Updated January 30, 2020 Order Up! is the Growler’s ongoing biweekly account of noteworthy Minnesota restaurant openings, closings, and future openings. Please send any tips to [email protected] All dates are approximate based on best information available; opening dates, in particular, tend to shift around a lot. THIS WEEK’S GIST: Sometimes closures hit close to home, … [ Read more]
Order Up! New London’s farm to table restaurant Model Citizen closing at end of March
January 30, 2020 by
Country Flavor: New London’s Model Citizen is poised to shape the future of Minnesota food
August 29, 2019 by
Minnesota cooks are going wild. Established chefs laden with talent are packing up their knives and fleeing Minneapolis–St. Paul. From Moose Bear Wolf in Ely to Poplar Haus on the Gunflint Trail, and from the Falls Landing supper club in Cannon Falls to Willard’s in Cambridge, chefs with the chops and drive to make it … [ Read more]
For Minnesota’s Restaurant Scene, 2018 Was a Hell of a Year
December 19, 2018 by
The state of independent restaurants in Minnesota in 2018 is not merely strong; it’s exceptionally strong. A number of high-profile openings and announced expansions leave diners with a glittering galaxy of choices that will only continue to brighten as we move into 2019. First and foremost: Carefully curated mini-empires are expanding incrementally and wisely to … [ Read more]
Minnesota Soul: A state with a sparse history of black-owned restaurants looks toward a bountiful future
December 3, 2018 by
It isn’t an accident that “Minnesota” and “soul food” are not exactly bedfellows. Unlike other major northern cities, Minneapolis and St. Paul did not see a significant migration of African-Americans between the first and second World Wars. By the 1940 census, there were just 4,646 black people living in Minneapolis, and about as many in … [ Read more]
