream of inquiries that I get from friends and family members wondering where and/or what to eat. It occurred to me recently that there's absolutely no reason not to extend this offer to the general public.
Here's my proposal: Send me any questions you might have about the local dining scene (anything goes, but particularly queries along the lines of: "We're looking for a place to take four heavy drinkers and a vegan this Thursday night, and it can't be too loud or crowded"), and I'll answer as best I can via email and this blog. Nothing's too trivial or random.
And if you ask me something interesting that's beyond my limited knowledge base, I'll figure out who knows about it, and get the straight story.
That's it. Fire at will: jrnorton at flakmag dot com
Posted by James Norton at September 2, 2008 1:20 AM | Comments (4)
Beam Global Spirits & Wine and Clarus Research Group partnered to conduct a survey of 100 bartenders in the Washington, DC area to gather their opinions of patrons’ cocktail preferences and bar behavior. Here's what they found:
Continue reading "D.C. bartenders i.d. political preferences"
Posted by Rachel Hutton at September 1, 2008 9:00 AM | Comments (0)
