UPDATED 12/12/2013 | Some exciting new restaurants have just opened or are opening up in the next few days, and Midtown Global Market is the incubator for two of them.The Left Handed Cook has closed its counter in the Midtown Global Market, 920 E. Lake St., Minneapolis, and has reopened in the same building as a sit-down restaurant, The Rabbit Hole. The new restaurant offers an … [Read more...]
Now open: El Burrito Mercado in the Midtown Global Market
Great news for fans of Mexican and Central American cuisine. St. Paul-based El Burrito Mercado, one of the oldest, biggest and best of the local Latino markets, has opened up a Minneapolis branch in the Midtown Global Market, and is now serving breakfast, lunch and dinner daily. Service is cafeteria style, featuring many of the same items as their St. Paul location: tacos, … [Read more...]
Left Handed Cook at Midtown Global Market: Midwestern comfort food with an Asian twist
Lots of people go to press previews of restaurant openings just for the free booze and food. But I also go to see old friends, and catch up on old restaurant news. Like at the preview party for the Left Handed Cook, which opens May 21 at the Midtown Global Market. Owners Thomas Kim and Kat Melgaard offered a great sampling of the foods they will be featuring at their stand, in … [Read more...]
Grazing along the Greenway: Freewheel Midtown Bike Center Cafe and the Sonora Grill
I have been biking a lot lately, and taking the opportunity to explore some of the hidden gastronomic gems along my favorite bike trails. I bike to work regularly along the Minneapolis Greenway, which runs east to west from Lake Calhoun to the Mississippi River Road, which means I ride past the Midtown Bike Center all the time. But until recently I had never really … [Read more...]