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Local Wine Expert Shares Perfect Pairings
Cindy Cotroneo Fix, co-owner of Cotroneo’s along with her husband Guy, knows wine. Here are a few of her favorite pairings. Dolcetto means “little...
Entertain Your Friends and Expand Your Palate with an In-home Wine Tasting
An in-home wine tasting makes for a great party. The vocabulary used to describe wine can be as evocative as poetry—references to “notes” aromas,...
Try This Irish Coffee Recipe This St. Patrick’s Day
I had never tasted an Irish coffee until a business trip to Napa Valley, We were meeting other people who were there from different parts of the...
Urban Forage Winery & Cider House’s Unique Offerings Will Warm You Up This Winter
Pick up some of Urban Forage’s cider at Elevated. Among all the eminently drinkable goods at Elevated, there’s one that’s unique. Urban Forage...
The Battleground Café Is Not Your Typical Coffee Spot
The Battleground Café in Vadnais Heights offers café goodies and welcomes gamers to convene, play games and just have a good time. A cafe that not...
Drinks: Perfect Fall Flavors Courtesy of Elevated Beer, Wine & Spirits
Tom Boland of Elevated Beer, Wine & Spirits offers drink recommendations for fall. Fall isn’t simply a change in the weather. It brings a...
Big Wood Brewery Offers a Tour of Their Space with the Folks Who Brew the Beer
Big Wood Brewery invites all intrigued by beer and the brewing process to tour their space with one of their brew-masters on the first Friday of the...
7 Vines Vineyard and Winery Produces Local Wine and Provides a Beautiful Event Venue
In the late 1980s, a special piece of Dellwood property caught real estate developer Ron Peltier’s eye. The 188-acre tract of land was originally...
Royal Nutrition Offers Healthy Drinks and Snacks, Fitness Classes and More
Mahtomedi’s Royal Nutrition, owned by Clayton Smith and Kat Chirhart, opened last August, and they are putting fun into nutrition and fitness. A big...
The Anchor Coffee House in White Bear Lake
Popular traveling coffee trailer sets up shop in White Bear Lake. Ahh, coffee, how do we love thee? “It’s a warm and wonderful thing, and it makes...
Owners of The Hideaway Speakeasy Spend the Winter Months Dreaming of Their Return to the Minnesota State Fair
It was Christmas week in 2016 when Bryan and Jennie Enloe received thrilling news—a Request for Proposal (RFP) letter from the Minnesota State Fair....
The Ox and Crow Coffeehouse Is a Lifelong Dream Come True
Entering the Ox and Crow Coffeehouse, the newly renovated and rebranded coffee shop/eatery that was the Coffee Cottage for more than two decades,...
Superbowl 52 Kickoff at Mad Jacks
Great food, delicious drinks and 35 televisions make for a superb Super Bowl soiree. Julie Linaman has worked at Mad Jacks—as a server, then a...
History and Hospitality Abound at Gordy’s Steakhouse
Walking in to Gordy’s Steakhouse is like taking a trip back in time, when a night out meant sharply dressed couples enjoying sumptuous steaks and...
Bootiful Bites
Take back the scariest night of the year with some tapas, hors d’oeuvres and munchies worthy of a more mature Halloween crowd. Sure, Halloween is...
Cotroneo’s Wine & Spirits
Downtown liquor store gets new owners. Guy and Cindy Fix purchased Ciresi’s Liquor Store business and opened the doors under the name Cotroneo’s...
