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The 5 best things our food writers ate in the Twin Cities this week
Mini hamburger sliders from a pop-up, a pho place in the skyway and a vegetarian Reuben from a meat-lovers' restaurant were among our favorite finds.
The 5 best things our food writers ate in the Twin Cities this week
Checking out a hot chicken place, brewing company, Italian bistro, health-conscious eatery and a sun-filled coffee shop.
A modest addition opens up a dated St. Paul Colonial and allows for views of Lake Como
Reconfiguring the flow and adding just 425 square feet gave this 1939 St. Paul home an airy, updated feel.
Gallery: Old Mill Norwood Young America
For those in Norwood Young America and passersby along the city's main street, a known quantity is a nearly 160-year-old mill house. Erin Allard now owns it along with two buildings on the property. You would never guess from the exterior, which keeps its original, old-fashioned rustic charm, the new life that has been breathed into the spaces.
Linden Hills home with 49-foot waterslide, saltwater hot tub lists for $1.995 million
The rare Viennese Secessionist-style home, which has been fully updated, lends itself to entertaining indoors and out.
Gallery: Homegazing Minneapolis Waterslide
Minneapolis home comes with 49-foot resort-style waterslide and architect-driven, custom details.
$434,900 Robbinsdale rambler makes use of every square inch of space
The homeowners brought in an architect who created light-filled, sculptural spaces.
Gallery: Homegazing Robbinsdale rambler
A Robbinsdale rambler that makes use of every square inch.
Father-and-son duo build DIY 'bridging room' in family's Dassel area cabin
The two turned a breezeway into a gathering spot and made new favorite memories in the process.
'Artful' furnished 1877 townhouse on Minneapolis' Nicollet Island lists for $1.2 million
From Old World Europe to Asia, each level of the historic home is themed to transport you around the world.
Inside the Versailles-inspired brick townhome listing on Minneapolis' Nicollet Island
From Old World Europe to Asia, each level of the historic home is themed to transport you around the world.
Forest Lake home on rare 'sugar sand' beach lists for $749,900
The updated 1,600-square-foot home offers one-level living on a clear, shallow lake perfect for families with young kids.
Gallery: Forest Lake sand lake
Forest Lake cabin on rare sand lake comes with shallow shoreline -- and Fourth of July boat parade
St. Cloud's 'Barbie House' crowned Ugliest House in America, gets major makeover
The HGTV series winner received a $150,000 renovation from designer Alison Victoria in one of the show's best transformations.
T-Wolves tips: How to ride the Minnesota sports roller coaster
This team has us going up and down and spinning around. How should we handle this week? Here are some tips.
Award-winning Danish modern home in St. Paul's Highland Park lists for $1.15 million
The six-bedroom, four-bathroom house was named a Home of the Month winner in 2020 following a remodel and addition.
Gallery: Homegazing St. Paul Danish modern
A Danish modern and Home of the Month winning house in St. Paul's Highland lists.
These 12 home designs by Minnesota architects are winners in Home of the Month contest
The 2024-2025 AIA Star Tribune Home of the Month winners include a northern cabin, a net-zero new build and a modest addition.
St. Cloud's Barbie house vies for HGTV's 'Ugliest House in America' crown
The winner of Season 5 in the HGTV series will be declared in mid-May.
Gallery: HOTM winners 2024
Announcing the 2024-2025 Home of the Month winners
Home of the Month is a restorative Wisconsin retreat that also restores the land
A family's vision for wellness and healing starts with restoring native prairie and cabins tucked into the natural landscape in rural Wisconsin.
Black Fashion Week Minnesota shines a light on local talent
The fashion series will feature four action-packed events with varying themes.
Gophers football coach P.J. Fleck lists 'resort-style' Edina home for $3.9 million
The award-winning house was built in a French European-meets-California modern style.
Gallery: Fleck Edina
Gophers football coach P.J. Fleck has listed the Edina home he's lived in since coming to Minnesota.
St. Cloud house vies for Ugliest House in America
The Minnesota house will be featured in Season 5 of the HGTV series, which debuts on Monday.
The 5 best things our food writers ate this week in the Twin Cities (and beyond)
It was an eclectic week of eating: the king of desserts, a Best breakfast in Duluth, dinner at a new Minneapolis restaurant, the return of Arepa Bar (but in St. Paul) and a signature taste of Minnesota.
