Billy Reed’s Caesar Burger
False advertising in net
Thumbs up on Naf Naf fries
Contact, it’s the secret. It’s the moment, when everything happens. Contact, it’s the answer. It’s the reason, why everything happens. Contact, let’s make contact!
- 3-2-1 Contact
Dinner in Uptown
Tried a new variation
I should pay closer attention
I can forgive Zantigo for the ‘Tigo fries issue, but I’m done with Arby’s until they bring back potato cakes
Packing buddy loves to screm
So happy this show eventually happened, and grateful that @cmkingsbury could come with me
Just a hauntingly beautiful set by Benson Ramsey tonight @TheFitzTheater
Almost ready – final countdown
Definitely not Coco-level
Three Bath Bomb Booster
Thanksgiving 2021 🦃
Late office lunch at Pizzeria Lola; now another excellent dinner @SaintDinette
M M M My Sha-Roni
BOGO Wing Night
PSA: 50% off @ Eagan Polo
Office tower art
Caught up on the @niverniverland episodes with @tniver @stephmarch and @DeRushaEats – so fun (and where can I get my flavor wheel?)
Chicken sammie @ 8th St. Grill
Fun solo trip to Mystic
Treat yourself!
Louie’s Fruity Flip! (rewind)
New challenges! New triumphs!
Flower power
Buying bread from a man in Brussels. He was six foot four and full of muscle…
- Down Under
Siding started ✅
So grateful for another wonderful brunch @SaintDinette with the host of the @niverniverland podcast, Nive Man
Never change, Cecil’s Deli, you da best
Solid sammie from Potbelly
Really nice to have Tim Murray greeting people again for lunch downtown
Overcast days never turned me on, but something about the clouds and her mixed…
- Raspberry Beret
But cookie, you weren’t free
Daddy-daughter night
Union Hmong Kitchen @ Graze
Sunday Brunch at Churchill St.
Attention all The Bachelor Farmer fans: the band is (partially) back together, this time in Shoreview at Carly Gatzlaff’s new Churchill St. (4606 Churchill St., Shoreview, MN 55126). This was opening weekend and it was already an average 30-60 minute wait during our visit (no reservations, initial hours of 7am – 2pm, Wednesday – Sunday, until they can hire more staff).
The former hardware store space is beautiful – Locus Architecture of Minneapolis did the work (they also designed the new Lebanon Hills mountain bike trailhead in Eagan). Former TBF director of operations Josh Hoyt checked us in on an iPad and there is a nicely stocked market just to the right of the entrance (including Milkjam pints!) where you can wait. The covered patio in back had heaters, but it was not being used today for seating (beautiful arrangements in the planters, though).
Hoyt partnered with former TBF executive chef Jonathan Gans to form Northlands Consulting and Churchill St. is their first project. I don’t know how long the pair will be involved in day-to-day operations, but the TBF influences are readily apparent: TOAST IS BACK, along with pastries from former TBF pastry chef Emily Marks. The permanent executive chef is French Laundry alumni Aaron Marthaler.
Polly’s Puffy Flip
Saturday Dumpling Club
Snow in Lowertown
Hello again, choo-choo
The King of Country
The Friday Adventures continue
You can be a gambler, who never drew a hand. You can be a sailor, who never left dry land…
- Down Where The Drunkards Roll
Arguably the best starting stretch of songs at an RT concert ever (plus @davidhuckfelt)
Very happy I picked this up
Flippin’ good (fish) burger
Casino Night at Mystic Lake
Top 7 Brands
I’ve turned into a marketing executive’s dream. Here are seven of my current favorite brands:
- Apple
- Descente
- Disney
- Johnston and Murphy
- Mizuno
- Polo Ralph Lauren
- Sony
Most of those have been on the list for years and years too…
Flip the Bird
Tried a new one for salad day
Driveway ✅
A return to hospitality
A little late on writing the follow-up story to my post about the end of the stadium chapter, but as many of you already know, I’ve decided to return to the hospitality industry. On October 25th, I joined the opening team at the new Four Seasons Hotel and Private Residences Minneapolis, which will be located in the RBC Gateway building at the intersection of Nicollet Mall and Washington Avenue in downtown Minneapolis.
The project is owned by the Pohlad family, so a tip of the hat to Twins technology guru John Avenson for telling me about this opportunity (and the history behind it). The tower will be mixed use: office space for several Pohlad companies and RBC Wealth Management, a new ground floor restaurant and coffee shop from Gavin Kaysen, event space (two ballrooms and multiple meeting rooms), an outdoor pool deck with restaurant, spa with indoor pool, exercise and yoga rooms, eight hotel floors and 34 private residences.
The Four Seasons brand and corporate culture is outstanding and will be a great addition to the Twin Cities market. I’m so impressed with the local team being assembled here, along with all the people that I’ve met from the home office in Toronto and at other locations around the world. The Director of IT from Houston was in Minneapolis last week and will help with our opening. Later this month, I will travel to Chicago for orientation (and my first stay at one of the properties).
Leaf Rule in effect
OMC was open this time
Extraordinary November day at Gooseberry with the bulldoge ❤️☀️
Sammy’s Pizza ✅
We’ve been listening to this a lot since The Rolling Stones concert – so good
The future’s so bright…
Doesn’t get much better than a @theCharlieParr hometown show with our Bulldog
Legendary Spices Hot Pot
Decided to try a Magic Keyboard instead of a new MBP (for now) and see if I can live in an iPadOS world for a little while
