The Good Acre, that marvelous food hub that helps spread local food throughout the metro, is having a little Seeds of Growth fundraiser on Saturday, April 15. Probably make a pact today with the family to NOT bring a bunny home. Plus, deviled eggs, and egg hunt, and a special cider cocktail release besides just great cider. There will be bunny cuddles and bottle-fed lambs to ooogle. Ok if you haven't made plans for Easter Sunday yet, consider a jaunt down to Keepsake Cidery. Starting at noon, you can hop between Schram, Sovereign Estate, and Parley Lake wineries and be rewarded with special wine and food deals, plus more wines for the tasting. Fluff your tails, bunnies, it's the Waconia Wine Hop on Saturday. Enjoy $1 off all beer all day today, and if you're one of the first 50 through the door, you'll get a free commemorative beer goblet. Show up for a tour, learn a little history about their historic building which pre-dates prohibition, and then stay to drink to freedom. Do let's celebrate the repeal of prohibition, yes? Saint Paul Brewing is throwing a party today to celebrate the 90 years of good cheersing since. They have a FREE pop-up cocktail tasting from 5-7p with B-Friendly cocktail mixers which are not just delicious, but come from a group that champions mental health initiatives in the service industry. If you want to juice up before the family holiday gathering, head over to Sip Better today. This first one, available now through April 9 is a Cubano Bologna sandwich with ham, pulled pork, Swiss-American cheese, mustard aioli and pickles. They'll be running different specials for each homestand, available one hour before first pitch. Paul Saints game, please report to Saint Dinette. Be aware, if you plant to pre-game your St. Paul hearts, and The Anchor is holding Minneapolis strong. > It is down to the final two contestants in the Fish Fry Face Off: Urban Growler has the St. Come on in, the neighborhood’s fine! FRIDAY FISH FRY Punch Pizza just tipped that they will be opening a new St. > AND HELLOOO, everything is coming up SLP. Ullsperger Brewingis planning to open in the Westwood strip mall (where the under-the-radar Sichaun has a nice Princess chicken.) The plan is to have an 18 seat taproom, which sounds nice. EXCITED that there’s a nano-brewery coming to SLP, and that it’s landing right next to my very favorite hardware store: Jerry’s Best. Wrecktangle, the snappy pizza people, are creating a Wrestaurant at The Palacewhich will be like pizza plus. > The concert-going kids at The Palace will soon have a truly cool spot to pre-game the shows. Owamni had a wee electrical fire in the building this week, and while things are fine, they remain closed while they get things sorted. The Minnetonka Drive-In is now open! … Sea Salt is not. SEASONALS: Chef Shack in Bay City is ready to rock, opening for their 11 th season on April 14. Some patios will be open this weekend! I got a fat CONFIRMED from Hewing Hotel, Centro (both spots), and Papa’s Rooftop at Water Street Inn in Stills. Chef Derek Moran has a veggie burger recipe that he’s been working on for a decade, and he promises that everything is made in-house, in a bowl in the kitchen. ALT Burgeropens on Tuesday of next week, and it will be a good spot for vegetarians who don’t eat meat, because they don’t like meat, and perhaps prefer vegetables instead of lab-created things in “meat” clothing. The shelves and coolers are stocked with local products, but also teas, snacks, and wellness goodies from afar. Serving coffee and breakfast bowls on the Earlier menu, it easily rolls into the Later menu with sandwiches, salads, and boards. Now, it’s a bright, well-designed space with a small café inside. The small grocery store has bloomed out of a space that had been an odds and ends furniture store for 60 years. Kruse Markitis now open in the Kingfield neighborhood on Nicollet. \\ Hey, did you know the Best Restaurants Reader’s Pollis live and waiting for you to vote for your favorite pizza, fried chicken, burger, Italian, sushi spots in the metro? Get over there! OPENS Bookmark those dates and stay tuned for more details. There are plans in the works for a celebration of his life, Sunday May 7 th at The Lynhall and Monday, May 8 th at Lush. He changed us, and we are better for him. \\ RIP to the cookbook author and dearest soul, Raghavan Iyer, who passed away from cancer last week at the age of 61. Show up at a new lunch counter, try some planty sloppy joes, or just get ready for drive-ins. Get your spring on however you can, it's officially boot storage season. Again I ask you, if the turkey is both the icon and the meal at Thanksgiving, why aren't we all having hasenpfeffer this weekend? A brace of coneys? No? Well, eggbake it is then.
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