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Minnesota Loses Another Bakers Square, Now Only One Remains

Minnesota’s Bakers Square count was cut in half overnight. Here’s what happened, where the last Bakers Square remains, and how you can still grab a slice of that famous pie throughout the state.

Minnesota · 3d

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Texas Roadhouse eyes Mankato site off Highway 14

MANKATO, Minn. (KEYC) - A Texas Roadhouse could be coming to Mankato. TOLD Development Company has filed plans with the city to build the restaurant on vacant land near Victory Drive and Interlachen Drive, just off Highway 14. The site is at 1550 and 1560 Interlachen Drive. The Mankato Site...

Mankato, MN · 3d
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Waconia's Jingle Bar Opens Two Weeks Early, Book Fast Before Seats Vanish

The holiday pop-up bar season kicks off early in Waconia this year, with Jingle Bar at Lola's Lakehouse set to open its doors Friday — about two weeks ahead of its usual schedule. Each room inside the lakeside spot gets its own festive theme, turning the venue into a multi-stop holiday experience for the season.

Waconia, MN · 12h
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One Minnesota Spot Cracks List of America’s 45 Best Barbecue Restaurants

Minnesota isn’t necessarily known as barbecue country, but one popular spot just landed among the 45 best barbecue restaurants in America. Here's where it ranked, along with the full list, which features several restaurants in Texas.

Minnesota · 7d

The US Sun

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Texas Roadhouse plans 11,000-square-foot restaurant with custom-painted wall murals and 196 parking spots

TEXAS Roadhouse is planning a new 11,000-square-foot restaurant in the US. The growing restaurant chain continues to expand nationwide with a new site eyed in Mankato, Minnesota. Texas Roadhouse‘s announcement comes months after city officials denied rumors that a new restaurant would be built. Officials also ruled out a...

Mankato, MN · 2d

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This Old-Fashioned Minnesota Diner Flips Burgers So Good They’ll Ruin All Other Burgers For You

Some burgers fill you up, and some burgers quietly reset your standards for good. Up in Brooklyn Park, a family-run drive-in has been doing the second kind, with car-side service, cooked-to-order patties, and crinkle cut fries that people actually talk about. Food-focused day-trippers in Minnesota keep circling back here, and...

Brooklyn Park, MN · 2d

Waseca County News

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SCENE NOVEMBER - Mexican restaurants bring the heat and flavor in Southern Minnesota

When I was a 7-year-old youngster growing up in North Mankato, the Pfau family opened Mankato’s first Taco John’s. Though my family heritage is traced primarily to ancestors from the British Isles, I was the beneficiary of parents who were enthusiastic cross-cultural eaters. (I could have easily done without my dad’s predilection for braunschweiger sandwiches though.) And while my mom was an experienced cook with Depression-era roots who could whip up terrific and economical entrées on the fly, she was also a busy public school teacher who never hesitated to pick up fast food or suggest our family eat dinner at Happy Chef or Country Kitchen when she was just too tired to produce a made-from-scratch meal at the end of a long work day. Hence, I was familiar from a young age with the taste sensations of Tastee Freez malts and fries, Pagliai’s pizza, Robby’s hamburgers and Country Boy (or Country Girl) burger baskets. But when Taco John’s hit town, their soft-shell tacos, sour cream-drenched super burritos, cinnamon sugar-topped apple grandés and Taco Tuesday specials stole my heart. Was Taco John’s menu anywhere close to representing authentic Mexican cuisine? That’s highly questionable, but the palate pleasure it provided whet

Minnesota · 2d

The Coconut Mama

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The 3 most beloved Minnesota restaurants that are now gone

Minnesota diners have endured another stretch of hard restaurant goodbyes. Following the recent closure of French Meadow’s Minneapolis café, three very different favorites have left empty tables behind—from a lakeside…

Minneapolis, MN · 7d

Bring Me The News

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Minnesota’s largest halal grocery store plans second Twin Cities location

The specialty grocery store opened in 2021.

