Natalia Mendez is a journalist, writer, photographer, and instructor living in Minneapolis, who has written about the outdoors and local tourism for over 12 years. Welcome to the Eater Twin Cities ...

Sarah Webster Norton’s hands are steady as she inverts the small glass vial and punctures its rubber seal with a needle. She draws the liquid — a clear, water-based solution of naloxone hydrochloride ...

Nylah Iqbal Muhammad is a James Beard Award-nominated food and travel journalist with work focusing on hunting, food sovereignty, and Black and North American Indigenous foodways. Take a moment to ...

“Everybody wanted to talk about the product market here in Minnesota, mainly the [THC] beverages,” says Leili Fatehi, a Minneapolis-based attorney and consultant who helped quarterback the state’s ...

Owamni made a momentous win at this evening’s James Beard Awards: The iconic, full-service Indigenous restaurant was named the best new restaurant of 2022. Co-owned by chef Sean Sherman and Dana ...

Jeffy Mai is the Associate Editor for Eater’s Midwest region, and has been covering Chicago’s dining scene for over a decade. As summer rolls on, the Twin Cities continue to welcome a bunch of new ...

These tater tots, one of the last remaining vestiges of the dill pickle trend that dominated the Fair’s past new foods lists in 2022 and 2023, are very straightforward, in a good way. They’re ...

Tucked away in St. Paul’s Little Mekong district is the Sunrise Plaza, a small, nondescript shopping mall on University Avenue that’s home to a handful of Southeast Asian businesses. Step inside and ...

Petite León opened in Minneapolis’ Kingfield neighborhood at a time when most people were staying home to stay safe, and restaurants were pivoting to whatever they could do to stay afloat. Behind the ...

Alligator meat is a rarity up here, so head to Bayou Bob’s for a taste of the sharp-toothed animal. Not only do they serve alligator ribs, you can get yours on-a-stick (of course), popcorn-style and ...

University Avenue, dubbed “Green Line District” thanks to the light rail transit system that runs through it, is dotted with restaurants of every ethnicity. While the stretch between the State Capital ...

Pastry chef Alexandra Motz’s latest seasonal desserts riffs on the rustic nostalgia of apple tarts. Thin curls of apple slices, dyed pink with pomegranate juice, top her warm apple pavé — they look ...