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• Le Producer
  The Black Eyed Peas' best buddy, French DJ David Guetta, brings his electro-hop show to Spin this week.
  
• Langton to close Cafe Brenda after 23 years
  Cafe Brenda is calling it quits.
  
• Nightlife notebook: Moon Goons return
  Their Honeymoon nights at First Avenue may be over, but the Moon Goons carry on.
  
• Moving soon to Block E: Kieran's Irish Pub
  Block E is going green -- shamrock green. Irish pub impersario, Kieran Folliard, said he's moving into the former Bellanotte space.
  
• Buzz bar on Lyndale
  Opened just six weeks ago, the Lyndale Tap House has found a winning formula.
  
• Acqua Restaurant: A northern light
  Good taste moves to the suburbs - in White Bear Lake.
  
• Stock up on holiday wine with these tips
  A is for acidity, which cuts through dry, salty foods and fatty ones, making it a wine's foremost attribute for pairing.
  
• Seinfeld still makes 'nothing' funny
  He's older and he's richer, but Jerry Seinfeld was in top form at his sold-out Orpheum Theatre show this weekend.
  
• Counter Intelligence: Tejas bidding 'adios'
  Co-owner Wayne Kostroski shared some information about the impending finale of his popular Tex-Mex restaurant.
  
• Get past Nouveau; try 'real' Beaujolais
  There are few more popular pastimes in the wine world than Beaujolais bashing. "I don't consider Beaujolais to even be part of Burgundy anymore," my friend Craig often says.
  
• The latest and greatest in bar food
  Bar food needs to be taken seriously. Lucky for us, many Twin Cities bars and restaurants agree.
  
• Walker: Stories from under censorship
  All this month, the Walker Art Center will showcase a Chinese film series worth your night out.
  
• 40-year-old restaurants: Still fab
  When Taste debuted in the Minneapolis Star in 1969, where were readers dining out? Where they're dining out now: David Fong's, Lindey's Prime Steak House and the Lowell Inn.
  
• Catch of the day: The Guthrie's Sea Change is a keeper
  Much of the food is sublime, due to both Tim McKee's prodigious culinary gifts as well as his deep talent pool, most notably chef de cuisine Erik Anderson and sous chef Jim Christiansen.
  
• CWTC Beat: Bar food redefined
  Tom checks out three night spots that are raising the bar on bar food. Catch the CW crew tonight at 10:00 on The CW Twin Cities, Ch.23.
  
• Nightlife: A supersized cozy Irish pub
  Get this man a pint: Kieran Folliard expands his pub empire with Cooper in St. Louis Park.
  
• Good experiences in small packages
  Mini-vins provide more control over consumption and a great opportunity to experiment and sample. So what's not to like?
  
• The hot five: Zagat's top picks
  The Zagat Survey (www.zagat.com) has just released its 2010 "America's Top Restaurants" guidebook, with ratings in 45 U.S. dining markets. Their top five Twin Cities picks (in highest-to-lowest rating order) are:
  
• Where the experts eat
  We asked three restaurant owners -- all finger-food enthusiasts -- for their bar food picks. Their choices might surprise you.
  
• Bar food address book
  Bar food address book
  
• Halloween: It's like New Year's with costumes
  With Halloween falling on a Saturday this year, downtown nightclubs anticipate massive crowds.
  
• Thanks, Uptown Bar, we had a blast
  Musicians, employees and patrons share their favorite memories of the first (and last?) bar to rock Uptown.
  
• Tejas closing in Edina
  Tejas closing in Edina
  
• West End dreams of nightlife surge
  St. Louis Park isn't exactly brimming with nightlife. That's about to change - and a newly opened Crave is leading the charge.
  
• Meschinis juggle a family business
  Eugenio Meschini came up with a novel way to make ends meet for his fledgling winery. "He doesn't pay his sales staff," said his wife, Teresa, aka the sales staff.
  

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