Bradley Traynor
Eat the Menu: J.D. Hoyt’s Supper Club
Steak Spaulding topped with crab cake and béarnaise sauce. Photos by Mike Hnida It’s hard to believe summer is already winding down, but happily there’s still plenty of quality patio time yet to be had. Even in the midst of our new, masked and socially-distanced normal. This new normal also includes an increasingly volatile restaurant…
Eat the Menu: La La Homemade Ice Cream
La La Homemade Ice Cream & Luncheonette is offering their menu items by way of pick-up and delivery. Photo by Jennifer Lisburg The good news is, we’re finally approaching ice cream season. The bad news is, pandemic. Fortunately, stay-at-home orders and social distancing don’t need to keep you from a few scoops of your favorite…
Eat The Menu: Tinto
Tinto moved? Wait. You mean the place with great margaritas? I thought they were on Lake Street. They were and they did. Move, that is. Tinto Kitchen was in Uptown, but has found a new home in the Lynnhurst neighborhood of southwest Minneapolis. And if my trip a couple weeks back is any indication, it’s…
Eat the Menu: Cecil’s Deli
In a world that’s constantly changing and a restaurant scene that’s even more ephemeral, there’s a simple comfort in knowing, come what may, you can still grab a big, fat reuben with all the fixings just down the street. And that’s exactly what residents of St. Paul’s Highland Park neighborhood (and far beyond) have been…
Dining Out For Life: 2019
What better way to top off a delicious night on the town than to contribute to a beautiful cause? An annual fundraising event, Dining Out For Life raises money to support HIV/AIDS service groups and organizations. This year, the event will take place on Thursday, April 25, with all participating restaurants donating 20 to 100…
Eat The Menu: Iron Ranger
There’s a little neighborhood pub along St. Paul’s Grand Avenue jam-packed with big flavors from up north. For anyone lucky enough to wander in for a couple beers and wings after work, Tom Forti’s Iron Ranger is much more than your average neighborhood pub. It’s also a culinary love letter to family, an iconic part…
Eat The Menu: Fig + Farro
It’s not every day you can get me into a restaurant that doesn’t serve meat. Even fewer are the days you’d get me into such an establishment and like, nay, love it. Such was one such day a few weeks back when I had the chance to explore the exotic (for me) cuisine of…
Eat The Menu: Hodges Bend
There’s a little taste of Tulsa just off the Green Line along University Avenue in St. Paul, and it’s a veritable choose-your-own-adventure of thoughtful food and drink. Whether you’re looking for a laid-back happy hour with clever craft cocktails or a single cup of high-end coffee to sip over a good book, you’re in luck….
Dining Out For Life: 2018
There aren’t many pleasures sweeter than heading out for a lovely meal and drink with those you love. But even sweeter than that is dining out for a worthy cause. An annual fundraising event, Dining Out For Life raises money to support HIV/AIDS service groups and organizations. This year, the event will take place on…
Eat the Menu: Hai Hai
Hungry for Vietnamese street food? Of course you are. And you’re in luck. There’s a new express route to Southeast Asia by way of Northeast Minneapolis. And it’s well worth the trip. Meet Hai Hai. This technicolor tour of tropical Asian tastes comes courtesy of the amazing duo behind Hola Arepa, Christina Nguyen and Birk…
