Tobie began his career in Chicago and has worked in the Twin Cities since 1980. Restaurant consulting projects have taken him all over the country. Recently, his attention also has turned to a blog and radio. Find him on KTLK-FM on Saturdays.
Saturday night, downtown Minneapolis. The weather is not the typical November night. Up and down 1st. Avenue, patrons walk around in sweaters and shirtsleeves. There's not a snowbank in sight. So it was already a moment to...
I took a sabatical from Examiner to work on a few restaurant projects. But I'm back. In the time Iv'e been gone, the Twin Cities has seen a surege of new restaurants. Burger joints, neighborhood bistros, cookie cutter...
Sometimes you get lucky...sometimes your get stung. In this case I got stung. The notion that J.P. would be returning to his old joint on Lyndale was only a rumor. Josh Thoma sent me an email the other...
If there is evidence of karma in the universe...this must be it. J.P. Samuelson will be returning to his the space of his eponymous bistro very soon. A lot sooner than he ever thought after it closed about...
I've been watching this recession unfold as we all have, but as a member of the food industry, my perspective is certainly different than most. I've heard the complaints from owners, purveyors and waiters. And I've seen...
There is absolutely no group of people anywhere on planet Earth more disposed to the yearly ritual of AL freso dining as the true Minnesotan. Every year we try to get our drinks and wings served to us outside earlier...
Fillipo Caffari was a magician. His disappearing act as the Chef of I Nonni is proving to be too much for the kitchen to handle, gracefully. For 11 years, Chef Fillipo turned out a consistent array of classic and modern...
In a press release today by Technomic, a foodservice marketing company that provides clients with insights and consulting support for business strategies and decisions, summarized a recent report called the Future of Fried Foods Study on why we like fried...
It really didn't take that long to transform the former Italian Campiello dining space into a Wild West saloon fitted with every cliche imaginable. From the Colt 45 (gun not malt liquor) door pulls to the barrel tables the...
The first salvo was fired this week in the Great Burger Battle of '09. Washington D.C. based Five Guys Burger and Fries opened their first unit in the new business development pad on France Avenue in Edina. Though the...