There are plenty of changes on Lyndale Avenue S. in Minneapolis. Muddy Waters has moved to its new Lyn-Lake home (2933 Lyndale Av. S., 612-872-2232) and is serving breakfast, lunch and dinner daily.
Its former space (2401 Lyndale Av. S.) won't stay dark for long. Urban Bean owner Greg Martin is opening a branch of his 33rd-and-Bryant coffeehouse there, debuting in late July.
The Sunnyside Up Cafe (2704 Lyndale Av. S.) has closed.
Art meets food July 7 is the night (5 to 9 p.m.) when Restaurant Alma and Brasa chef/owner Alex Roberts is the featured guest chef at Gather (1750 Hennepin Av. S., Mpls., www.walkerart.org), chatting with diners and offering free samples of the two new dishes he's creating for the restaurant's small-plates menu.
Drop in for a cocktail -- sadly, they're not complimentary -- and a nosh and then take a spin through the museum's big new "Absentee Landlord" exhibit. Another bonus: Gallery admission is free on Thursday evenings.
New in the suburbs Columbia Heights' latest is Catalina's Restaurant (2301 37th Pl., 612-695-7531), serving a lengthy array of Mexican, Latin American and Spanish dishes at lunch and dinner.
In Edina, Pandolfi (3904 W. 50th St., www.pandolfico.com) is targeting sugar hounds with a selection of candies (including chocolates from Patisserie 46), fresh popcorn and cotton candy as well as gelato from Michigan-based Palazzolo's. Don't look for a 50th Street storefront; the shop is on the alley behind Mozza Mia.
Washington-bound? Todd Bolton could be headed to the White House. The corporate chef for Parasole Restaurant Holdings (Manny's Steakhouse, Chino Latino, Uptown Cafeteria and others) teamed up with staffers and students at South Education Center Alternative Program school in Richfield and entered the whole-grains category in First Lady Michelle Obama's Recipes for Healthy Kids Challenge.
