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If you’re a fan of peaches, the Mountain Gold peaches are ripe and being sold by the case at Bob’s Produce Ranch in Fridley for another day or two… peach mania out here.

Cheers to our friends at Racket for co-publishing the Mike Norton long form story on Uptown!

Some of the best patisserie we’ve tried all year - the mango creme-stuffed Mango Coconut Supreme croissant at Mi-Sant is just killer. You can smell the coconut when you open its display container. Huge hits of mango and coconut. Rich and fabulous.

My piece on Uptown is now co-published in Southwest Voices: "'If you want Gap, Victoria’s Secret, Apple, go to Mall of America' [Tasting Room Sommelier Nico Giraud] says with a sophisticated disdain that can only really be accomplished with a French accent." southwestvoices.news/posts/the-temp…

Today's Heavy Table newsletter features The Dive, Okome House, AND Mi-Sant?? Yes. Frankly, hell yes. heavytable.substack.com/p/the-great-mi…

The croissant game at Lynette is ABSURDLY strong. We taste tested our way through 19 different local bakeries a while back - Lynette’s would be near or at the top of that group. Superb pan au chocolat too.

Culver's announces debut of Hot Honey Cheese Curds, and the return of the CurderBurger jsonline.com/story/life/foo…

La La Ice Cream is closing permanently on Friday, another tough loss for Uptown. “…the doors to La La will close end of the day Friday 10/4. Remaining in this space is no longer financially feasible. Thank you for all the love and support brought our way over the last 8 years.”

Thank you Heavy Table for highlighting the fundraiser for Saint Paul College Sunday in honor of the late great Chef Jack Riebel! It’s a bye week for the #SKOL so 3-6p come eat some chili!! bit.ly/chefjackchilib…

This excellent series by Heavy Table was written eight years ago, but I thought about it as I was driving down University today. heavytable.com/category/stori…

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