Activating Your Storefront: Virtual Workshop + Training
NOTE: This event has been postponed. Stay tuned for more details. Workshop Details: Date: TBD Times: 9-9:45 a.m. OR 6:00-6:45 p.m Join Us Via Zoom! Register for Morning Session Register […]
Entries by Darren Varley
East Side Bar, in former Ward 6 space, is once again slinging well-made pub food
It was a sad day on the East Side of St. Paul when Ward 6, the beloved pub that started a wave of new eateries on Payne Avenue, closed. The […]
Cozy up to Railroad Island, the Twin Cities neighborhood you’ve been neglecting
Full of bewildering bluffs and industrial history, Railroad Island is the authentic truth St. Paul keeps behind a gaping railroad ravine and 35E. It’s a disorienting place, 180 acres of […]
Why Some Twin Cities Restaurants Are Rebooting
At the close of the year, we always try to reconcile the ledger columns of freshly opened restaurants with the ones that closed. Late this fall, as we pulled together […]
‘Patrick Sansone: 100 Polaroids’ to open at new Jon Oulman Gallery
Before taking on the Amsterdam Bar and Hall in St. Paul, the 331 Club and Sheridan Room in Northeast, and (briefly) Como Dockside, Jon Oulman, restaurateur, was Jon Oulman, gallery […]
Bar Food Fans Will Find a New Love in St. Paul’s Eastside
On March 14 a new bar is opening in the former Louie’s Bar at 883 Payne Avenue. NorthStar Bar will have Mik German slinging the good bar snacks. He’s the […]
Take a Spicy Crawl Along St. Paul’s Payne Avenue
The growing Payne-Phalen area is an eclectic neighborhood home to a growing population of transplants, families, and hipsters with a quality concentration of Mexican restaurants and shopping along Payne avenue. […]