Jeremy Iggers
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Leftover surprise! Hello Pizza in Edina, and how I got paid to eat White Castle fish and shrimp tacos
What’s on the menu this week is leftovers. Hello Pizza. Fish and shrimp tacos from White Castle. Don’t like it? Tough. Go read somewhere else....
Burch Steak and Pizza Bar in Minneapolis: Isaac Becker invents the un-steakhouse
A steakhouse in Lowry Hill? Seriously?? A few short blocks from Birdhouse and the Namaste Cafe and the Wedge Co-op and Tao Natural Foods? (Okay,...
Northeast Minneapolis taproom tour: Dangerous Man Brewing, Indeed Brewing, and 612 Brew
I came late to the Northeast Minneapolis taproom party—so late that I almost didn’t get in. The first taproom in northeast, Indeed Brewing, opened back...
Rincón 38: Terrific tapas in South Minneapolis
Just when I was starting to worry that my palate had become permanently jaded, along comes Rincón 38. Hector Ruiz and Erin Ungerman’s new tapas...
Smack Shack restaurant: Same great lobster rolls, minus some of the funky charm
I love the original Smack Shack—the food truck that parks downtown on Marquette Avenue during the warmer months and sells lobster rolls and shrimp po...
Minneapolis date nights at Mona Restaurant and the Grand Cafe
Thursday is Valentine’s Day, but my sweetie was feeling surprisingly unromantic about the prospect. “I’m not really in the mood for going someplace for an...
Twin Cities fish fries and the power of prayer
Do you believe in the power of prayer? I have always been skeptical, but an experience I had yesterday has made me reconsider. I was...
Parka and The Sample Room: Smart and unpretentious
Tracing the genealogies of the local restaurant scene is a bit like sleuthing the vectors of STD transmissions: Chef A worked in the kitchen at restaurant...
Asian market. White privilege?
Stephanie Fox’s recent Global Groceries column, Double Dragon Foods: Good eats, touchy staff, really got readers talking. While she was taking photos to accompany her article...
India Cafe in Bloomington: Good food, no frills
I got a friendly but challenging note the other day from Waheda Yasmin, owner of the India Cafe in Bloomington. She had read one of my articles—South...