sleeper museum - museaum of russian art in that church on diamond lake road
― tulsa anti-juggalo league (M@tt He1ges0n), Friday, 24 July 2009 16:45 (3 years ago) Permalink
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
So many things seconded -- Quang, 112, Matt's...
Vinyl: Treehouse Records (formerly Oarfolkjokapus), the Uptown Cheapo (if you don't mind sifting through scratched stuff)
Mpls is an awesome breakfast town: Al's, Hell's Kitchen (get the wild rice porridge!), Victor's 1959 Cafe, the Band Box, the Triple Rock, Bryant-Lake Bowl's granola pancakes...
I love Minneapolis -- and I'm moving back next month!
― lindseykai, Friday, 24 July 2009 18:21 (3 years ago) Permalink
oh victors is an A+++++ recommend!
― wax onleck, wax affleck (jjjusten), Friday, 24 July 2009 18:38 (3 years ago) Permalink
For vintage and secondhand I suggest Tatters on Lyndale (friend owns); around the corner at Lake and Bryant (right next to the Bowl) is Corner Store, which although expensive for Mpls. (but really cheap for me when the pound/dollar exchange is in consideration) has mint-condition dresses from the 1920s onward plus...oh just go, it's good. Your GF will love and the men's section is interesting.
The ace in the hole for Twin Cities shopping is NO SALES TAX ON CLOTHES OR SHOES.
― clear chanel (suzy), Friday, 24 July 2009 18:42 (3 years ago) Permalink
^^^example, Corner Store has been there since 1980, in '86 I paid $35 for a black/electric blue '50s smoking jacket with sales tags still on. This place is particularly good at little black dresses of the ages; if you're like me and don't like the possibility of turning up in the same nice dress as some other person, it's easy to grab a few there without busting the bank.
― clear chanel (suzy), Friday, 24 July 2009 18:53 (3 years ago) Permalink
fun fact: Eric Clapton was in the corner store this summer and i guess spent $5000 on vintage motorcycle gear
I would add to the vinyl/record shopping:
Roadrunner on Nicollet is great, not as big a selection of new indie/punk, but if you are looking for older classic rock/jazz/random past stuff....it is WAY cheaper than Treehouse and a great store.
― tulsa anti-juggalo league (M@tt He1ges0n), Friday, 24 July 2009 19:00 (3 years ago) Permalink
I bought a pair of Vans there once, and the cashier said, "They're $29.95". I said, yes, I know they are, but how much do I owe you? and she just grinned and said THEY'RE $29.95.
― http://tinyurl.com/ggggst (Pleasant Plains), Friday, 24 July 2009 19:02 (3 years ago) Permalink
thanks suzy et al!
― amateurist, Friday, 24 July 2009 19:17 (3 years ago) Permalink
corner store sounds up my GF's alley -- she likes big poofy dresses from the 1950s/1960s.
LOL PP that must have been your first shoe/clothing purchase in tax-free Minneapolis.
Matt, that's a great fun fact. I'll feel so much better when I'm trying to get a discount for buying two dresses knowing Clapton has paid their rent for the year. BTW everything is cheaper than Treehouse. Costs a fortune to feed the current owner.
Am, there's nothing that Hairspray/poodle skirt there; more to the Audrey Hepburn/Dita von Teese side of 'which postwar looks do I channel?' Tatters around the corner has always been more the home of the Lily Allen prom dress.
― clear chanel (suzy), Friday, 24 July 2009 19:24 (3 years ago) Permalink
aha, thanks.
― amateurist, Friday, 24 July 2009 19:27 (3 years ago) Permalink
I have fond memories of Treehouse because I used to live above it and my old roommate still manages the place most days. :)
Lula in St. Paul is also great for poofy vintage dresses. Once I was scoping out this near-perfect 1960s silk-satin cocktail dress that was priced at $45. The woman at the counter saw how well it fit me and knocked it down to $35.
― lindseykai, Friday, 24 July 2009 19:43 (3 years ago) Permalink
d@N? he is a great dude!
― tulsa anti-juggalo league (M@tt He1ges0n), Friday, 24 July 2009 19:43 (3 years ago) Permalink
(btw i do like treehouse, but i buy records everywhere, there's plenty of me to around, record buying wise)
Yep, he's awesome!
― lindseykai, Friday, 24 July 2009 19:45 (3 years ago) Permalink
Treehouse is the closest thing to the Mpls. record stores I grew up with; my friend was asst mgr when it was Oarfolk.
― clear chanel (suzy), Friday, 24 July 2009 19:59 (3 years ago) Permalink
never really liked treehouse /challop
― goole, Friday, 24 July 2009 20:00 (3 years ago) Permalink
treehouse is unfortunate mpls home of record 'tude - hahaha well with the exception of extreme noise i suppose
― wax onleck, wax affleck (jjjusten), Friday, 24 July 2009 20:03 (3 years ago) Permalink
oh hey there is also some bizarre retro chic rennaisance going on in midway, tons of super cool weirdo furniture/doodads/gizmos.
also if you are looking for unique shopping experiences, i need to throw in a shout out to robot love (vinyl toy stuff but also art/books and such, and owned and managed by the nicest people on earth) - plus the soovac gallery next door is always interesting. and another stellar breakfast place the sunny side up is across the street.
― wax onleck, wax affleck (jjjusten), Friday, 24 July 2009 20:05 (3 years ago) Permalink
Oh Eclipse Records in St Paul is good and there's a retro old furniture place next door that is HOOOTTTT
― tulsa anti-juggalo league (M@tt He1ges0n), Friday, 24 July 2009 20:07 (3 years ago) Permalink
yeah thats one of the ones i was talking about!
now if you want to buy yerself a nice guitar while you're in town, i know this place...
― wax onleck, wax affleck (jjjusten), Friday, 24 July 2009 20:10 (3 years ago) Permalink
sunny side up is crap!
― goole, Friday, 24 July 2009 20:11 (3 years ago) Permalink
U MAD
― wax onleck, wax affleck (jjjusten), Friday, 24 July 2009 20:12 (3 years ago) Permalink
mad meaning crazy not filled w/ire
― wax onleck, wax affleck (jjjusten), Friday, 24 July 2009 20:13 (3 years ago) Permalink
no, it is terrible. i had steak and eggs one morning when i was hung over and felt i needed to be even more disgusted with myself, and, success
― goole, Friday, 24 July 2009 20:17 (3 years ago) Permalink
i forgot to mention al's diner, love that tiny place
― Ømår Littel (Jordan), Friday, 24 July 2009 20:20 (3 years ago) Permalink
oh yeah, if you can get there on a weekday, do it. although school is out so weekends might be a little calmer!
― goole, Friday, 24 July 2009 20:21 (3 years ago) Permalink
lol no way
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al%27s_Breakfast
― goole, Friday, 24 July 2009 20:22 (3 years ago) Permalink
― wax onleck, wax affleck (jjjusten), Friday, July 24, 2009 8:10 PM (19 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
willies?
*runs and hides*
(j/k homie...is it cool if i bring the rig in on monday?)
― tulsa anti-juggalo league (M@tt He1ges0n), Friday, 24 July 2009 20:30 (3 years ago) Permalink
yeah sounds good
― wax onleck, wax affleck (jjjusten), Friday, 24 July 2009 20:48 (3 years ago) Permalink
damn St Paul
― Call me at **BITCOIN (DJP), Wednesday, 17 April 2013 14:44 (1 month 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 (1 month 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