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Pillsbury Doughboy statue by Minnesota Historical Society on Flickr.
“Eight-foot tall fiberglass statue of Poppin’ Fresh, the Pillbury Doughboy, holding a clear plastic globe. The statue sits on a blue wood base, and the globe is connected to an electric motor that allows the Doughboy to spin when the unit is plugged in. The statue was displayed in the lobby of Pillsbury’s Riverside Technology Center in Minneapolis in the late 1990s.”
R.I.P. Flav’s Fried Chicken. Yours was a star that faded too soon.
…it seems incredibly strange that Flavor Flav, the famed rapper and reality television personality, would open the flagship of his nascent fried chicken chain in Clinton, of all places. The official story goes like this: Flav befriended the Cimino brothers, who own a small chain of Mama Cimino’s Pizza restaurants in Nevada, Iowa, and Illinois. When he began to sell his homemade chicken wings at the Vegas location, Nick Cimino got the idea to open a fried chicken restaurant next door to the Cimino’s in Clinton.
Flav’s Fried Chicken opened its doors [in January 2011], with locals and tourists alike lined up outside to have fried chicken dished up by the man himself. Flav has also given his word to the Clinton Herald that he would drop by often. “You’re going to be catching me seasoning my chicken, flouring my chicken, frying up my chicken, and not only that, but serving my chicken to my people.”
Brasa Restaurant - NE Minneapolis
**if you live within 1,000 miles of Mpls, you should drive in just for this place**
canon 17-55mm
(photo F.Golden)
Glazed Beet Donuts from the Heavy Table Flickr pool.
Recipe at A Good Appetite.
best in the midwest
The manual pour-over method at Peace Coffee in Minneapolis, MN. Cinemagraphs by our own Becca Dilley.
Coffee Cupping. by RaedAG on Flickr.
Yes, Uptown suffers from a personality crisis, but it’s also vibrant and undeniably walkable
It’s caught between a low-rent, artsy McPunk past and an absurdly gentrified present. But Miriam Rudolph’s etchings, Dave Eggers’ drawings and two side-by-side windows beckon.
A new column by the one and only Andy Sturdevant.
It’s our buddy Andy, Minneapolis’s flaneur-in-residence!
Food editor Mecca Bos rarely misses a meal, especially when that meal is breakfast. Read about some of her favorite new joints in the January issue. Visit them first thing in the morning, or whenever you happen to wake up. They’re as good in the afternoon as they are with dreary eyes.
Favorite place not on the list? Tell us about it on twitter @metromag, or on our Facebook page.
Duck Breast with a Dried Cherry and Date Gastrique from the Heavy Table Flickr pool:
“I’m personally really proud of this one. I had a picture in my mind of how I wanted the sauce to be and I was really happy to get exactly what I wanted- a combination of sweet, sour, and hot. The sweet was the fruit, hydrated in cheapo gewürztraminer, shallots sauteed in duck fat and butter, and local honey from the co-op. The sour was some Italian pinot noir wine vinegar, and the hot was a good pinch of berbere. Everything was so harmonious and so pleasing. My only regret is that, as always, this is yet another solitary activity.”
