The James Beard Foundation gave high honors to Owamni for best new restaurant. The popular Indigenous restaurant in Minneapolis is a product Sean Sherman and Dana Thompson. It’s one of a growing number of Native-run restaurants and businesses opening across the country. In the Southwest, chef Raymond Naranjo (Santa Clara Pueblo and Odawa) broke out on his own and started a new mobile food business called Manko .

All youth ages 18 and under are eligible to receive free meals and snacks from Minneapolis Public Schools this summer, the district announced. The program is part of the federally-funded Summer Food Service Program. Starting Monday, meals and snacks will be available, free of charge, at parks, libraries and other community spaces, as well as the MPS food truck and food bus, according to the district.

Centro, the fast-casual taqueria that proved a fast success in Northeast Minneapolis, will open its third location in the Highland Park neighborhood of St. Paul early next year. And it's bringing a friend. The Pioneer Press has a report on the plans by Centro, which found fast success when it was launched by Jami Olson and Jose Alarcon in 2018.

A dietitian from Kowalski's talked about food safety, including which foods are most likely to cause issues, the importance of food temps and how to pack a cooler. MINNEAPOLIS — Summer is officially here, which means backyard cookouts and ice chest-packed lunches are here to stay. However, it also means people's chance of getting food poisoning are up.

What's new in dining in Minneapolis and St. Paul - StarTribune.com A second location of Cardigan Donuts opened in the IDS Center and debuted the doughnut shop’s new line of ice cream treats. Work-from-home lunches had their moment about two years ago. After so many leftovers and tuna sandwiches, office workers returning to the business districts in their respective Twin Cities may be thrilled to find old favorite skyway spots and restaurants that were fortunate enough to weather the pandemic, while others may be itching to try something fresh.

Haubenschild Dairy Farms has more than 1,500 cows that are milked daily. They own roughly 3,500 head of cattle, and between six to 10 calves are born every day. The “milkers” that actually milk the cows are in operation 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. More than 1,300 tickets were sold for a pancake breakfast that was catered by Chris’ Cakes.