odd museums, etc. etc.
The Museum of Electricity
― Eazy, Friday, 24 July 2009 14:41 (3 years ago) Permalink
http://www.ax-man.com/
dr. mambo's combo on sunday and monday nights @ bunkers, a bunch of awesome ex-Prince musicians jamming on r&b and pop standards.
― Ømår Littel (Jordan), Friday, 24 July 2009 14:44 (3 years ago) Permalink
Today marks the 15th anniversary of the day I moved to Minneapolis. I was gone less than a year later, but damn I sure do miss that city.
I used to hit Loring Park, go to that bookstore in Uptown off of Nicollet, run around in the skyways like a crazed hamster, hang out at Schindler's, drive to the dog track in St. Croix (not really proud of that one), eat at the diners, drink at the Cromwell, walk around Dinkytown, window shop downtown, drive to Mall of America on Bloomington Ave starting from Franklin, walk around the state capitol in St. Paul, eat plates of potatoes and onions at Uptown Diner... even trips to the downtown post office were fun.
― http://tinyurl.com/ggggst (Pleasant Plains), Friday, 24 July 2009 14:56 (3 years ago) Permalink
Shinder's and Cromwell = long gone.
― Such A Hilbily (Dan Peterson), Friday, 24 July 2009 15:06 (3 years ago) Permalink
I didn't even mention the record shops for the same reason.
― http://tinyurl.com/ggggst (Pleasant Plains), Friday, 24 July 2009 15:17 (3 years ago) Permalink
places i, a wisconsinite, like to eat in minneapolis:
brasaqang (awesome banh mi)zakia delimidtown global market
― Ømår Littel (Jordan), Friday, 24 July 2009 15:25 (3 years ago) Permalink
both of these places are great:
http://www.112eatery.com/
http://www.craftsmanrestaurant.com/
never been here but i'm dying to go:
http://www.tedcooks19thholebbq.com/
― goole, Friday, 24 July 2009 15:31 (3 years ago) Permalink
all of Jordan's suggestions are A+
the twin cities are spoiled with RITZY ICE CREAM too, so, get dessert at some point:
http://www.izzysicecream.com/
there's also Sonny's on Lyndale & 34th and Sebastian Joe's in a few different places (can't believe they don't have websites!)
― goole, Friday, 24 July 2009 15:34 (3 years ago) Permalink
something else i've been meaning to get to:
http://heavytable.com/tinga-de-pollo-at-el-taco-riendo/
― goole, Friday, 24 July 2009 15:37 (3 years ago) Permalink
...tho my sense is chicago is better for mexican than we are
outdoor fish place in a big park:
http://seasalteatery.wordpress.com/
― goole, Friday, 24 July 2009 15:38 (3 years ago) Permalink
for shows, def check the calendars at the triple rock, the turf club, first avenue/7th street entry.
Do you drink? If so I can rail off a bunch of bar suggestions. For awes comfort food i am a big fan of the Highland Grill, also if you are on the St. Paul Side, Boca Chica is gr8 mexican food.
Stores (recordwise) - The Electric Fetus is great, Cheapo in Uptown is immense.
could also fap, just sayin
― wax onleck, wax affleck (jjjusten), Friday, 24 July 2009 15:40 (3 years ago) Permalink
Sea Salt recommendation above seconded. There is a bandshell in the park with music most nights (my band 8/5!) and a place that rents pedalcars to tour the parkway system, which is pretty goofy fun.
― Such A Hilbily (Dan Peterson), Friday, 24 July 2009 16:04 (3 years ago) Permalink
I often bring out-of-towners to the funky and fun Eagles Club #34 in south Minneapolis for the Butanes blues revue (often featuring soul singing legend Willie Walker)
woah do they do that regularly??? willie walker is a goddamn treasure.
― tulsa anti-juggalo league (M@tt He1ges0n), Friday, 24 July 2009 16:04 (3 years ago) Permalink
yeah sea salt is great!
btw goole thanks for posting that mexican place...looks awesome.
― tulsa anti-juggalo league (M@tt He1ges0n), Friday, 24 July 2009 16:11 (3 years ago) Permalink
also i can vouch for ted cooks as being the best BBQ place that is not big daddys (and therefore open for more than 8 hours a week)
― tulsa anti-juggalo league (M@tt He1ges0n), Friday, 24 July 2009 16:13 (3 years ago) Permalink
(x-post) Willie's there most every Wednesday night! Maurice Jacox fills in some weeks. I don't think there's any schedule. First set is Butanes quartet, then they bring the featured vocalist up for the second set. Yeah, Willie Walker is sweet.
