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				<title>Moto-I Hosts Holiday Charity Event to Benefit Military Families</title>				
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	Moto-i, a local sake brew-pub, will ring in this Christmas season by honoring our brave service men and women that are currently deployed. They chose GreenCare for Troops as the benefiting charity due to its mission to link volunteers with militar...
				
				
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				<pubDate>Wed, 16 Dec 2009 17:36:19 -0700</pubDate>
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				<title>The Herkimer Pub &amp; Brewery turns 10 years old</title>				
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	This Saturday the Herkimer will celebrate its 10th Anniversary in the Lynn-Lake neighborhood of Minneapolis. The celebration party will be on December 5, 2009. There will be $1 tap beers all day long and retro prices on food specials as well. Musi...
				
				
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				<pubDate>Tue, 01 Dec 2009 13:49:37 -0700</pubDate>
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				<title>Betty&#39;s Pies &amp; Eatery is the Twin Cities ultimate source for your Holiday Pie</title>				
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	Chances are, if you&amp;rsquo;re a Minnesotan that&amp;rsquo;s made a trek or two &amp;ldquo;Up North,&amp;rdquo; then you are more than likely familiar with the famous sites and stops: Canal Park in Duluth, Gooseberry Falls, Split Rock Lighthouse, Sven &amp;amp; Ole...
				
				
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				<pubDate>Wed, 25 Nov 2009 00:15:55 -0700</pubDate>
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				<title>Figlio is on its second of nine lives as Il Gatto</title>				
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	The new name for the beloved mainstay caf&amp;eacute; at the corner of Hennepin and Lake has been revealed, or shall we say &amp;ndash; the cat is out of the bag. Figlio will now be known as Il Gatto, Italian for &amp;ldquo;the cat&amp;rdquo;. Figlio ended its 25...
				
				
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				<pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 22:36:13 -0700</pubDate>
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				<title>Creative Corporate Catering hosts fifth annual Fall Restaurant Showcase</title>				
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				The Metropolitan Ballroom will play host to over thirty of the Twin Cities&amp;rsquo; restaurants and bakeries on Wednesday, September 23rd, from 3 -7 pm for the fifth annual Fall Restaurant Showcase presented by Creative Corporate Catering.&amp;nbsp;The eve...
				
				
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				<pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2009 22:55:20 -0700</pubDate>
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				<title>These roofs are on fire</title>				
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				The view from moto-i taken by Christopher Lower&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;As it has finally gotten hot in the city, you can&amp;rsquo;t be cooler in Minneapolis than if you are hanging out on the roof of several swanky establishments, enjoying great eats and the ...
				
				
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				<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 00:02:05 -0700</pubDate>
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				<title>The perfect Father&#39;s Day recipe - grilled Hawaiian tacos with pineapple salsa</title>				
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				Baja Sol Corproate Executive Chef Bill RocheChef Bill Roche from Baja Sol is sharing one of his favorite Father&amp;rsquo;s Day recipes &amp;ndash; grilled Hawaiian tacos with pineapple salsa. &amp;ldquo;Somehow I always get wrangled into manning the grill,&amp;rdqu...
				
				
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				<pubDate>Sat, 20 Jun 2009 15:36:55 -0700</pubDate>
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				<title>These burgers and shakes are not getting a fair shake</title>				
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				Burger Jones now open in Uptown by Lake Calhoun&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;Burger Jones is the latest edition to the rapidly saturating &amp;ldquo;better burger&amp;rdquo; scene here in the Twin Cities. The Parasole concept, that is a modern day interpretation of a classic ...
				
				
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				<pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2009 23:52:50 -0700</pubDate>
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				<title>Smashburger satisfies in spite of local marketing efforts leaving a bad taste</title>				
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				&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;Smashburger seems to have recovered quickly from a series of missteps and snafus surrounding their local marketing and PR efforts.&amp;nbsp;A gas leak put the kibosh on free eats from the Smashburger-mobile and guests were invited out with co...
				
				
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				<pubDate>Mon, 25 May 2009 22:25:09 -0700</pubDate>
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				<title>Baja Sol Restaurants Group continues expansion in the Twin Cities</title>				
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				&amp;nbsp;The Baja Sol Restaurant Group announced the signing today of a Franchisee who will develop a territory that covers Anoka and Northern Ramsey Counties.&amp;nbsp;The Franchisee is planning to open four Baja Sol Tortilla Grill locations, with the firs...
				
