The Heavy Table

06/06/2024

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08/05/2024

We've posted the entirety of our Lyndale Avenue Checklist over on the website - it's a monster! 79 restaurant reviews, 45,000+ words, hundreds of original photos and illustrations, from our team including wacso., M.C. Cronin, Becca Dilley Photography, and some special guests along the way. Check it out, enjoy it, share it, and consider backing us on Patreon if you dig it - we couldn't have done it without our backers. https://heavytable.com/lyndale-avenue-checklist-part-one-of-five-bloomington-and-richfield/

13/04/2023

Big day for us tomorrow: We're launching a new newsletter, called the Hearth. It's focused on seasonal home cooking, maker and farmer profiles and cookbook reviews, and it'll replace one of the two monthly iterations of the Tulip and Schooner (beer, wine and spirits) newsletter. Cheers, and thanks to all of our Patreon backers for letting us continue to do this sort of work! To subscribe: http://www.patreon.com/heavytable

13/12/2022

Are you experienced?! Our grand roundup of Minneapolis-St. Paul dining experiences is live on the site, and it includes everything from the kamayan feast at Apoy MPLS, to duck a la presse at Meritage - St. Paul Restaurant, to omakase at Kado no Mise, to the speakeasy at The Volstead, Neighborhood Speakeasy, to dim sum at Mandarin Kitchen and more. https://heavytable.com/are-you-experienced-twin-cities-food-thats-dinner-and-a-show/

13/04/2022

The North Coast Nosh is back! We'll be at the Food Building in Northeast Minneapolis along with 15 great Upper Midwestern makers on May 1, 2022. Pick up a take-away box of generous samples, and (if you're comfortable gathering) join us in the building for a mini sip-and-sample event.

Grab your tickets online before the event sells out: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/north-coast-nosh-2022-nosh-box-sip-and-sample-tickets-221546009077

23/09/2021

It's an absurdly good newsletter tomorrow, with a long story from a dishwasher's perspective illustrated by wacso. and a HOT TEN CINNAMON AND CARDAMOM roundup featuring everyone from Young Joni to Brake Bread to Khyber Pass Cafe. Sweet, savory, edible, drinkable, it's all there, and it's intensely autumnal. Back us on Patreon to enjoy the fun this Friday morning and every Friday morning after that: http://www.patreon.com/heavytable

13/09/2021

Today on the site: We get back to East Lake Street and eat and drink our way through Soul to Soul Smokehouse, AREPA BAR MN, Arbeiter Brewing Co. and more. https://heavytable.com/east-lake-checklist-revisited-new-spots-at-midtown-global-market/

12/06/2021

If you haven't checked out our Twitter thread discussing the controversial branding of the restaurant Side Check, have a look; it now links to a strong letter of condemnation from food industry professionals: https://twitter.com/heavytable/status/1402687127603798020?s=20

“We reached out to Side Chick, the upcoming Justin Sutherland fried chicken spot, to see if they had any concerns about the message their name and menu items (Legs For Days, Nashville Hottie, etc.) might send in an industry where women are objectified, harassed, and worse.”

03/06/2021

Now live on the site - "Misogyny Unbottled: Craft Beer's Reckoning Comes to Minnesota," by Nina Raemont and Jerard Fagerberg. Illusions about the camaraderie and warmth of the beer business are biting the dust; we dug into some of the local ramifications of stories about harassment and violence directed at women in the industry. https://heavytable.com/misogyny-unbottled-craft-beers-reckoning-comes-to-minnesota/

07/05/2021

Today in the newsletter - a grand tour of Mankato's Mediterranean food scene, including Olives, Shawarmania, Bosphorus Gyros & Kebabs, and more, including original art from Beatrix Raven!