― Such A Hilbily (Dan Peterson), Friday, 24 July 2009 16:14 (3 years ago) Permalink
moviewise the Parkway theater has been getting some buzz (well mostly in my crowd because you can bring in margaritas from next door.) Also, if you can make it to the Riverview, its cheap and worth the trip just for the architecture.
Find a way to at least wander through the new Guthrie too.
― wax onleck, wax affleck (jjjusten), Friday, 24 July 2009 16:15 (3 years ago) Permalink
xpost crazy i didn't know that at all...
yeah willie...it's like people always say "man i wish i coulda seen otis [insert classic soul dude here]" and it's like you basically CAN at a eagles club in south mpls for peanuts
that's awesome to hear
― tulsa anti-juggalo league (M@tt He1ges0n), Friday, 24 July 2009 16:18 (3 years ago) Permalink
For those who aren't hip to the Willie Walker love:
In the same vein, I used to see Spider John Koerner sit in with the Liquor Pigs at the late, lamented Viking Bar and just think: damn, this guy's a living legend and I'm hearing him in a dive bar for free...
― Such A Hilbily (Dan Peterson), Friday, 24 July 2009 16:31 (3 years ago) Permalink
ha speaking of which, the Hard Times is "landmark" but i've never really had a good time there, or enjoyed the food
― goole, Friday, 24 July 2009 16:33 (3 years ago) Permalink
yeah i should go out to see spider more often....take stuff for granted.
esp thought of that since micheal yonkers just announced he has to retire from performing
― goole, Friday, July 24, 2009 4:33 PM (19 seconds ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
haha cosigned x10000000, right down the block from its sister "totally unenjoyable local landmark" the 400 Bar.
btw, if there's a show you want to see, The Turf Club in St Paul is a totally rad rock bar, pretty much everything a rock bar should be IMO.
― tulsa anti-juggalo league (M@tt He1ges0n), Friday, 24 July 2009 16:34 (3 years ago) Permalink
partial take-back: i had a turkish breakfast at the hard times that was ok, but i dunno how you fuck up hard boiled eggs and cucumber
― goole, Friday, 24 July 2009 16:36 (3 years ago) Permalink
yeah i just always got the stink eye when i went there back in the day
― tulsa anti-juggalo league (M@tt He1ges0n), Friday, 24 July 2009 16:37 (3 years ago) Permalink
Suffice to say The Hard Times is not on anyone's must-do-in-Mpls list.
― Such A Hilbily (Dan Peterson), Friday, 24 July 2009 16:42 (3 years ago) Permalink
cosign entire thread
+ you may also want to indulge in a little grease and try either Matt's (Mpls) or The Nook's (St Paul) juicy lucy burgers. Some swear by the 5-8 just south of Matt's, but I'm not a fan.
― sir-mounter (Eric H.), Friday, 24 July 2009 16:44 (3 years ago) Permalink
matts > 5-8 by far
― tulsa anti-juggalo league (M@tt He1ges0n), Friday, 24 July 2009 16:45 (3 years ago) Permalink
sleeper museum - museaum of russian art in that church on diamond lake road
wow, thanks dudes! this is a ton of good suggestions. i would FAP, but the lady is a bit weird about meeting strangers from the interwebs. i know, i know, i've done it a million times. sorry, i hope i don't seem rude!
what's sad is that so many of these restaurants have awesome, yet seemingly greasy and meaty food, yet i'm dating a vegetarian! i will probably drag her to one BBQ place nonetheless.
any good (hip but not too hip) clothing boutiques -- ones that sell used/consignment?
any good stores for (old, not new) vinyl?
WHERE IS MATOS?
― amateurist, Friday, 24 July 2009 16:45 (3 years ago) Permalink
also -- any really nice state parks/natural wonders that would be good day trips?
― amateurist, Friday, 24 July 2009 16:48 (3 years ago) Permalink
For vintage clothes, there's an intersection in St. Paul (Snelling at Selby) with Up 6 (a personal fave) Lula and Everyday People.
― Such A Hilbily (Dan Peterson), Friday, 24 July 2009 16:50 (3 years ago) Permalink
i would FAP, but the lady is a bit weird about meeting strangers from the interwebs. i know, i know, i've done it a million times. sorry, i hope i don't seem rude!
That's cool, though I should stress that I live directly across the street from the Sea Salt, so if you feel like arranging a fabricated "oh hey, didn't know you were here!" (j/k)
Do you still live in Iowa?