Coon Rapids, MN · 10d

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Taste Buds: Craft Cocktails and Whiskey Ribeye Steak

(FOX 9) - Stephanie Hansen celebrates Minnesota's craft beverage scene by visiting three women-owned businesses focused on flavorful mixers, grain-to-glass spirits, and ready-to-drink cocktails. Her first stop is Sweet Haven Tonics in New Ulm, where founder Leah Pekrul bottles her own craft concentrates that add depth and brightness to both...

New Ulm, MN · 7d

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The Pancakes At This Hidden Minnesota Restaurant Are So Delicious You Might Cry Happy Tears

Nobody warns you about Day by Day Cafe, and that’s actually part of the problem, because you deserve to know about this place immediately. Tucked into West Seventh Street in St. Paul, Minnesota, this unassuming little café has been quietly serving some of the most satisfying breakfast food in the state, and it does so without any fanfare or fuss.

St Paul, MN · 3d

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This Minnesota Diner Serves Fried Chicken On Homemade Donuts Inside A Restored 1950s Dining Car

Somewhere in Minnesota, a warm homemade donut gets topped with crispy fried chicken and country gravy. Breakfast and dinner just shook hands on one plate. The kitchen behind that plate has a strange past too. It was built from the shell of an old Taco Bell. The dining room is...

Minneapolis, MN · 2d

Minnesota Now

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Food & Wine Just Named This Minnesota Pizza Among America's Best

A Minneapolis pizzeria named after a dog is making waves nationally. Pizzeria Lola on Xerxes Avenue South just landed on Food & Wine's list of America's best pizzas for its Perfect Pickle Pie.

Minnesota · 9d

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Since 1938, Minnesotans Have Driven To The Nordic Ware Factory Store In St. Louis Park For Bundt Pans And Bargains

Some shopping trips are errands, and some are treasure hunts with a parking lot. In a Minneapolis suburb, bakers have a favorite stop that sits right beside the factory making the very pans on its shelves. The headline promises Bundt pans and bargains, and this shop delivers both, plus a...

St Louis Park, MN · 22h

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People Happily Drive Hours Across Minnesota For A Seat At This Old-Fashioned Supper Club

Some Minnesota road trips end at a lake cabin, and some end at a dinner table that has been set since 1948. Families from across the state happily log the miles for one particular St. Paul supper club, and plenty of out-of-state travelers plan entire trips around it too. The...

Minnesota · 2d

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Drive From Anywhere In Minnesota To This Legendary Seafood Shack That Skips The Frills

Somewhere in Minneapolis, a seafood market is quietly making people question every life decision that led them to live far away from it. Coastal Seafoods is the kind of place that doesn’t need to advertise, because the people who’ve been there can’t stop talking about it. Word...

Minneapolis, MN · 5d

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Nobody Leaves Hungry From The Kolacky Counter At This Czech Bakery In Minnesota’s Montgomery

Someone once mail-ordered kolacky from this bakery for a Czech school project in Maryland. They paid with a check sent by mail. No internet, no credit card, just a craving strong enough to cross half the country. That detail stuck with me. I love that a small Minnesota bakery could...

Montgomery, MN · 1d

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Food prep class teaches grilling for the future

Armed with tongs, a collection of middle school students encircled about 10 grills on the west side of the Waseca Junior Senior High School the afternoon of Oct. 26. Members of a Family and Consumer Sciences food preparation class, they were there to try their hands at the safe preparation of various foods, including chicken, pork, steak, and tuna steaks. Kevin and Amy Kelm of the Waseca-based food truck Kelm’s BBQ were there to offer assistance–including lighting the charcoal grills. Hy-Vee and Morgan’s Meat Market had donated the meat.

Waseca, MN · 20h

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5 Things to Know About VUKA, MN’s First Dedicated Peri Peri Chicken Joint

Welcome back to Five Things, Racket’s recurring rundown of new, new-to-us, or otherwise notable Twin Cities restaurants. Today we're previewing VUKA, the Minneapolis chicken joint that's bringing the state's first dedicated peri peri concept to the Lyn-Lake spot that housed It's Greek to Me from 1982 until 2023. 1....

Minneapolis, MN · 16h