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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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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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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 · 21h
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This Minnesota Bar & Grill Has A Name That Raises Eyebrows And Burgers That Keep People Coming Back

Some couples pick a lunch stop by checking menus and comparing prices. Others pick a place simply because the name made them laugh out loud in the car. In the river town of Hastings, Minnesota, one bar and grill has turned that giggle into a reason to stay, thanks to a lineup of creative burgers that bring people back trip after trip. There are peanut shells on the floor, a burger topped with peanut butter, and a ketchup made from blackberries that surprises first-timers.

Hastings, MN · 3d
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This Old-School Minnesota Butcher Shop Still Offers Custom Meat Cuts That Families Swear By

Some shopping trips are worth planning a whole Saturday morning around. In a tiny southern Minnesota town, a butcher counter has quietly built the kind of loyalty most big stores can only dream about. Families drive in for custom cuts, hunters bring in their deer, and road-trippers stock up on...

Conger, MN · 2d

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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

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

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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

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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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Faribault's Mighty Fine! Coffee Opens Drive-Thru, Keeps 70-Year-Old Sign Standing

Mighty Fine! Coffee Co. has opened its new drive-thru location at 127 14th St. NW in Faribault, complete with an indoor counter, customer seating, and, for now, a speaker that doesn't work. Despite that glitch, cars have kept lining up anyway, according to co-owner Nathaniel Cunningham. The opening caps months...

Faribault, MN · 2d

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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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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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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 · 3d

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Keys Cafe & Bakery In Downtown St. Paul Carries On A Family-Run Minnesota Breakfast Tradition

Some breakfast spots chase trends, and some quietly keep a promise for decades. Downtown St. Paul has one of the second kind, a family-owned cafe tied to a Minnesota name that has been feeding people since 1973. Breakfast runs all day here, the bakery case stays loaded with house-made cakes...

St Paul, MN · 2d

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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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Nashville Coop opening two new Twin Cities restaurants, expanding to the East Coast

Philadelphia and New Jersey locations are coming in 2027.

Minneapolis, MN · 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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Joe Jonas returns to award-winning restaurant ahead of Twin Cities concert

Apparently the musician liked Diane's Place so much last fall that he had to go back before the Jonas Brothers performed in town again Monday.

Minneapolis, MN · 2d

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This Minnesota Restaurant Serves Indigenous Food With A Story Behind Every Dish

You won’t find wheat flour, cane sugar, dairy, beef, pork, or chicken anywhere on this menu. That’s not a trend. It’s a deliberate choice to cook only with foods that belonged to this continent first. Instead, the kitchen leans on corn, beans, squash, bison, elk, wild rice,...

Minneapolis, MN · 1d