― sir-mounter (Eric H.), Friday, 24 July 2009 16:50 (3 years ago) Permalink
no -- i'm in wisconsin for the past 3+ years....
― amateurist, Friday, 24 July 2009 16:52 (3 years ago) Permalink
That's what I get for hanging almost exclusively on the gay threads.
― sir-mounter (Eric H.), Friday, 24 July 2009 16:55 (3 years ago) Permalink
well, i haven't peen posting much...
― amateurist, Friday, 24 July 2009 16:56 (3 years ago) Permalink
how are you liking madison?
― Ømår Littel (Jordan), Friday, 24 July 2009 17:00 (3 years ago) Permalink
Not a public park, but if you and your better half are bicyclists, you can ride around parts of or the entire city.
http://www.minneapolisparks.org/grandrounds/home.htm
― sir-mounter (Eric H.), Friday, 24 July 2009 17:00 (3 years ago) Permalink
for a fancier place that is pretty organic and not totally vegetarian but def veggie friedly...cafe brenda downtown is supposed to be great
you can check out the menu online...a little on the spendier side but looks nice, ppl have recommended it to me
http://www.cafebrenda.com/liveMenu.html?liveMenu=D&z=37846
― tulsa anti-juggalo league (M@tt He1ges0n), Friday, 24 July 2009 17:01 (3 years ago) Permalink
Matt, that's 50 Minnewegian points for using any form of 'spendy'. Well played.
Cafe Brenda has always been good and any vegetarian will be happy with the Vietnamese and Mexican food. Even though I chipped my tooth on a pork chop there once, Quang is my favourite for Vietnamese.
― clear chanel (suzy), Friday, 24 July 2009 17:11 (3 years ago) Permalink
lol that was totally unconscious i swear
― tulsa anti-juggalo league (M@tt He1ges0n), Friday, 24 July 2009 17:15 (3 years ago) Permalink
As I often tell my mom, 'expensive' has three syllables and it's even in English. j/k
― clear chanel (suzy), Friday, 24 July 2009 17:18 (3 years ago) Permalink
has anyone found pineapple bread like Qang's at other places?
― Ømår Littel (Jordan), Friday, 24 July 2009 17:23 (3 years ago) Permalink
Pineapple bread? Sorry, I was busy eating the rest of the menu.
Apart from banh mi - there is always liverwurst on those and I *cannot* eat that so argh.
― clear chanel (suzy), Friday, 24 July 2009 17:33 (3 years ago) Permalink
Also, make sure to get drunk at a Nordeast bar.
― sir-mounter (Eric H.), Friday, 24 July 2009 17:36 (3 years ago) Permalink
It's probably passe but I always liked Bryant-Lake Bowl.
― brash trash talker (dan m), Friday, 24 July 2009 17:37 (3 years ago) Permalink
the pinapple bread is amazing (up in the deli case with the a+ banh mi...i usually don't have time to eat in there, so i pop in and grab those)
― Ømår Littel (Jordan), Friday, 24 July 2009 17:38 (3 years ago) Permalink
To be a dissenting voice I like the Hard Times, but I wouldn't say it's a must-go unless you need vegetarian food at 2am.
― clotpoll, Friday, 24 July 2009 18:12 (3 years ago) Permalink
Fireroast Mountain Cafe is really nice - has good cheap tamales and excellent baked goods.
― clotpoll, Friday, 24 July 2009 18:14 (3 years ago) Permalink
can you name some neighborhoods you are looking at? there are some maddeningly imprecise directional signifiers at play and "north west" would get you some glazed looks if said aloud
also, minneapolis is extremely de facto segregated. north minneapolis is ahem rougher but i know plenty of folks who live there.
― goole, Wednesday, 27 March 2013 16:33 (2 months ago) Permalink
Northwest = Maple Grove = don't go there girlfriend
― alternately mean and handsy (Eric H.), Wednesday, 27 March 2013 16:38 (2 months ago) Permalink
^^^ truthbomb. Most of our suburbs, like suburbs everywhere, are soulless, but MG is some ninth circle of hell imo.
