Author: Jeremy Iggers

  • The Citizens Speak – Reviewing the Citizen Cafe

    Thanks to everybody who responded to my call for citizen reviews of the Citizen Café. The results are in, and the results are, well, mixed. Some things you liked, some you didn’t. I’ll save my own comments for last, but that also sums up my own experience – I had a mediocre lunch, and a…

  • Snacking and Grazing the Mill City Farmers Market

    Yesterday was my first visit of the season to the Mill City Farmers Market, and I was pleasantly surprised by how many new stands there were selling locally produced prepared foods – apparently Brenda Langton, who was one of the founders of the market, and who owns the Spoonriver Restaurant next door, doesn’t mind the…

  • United Noodle Deli to Expand

    One of my favorite little lunch spots is the Chinese deli hidden away inside United Noodles, the oriental market hidden away inside the Seward neighborhood in south Minneapolis. There are only five tables, and no table service – you order at the counter, and bus your own dishes when you’re done. The menu is very…

  • The 98 Pound Restaurant: Cheap Sushi and More!

     Header photo by Denis Jeong  I’ve been told that the whole Chinese all-you-can-eat buffet phenomenom has run its course, and that the next big trend for Chinese restaurateurs is sushi — the profit margins are better. A lot of Chinese buffets already offer a few varieties of sushi, but the new 98 Pounds Restaurant at…

  • Krishna Comes to the Kingfield Market

    Okay, I really intended to get this post up days ago, or at least sometime before Sunday (today), because today is the day of the weekly Kingfield Farmers Market, which runs from 9 a.m. to 1:30 a.m. at 43rd and Nicollet Ave. S., but life got hectic, and I had to go to Chicago for…

  • Flame: Not the Usual Mall Restaurant

    photo by Denis Jeong I stopped by for lunch at Flame at the Rosedale Mall. I might be biased, because the owners – the same people who own Mission American Kitchen , Atlas Grill, and Via – are friends of mine, but I liked it. It isn’t the place I would go if I were…