In the spring of 2020 we saw the images: a tall, white man dressed in black, wearing a gas mask, carrying a sledgehammer and a black, open umbrella in front of the AutoZone on East Lake Street, near ...

The Eater awards for the Twin Cities came out in mid-December. Here are the winners: • Restaurant of the Year – Oro by Nixta. • Best Damn Sandwich – Marty’s Deli. • Best New Pop-up – Lito’s Burritos. ...

Those of you who were around in the late 1960s and 1970s may remember the young, white “hippies” with shaved heads chanting in the airports and handing out literature about Krsna. They were known as ...

Lots of hot restaurant news! Lynette (3753 42nd Ave. S.) is open. This is the new restaurant, greatly anticipated, in the former Riverview Wine Bar space. Tender Lovin’ Chicks (2700 Lyndale Ave) is ...

The race for DFL endorsement for Mayor of Minneapolis is tightening, but so far, the leading candidate among City Convention delegates is Uncommitted. The big news in the contest is that Council ...

In May, the Minneapolis Spokesman-Recorder wrote about George Floyd Square, the headline stating that it “remains a work in progress.” That is certainly true. The opening sentence of the piece is a ...

On a recent beautiful Sunday afternoon I took a drive around the Nokomis-Hiawatha neighborhood. Nokomis Park has numerous softball fields along Cedar Avenue, but they were empty and unused. The ...

In April, I reported on false assurances made by Xcel Energy and the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) regarding the November 2022 leak from the Monticello nuclear reactor of some 829,000 gallons of ...

A queer community under increased surveillance. Queer bodies under attack—psychologically, ideologically, physically. Nudieland—where two men shot seven and killed one at a queer punk show in Phillips ...

Southside neighbor Bill Hatton, a Vietnam veteran nearly completely paralyzed by Agent Orange, is anticipating death. He had two final wishes: to feel grass under his feet one more time and to protest ...

One old-timer I didn’t mention is still there but under a new name and with a new concept. The former Loring Bar and Restaurant reopened in December 2020 as Gray’s in Dinkytown, the name being an ...

Minnesotans have never paid so much for police departments only to have so few officers. In some places, police are disappearing altogether. In August, the police department of Goodhue, Minnesota, ...