― Basil Ironweed (Dan Peterson), Wednesday, 27 March 2013 16:51 (2 months ago) Permalink
i will stan, mildly, for richfield
― goole, Wednesday, 27 March 2013 16:52 (2 months ago) Permalink
roseville is a sack of crap otoh
― goole, Wednesday, 27 March 2013 16:53 (2 months ago) Permalink
Northwest = box store hell. Maple Grove is full of meatheads and those awful 'townhouses' where they sleep are more expensive than city accommodation. My sister lived there for two years and she's fairly 'Applebees diner' but even she though it was a soulless pastiche of a small town full of bad chain shops. I could not imagine the kind of mindset it would take to settle there, procreate, and send your spawn to its horrible schools.
St Louis Park is the only decent inner suburb that's not completely up itself - but I would say that, I'm from there. So I will also say FUCK EDINA as per contractual obligation. Love south Minneapolis bordering Edina/St Louis Park but the whole of the south side has tons of beautiful housing stock and people opening up little restaurants. Lots of indie coffee owing to all the rich rehabbers who stayed on to open cafés from the '80s onward.
― karl lagerlout (suzy), Wednesday, 27 March 2013 16:55 (2 months ago) Permalink
It's the fake Maple Grove downtown that skeeves me most.
― Basil Ironweed (Dan Peterson), Wednesday, 27 March 2013 16:55 (2 months ago) Permalink
*******FLASHBACKS*******
― karl lagerlout (suzy), Wednesday, 27 March 2013 16:57 (2 months ago) Permalink
why are you posting pics of robert zemeckis' sets
― goole, Wednesday, 27 March 2013 16:58 (2 months ago) Permalink
HA! It is so Disney Main Street USA, it's just bizarre.
― Basil Ironweed (Dan Peterson), Wednesday, 27 March 2013 17:00 (2 months ago) Permalink
Yeah I should clarify - I don't know any neighborhoods, but this job would actually be outside of Minneapolis proper in the general NW direction, I just assumed I would be looking to live in the city.
― crdbl (admrl), Wednesday, 27 March 2013 17:08 (2 months ago) Permalink
where are you now, LA? i was about to repeat the truism that a good commute is a major boon to happiness. but by california standards you could probably live in wisconsin and see an improvement
― goole, Wednesday, 27 March 2013 17:10 (2 months ago) Permalink
yes I am in LA. An hour commute is considered perfectly acceptable here. I listen to a lot of podcasts.
― crdbl (admrl), Wednesday, 27 March 2013 17:11 (2 months ago) Permalink
there are some really nice pockets in north mpls
― ums (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 27 March 2013 17:12 (2 months ago) Permalink
My current commute is 32 miles
xp
― crdbl (admrl), Wednesday, 27 March 2013 17:12 (2 months ago) Permalink
admrl, the reason there is so much art for goole to complain about is because everyone can do it. Studio space is affordable, standard of living is good, and there are hella grants and $$$ flowing out of sucker's hands into artist pockets. There's a lot of great stuff. goole also keeps going out to art-a-whirl which is a city-wide open studio festival. This is a mistake. Everyone with a set of water colors or some junk to nail together will have a table out somewhere. If you go to art-a-whirl, go band-hopping and get drunk, but for god's sake don't go to see art unless you know exactly what you're going to check out and where it is.
― No, not sinister (Austerity Ponies), Wednesday, 27 March 2013 17:55 (2 months ago) Permalink
so wait, if I put paint on my ass and then sit on some canvases, I could display that at Art-A-Whirl?
― the pheromones of hot clothing (DJP), Wednesday, 27 March 2013 18:02 (2 months ago) Permalink
Fine art or eine fart?
― alternately mean and handsy (Eric H.), Wednesday, 27 March 2013 18:06 (2 months ago) Permalink
my current commute is 3.2 miles
― My Chemical Romance did 9/11 (jjjusten), Wednesday, 27 March 2013 18:24 (2 months ago) Permalink
another thing that my not from here friends mention all the time is the public school system in MN - idk if you have/think you'll have kids, but private school is def not seen as a necessity here like it is in many places.
― My Chemical Romance did 9/11 (jjjusten), Wednesday, 27 March 2013 18:27 (2 months ago) Permalink
^^^^This. Apparently they offer International Baccalaureate at my old high school, which is best in state on the reg, but it replaced a more difficult set of AP courses they offered when I was a student. The best public high schools in the state are in South Minneapolis and the near western suburbs.
