Author: Jeremy Iggers

  • Crowdsourcing the Citizen Cafe

    Wanna be a restaurant critic? Wanna be a citizen journalist? Let’s try an experiment. The Citizen Café is opening tomorrow, at 24th Ave.and 38th St. in south Minneapolis. Instead of just me writing a review (which I will do eventually), how about all of you readers out there visiting the restaurant and sending me your…

  • A Taste of Brazil; Japanese in Stadium Village

    Nibbles and tidbits: This one sounds too good to miss: Monday night, (June 16), French Meadow Bakery and Café is hosting a five course Brazilian dinner, with live Brazilian jazz and Brazilian-inspired fashions. Cost is $50, including organic/ sustainable wine pairings. It’s a benefit for KBEM, Jazz 88 FM, so at least part of the…

  • Jasmine 26: A Second Look

    We had a delightful dinner at Jasmine 26 last night — a dramatic improvement over my visits last summer, shortly after the Vietnamese bistro at 26th and Nicollet opened its doors. Most of the Vietnamese staples are offered, like the spring rolls and egg rolls, and pho, for a dollar or two more than you…

  • Are Restaurant Critics Obsolete?

    The 2008 James Beard Awards for best restaurant, best chef, best cookbook, etc. were announced yesterday, and Minnesota got skunked. We had three chefs in the running for Best Chef Midwest – Isaac Becker of the 112 Eatery, Tim McKee of La Belle Vie and Solera, and Alex Roberts of Restaurant Alma and Brasa, which…

  • Midtown Goes Downtown; Great Deal at Saffron

    A little taste of the Midtown Global Market will be making an appearance on the Nicollet Mall this Saturday night, as the Minneapolis Mosaic kicks off a summer of multi-cultural arts and entertainment. Manny’s Tortas, La Loma Tamales, Pham’s Deli and Holy Land Grocery and Deli will all have stands on the Nicollet Mall, selling…

  • Cafe Agri: Slow Food, Puritan Style

    Café Agri opened last Saturday in the former My-T-Fine Bakery space at 43rd and Bryant Ave. S. in south Minneapolis. That’s Agri as in agritourismo, the new Italian (and Spanish) vogue of rustic farm-stay vacations where you get to crush the grapes with your feet and milk the sheep and eat hearty meals with crusty…