				
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				<pubDate>Sun, 24 May 2009 00:04:02 -0700</pubDate>
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				<title>Nipa Bhatt of the Next Food Network Star to present an Introduction to Indian Cooking at Curry Up</title>				
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				Photo Courtesy of Nipa BhattOn Monday April 20th, Curry Up Grocery &amp;amp; Restaurant will present its first cooking class event open to the public.&amp;nbsp;The class &amp;ndash; An Introduction to Indian Cooking, will be held from 6-8 pm in the restaurant lo...
				
				
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				<pubDate>Sun, 19 Apr 2009 22:16:11 -0700</pubDate>
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				<title>Squeez Bacon - The world&apos;s most perfect food!</title>				
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				Photos Courtesy of ThinkGeek.comA few years after WWII ended, a young man working in a small restaurant in Sweden developed a new way to process bacon. By precooking it and blending it in a special way, he was able to make a fully cooked 100% bacon p...
				
				
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				<pubDate>Wed, 01 Apr 2009 22:43:43 -0700</pubDate>
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				<title>Minneapolis welcomes Heavytable.com - new daily online magazine dedicated to food and drink</title>				
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				&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;As more and more local foodie magazines and publications bite the dust, either due to economic attrition or just as a sign of the times, it is always a welcome site when a new publication makes a debut. Especially when this one is a feast...
				
				
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				<pubDate>Sat, 28 Mar 2009 23:33:18 -0700</pubDate>
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				<title>Gas-tro-nome is bringing you pork and whiskey, what else could you need?</title>				
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				The whole pig will be on the menu at Gas-tro-nome&amp;nbsp;You can tell a place is going to be good based on the passion of the people behind it. Co-owner and Chef Erick Harcey practically bursts at the seams when he is rattling off his vision for the No...
				
				
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				<pubDate>Fri, 27 Mar 2009 23:21:05 -0700</pubDate>
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				<title>In the quest for the perfect Pastrami, Minnesotans have a new choice</title>				
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				&amp;nbsp;Pastrami Tommy&apos;s now open in Oakdale, MN&amp;nbsp;Minnesotans have a strange love/hate relationship with Deli&amp;rsquo;s that open in the Twin Cities. On one hand, we hold it up to the perfect light of that ideal of a deli we have locked firmly in our...
				
				
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				<pubDate>Sun, 15 Mar 2009 21:16:12 -0700</pubDate>
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				<title>Baja Sol gives out free wings on Twitter</title>				
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				The Inver Grove Heights based chain of fresh-mex fast casual and full service sit-down restaurants is giving away free wings today (3/9/2009) to anyone that follows them on the social media platform known as Twitter. All you have to do is become a fa...
				
				
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				<category>Deals</category>
				
				<pubDate>Mon, 09 Mar 2009 08:37:21 -0700</pubDate>
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				<title>Smashburger is coming to the Twin Cities</title>				
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				The burger battles are heating up.The Smashburger chain of fast-casual burger restaurants is planning to open its first Minnesota location.&amp;nbsp;It is currently planned to open in May at 3900 Silver Lake Road in St. Anthony, northeast of downtown Min...
				
				
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				<pubDate>Mon, 02 Mar 2009 16:04:10 -0700</pubDate>
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				<title>Minneapolis&#39; food scene is represented well in the first round of the James Beard Awards</title>				
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				The chef and restaurant semifinalists for the 2009 James Beard Foundation Awards have been announced, and they include a number of Minnesotans. The James Beard Foundation Awards shine a spotlight on the best and brightest talent in the food and bever...
				
				
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				<pubDate>Sat, 28 Feb 2009 23:27:17 -0700</pubDate>
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				<title>Kitchen Window throws a paella party in the middle of the 2009 Food &amp; Wine Experience</title>				
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				In attempts to repeat their &amp;ldquo;Best in Show&amp;rdquo; appearance at the Minnesota Monthly Food &amp;amp; Wine Experience in 2008, Kitchen Window is throwing a paella party both days.&amp;nbsp;In 2008, Kitchen Window, a gourmet culinary cookware store, cooki...
				
				
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				<pubDate>Sat, 28 Feb 2009 22:47:02 -0700</pubDate>
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				<title>The 15th Annual Minnesota Monthly Food &amp; Wine Experience sells out of tickets</title>				
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				&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;In spite of the economy and a recent major snow storm, the 15th Annual Minnesota Monthly Food &amp;amp; Wine Experience has completely sold out of tickets for the exhibition hall show for Saturday February 28th. &amp;nbsp...
				
				
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				<pubDate>Fri, 27 Feb 2009 22:37:26 -0700</pubDate>
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