― karl lagerlout (suzy), Wednesday, 27 March 2013 18:49 (2 months ago) Permalink
http://www.theonion.com/articles/local-man-knows-he-moved-to-minneapolis-for-someth,32034/
― cacao nibs (Eric H.), Saturday, 13 April 2013 03:04 (2 months ago) Permalink
http://stuffaboutminneapolis.tumblr.com/post/47928051541/i-left-minneapolis-last-july-and-i-still-miss-it-every
― cacao nibs (Eric H.), Sunday, 14 April 2013 15:59 (2 months ago) Permalink
I sincerely hope the Uptown remodel job wins this year's City Pages "best of" award for Boondoggle of the Year.-----lol tough year for that (xp re boondoggles)
http://www.citypages.com/bestof/2013/award/best-boondoggle-2779552/
― cacao nibs (Eric H.), Tuesday, 16 April 2013 22:58 (2 months ago) Permalink
brb going to St. Paul to do crimes
― Dr. Adorbius (mh), Tuesday, 16 April 2013 23:07 (2 months ago) Permalink
i don't get how that's a 'boondoggle'
― goole, Wednesday, 17 April 2013 13:36 (2 months ago) Permalink
Ditto, imo.
― cacao nibs (Eric H.), Wednesday, 17 April 2013 13:39 (2 months ago) Permalink
Why is the Uptown Theater remodel a boondoggle?
― beach situations (Austerity Ponies), Wednesday, 17 April 2013 14:32 (2 months ago) Permalink
iirc some public money went into it
― goole, Wednesday, 17 April 2013 14:40 (2 months ago) Permalink
damn St Paul
― Call me at **BITCOIN (DJP), Wednesday, 17 April 2013 14:44 (2 months ago) Permalink
yeah that was a huge story. i laughed like a motherfucker when i heard it the first time (drive time MPR iirc)
i'd need to look at the original stories again but i think defense attorneys happened upon this basically by accident?
― goole, Wednesday, 17 April 2013 14:55 (2 months ago) Permalink
http://judgmentalmaps.com/image/48615076593
My inlaws-to-be are "hairdressers" apparently.
― a monolithic testament to shiftlessness and lost productivity (dan m), Tuesday, 23 April 2013 18:25 (1 month ago) Permalink
Proud resident of nothing interesting whatsoever
― O_o-O_O-o_O (jjjusten), Tuesday, 23 April 2013 18:43 (1 month ago) Permalink
i want to cunt punt that map
― goole, Tuesday, 23 April 2013 18:58 (1 month ago) Permalink
did they call you a hipster?
― Dr. Adorbius (mh), Tuesday, 23 April 2013 20:35 (1 month ago) Permalink
where i be be dragons
― goole, Tuesday, 23 April 2013 20:42 (1 month ago) Permalink
my semi-mpls friends and I enjoyed "that fucking K-Mart"
― Dr. Adorbius (mh), Tuesday, 23 April 2013 20:44 (1 month ago) Permalink
that was also a source of lolz for my mpls-familiar gf
― a monolithic testament to shiftlessness and lost productivity (dan m), Tuesday, 23 April 2013 21:09 (1 month ago) Permalink
i do hate that k-mart
― well if it isn't old 11 cameras simon (gbx), Tuesday, 23 April 2013 21:26 (1 month ago) Permalink
also that onion article is kinda otm
― well if it isn't old 11 cameras simon (gbx), Tuesday, 23 April 2013 21:29 (1 month ago) Permalink
yes that fucking k-mart is otm detail
― goole, Wednesday, 24 April 2013 03:36 (1 month ago) Permalink
that and 'millionaire democrats'
not enough labels tho tbh, while i'm complaining.
like NE alone needs addition of 'hoodrat wites', 'terrible watercolorists', and 'slavs'
― goole, Wednesday, 24 April 2013 03:39 (1 month ago) Permalink
Lake Street missing all sorts of people who aren't BIKERS BIKERS BIKERS BIKERS BIKERS.
― karl lagerlout (suzy), Wednesday, 24 April 2013 05:31 (1 month ago) Permalink
saw this thread revived, thought "hey I'm going to Minneapolis in a couple of days", realize it was revived today with a mention of the house where I'll be crashing.
anyway, say you have a completely free Monday and a car and want to eat somewhere good for lunch and see art stuff - what would a person opt to do? I've never actually been to the Walker but it appears to be closed mondays.
― joygoat, Wednesday, 24 April 2013 05:58 (1 month ago) Permalink
yup, says it right on the building.
the MIA is pretty good too but more of a school field trip type art museum
― goole, Wednesday, 24 April 2013 15:38 (1 month ago) Permalink
http://www.artsmia.org/
whoa you are staying at that fucking kmart
― O_o-O_O-o_O (jjjusten), Wednesday, 24 April 2013 17:46 (1 month ago) Permalink