Gallery: Alcoa home
Minnesota's only Alcoa aluminum home and one of 24 that exists in the country, can be found in St. Louis Park. The 1950s midcentury was designed by Charles M. Goodman and built by the Aluminum Company of America) to showcase the versatility of aluminum and the open-concept floor plan.
Minnesota's only Alcoa aluminum home hits the market at $925,000
Built in 1958 by the Aluminum Company of America and designed by renowned architect Charles M. Goodman, the "modernist time capsule" in St. Louis Park is one of only 24 Alcoa Care-free Homes in the U.S.
The 5 best things our food writers ate in the Twin Cities area this week
We swung by two newcomers, revisited a still-buzzy favorite, found a classic doughnut in Shakopee and checked out a wine bar in Denver that's opening a Minneapolis outpost this summer.
Addition of pop-up shops turn Fashion Week MN into a buy-local marketplace
The annual rite of spring includes sales of clothing, jewelry and more by local designers, discussions of sustainability and mental health and, of course, a party or two.
Gallery: MSP Home Tour St. Paul ADU/Carriage House
A St. Paul family in the St. Anthony Park neighborhood turns a dilapidated garage into a modern ADU/carriage house that complements the lot and 1913 house. The house will be one of several featured in the upcoming Minneapolis and St. Paul Home Tour, which aims to give tourgoers up close and personal design ideas.
Gallery: Home of the Month Bluebird
After a fire forced a remodel of a St. Louis Park home, a family hoped for a footprint similar to their original single-story ranch-style house. At the same time, they were game for introducing new, bold and unique materials and design features such as soaring rooflines and transom windows that allow light to come in and display the family's vast plant collection like never before.
Minneapolis home with tiles by famed California Arts and Crafts artist lists for $690,000
Designer Ernest Batchelder gained prominence for square fireplace tiles depicting nature scenes.
Gallery: Homegazing Batchelder fireplace
Homeowners of a house in Minneapolis' Lynnhurst discover the house was built with tiles from Ernest Batchelder, the prolific southern California artist and tilemaker who gained prominence during the Arts and Crafts movement.
Champlin duo's massive garden grows into a budding business — and Beautiful Gardens winner
Yee Lee blossoms in her love for gardening while Bryan Johnsen is rooted in his love for building and landscaping.
Minneapolis man transforms dusty basement into heirloom-filled 'speakeasy'
Determined to "keep stuff out of landfills," a homeowner gave family heirlooms and second-hand furniture new life in his south Minneapolis home.
The 5 best things our food writers ate in the Twin Cities this week
We found skyway egg sandwiches, ushered in a new chef era at a classic restaurant, sought solace in pasta, found a new standard for fries and went beyond our favorite menu items.
Gallery: Stockholm Farm
Tim Foster and Bruce Schabell have turned a dilapidated Stockholm, Wis. farm and former village eyesore into a picturesque oasis complete with 1-acre topiary gardens, a renovated 1857 farmhouse and a tiny home guesthouse. The couple have completed their final project, designing and building a forever home.
Gallery: Homegazing North Share
A listing near Two Harbors offers fractional ownership of a North Shore lakeside vacation home.
$129,000 gets you part ownership of vacation home with stunning Lake Superior views
Fractional ownership of an updated 1920 three-bedroom, two-bath home near Two Harbors offers five-week access and one-tenth of the deed.
Minnesota didn't have much of a winter, but we can still celebrate spring with these free flower shows
The 2024 Bachman's Ideas House and Galleria Floral Experience will run through April.
Gallery: Home of the Month 'Sunflower'
AIA Home of the Month winner is a bright and cheery two-story, freestanding ADU in St. Paul.
Home of the Month winner is a cheery bright yellow ADU in St. Paul named Sunflower
The freestanding two-story structure is part of the homeowner's vision to create a community living village with an urban farm.
The 5 best things our food writers ate in the Twin Cities area this week
A pastry case that stopped us in our tracks, late-night eats, a new suburban pizza place, skyway sushi and a heritage pork chop with Minnesota sensibilities.
St. Cloud's iconic Foley Mansion is ready for its close-up after a $7 million restoration
After sitting mostly vacant for nearly two decades, the fire-ravaged 1889 mansion has undergone a major restoration and been transformed into an event space.
Peek inside the last available condos at the Four Seasons in downtown Minneapolis
The remaining units, designed by an award-winning local architecture firm, have been completed.
The 5 best things our food writers ate in the Twin Cities this week
New brunch alert at Union Hmong Kitchen. Plus speakeasy snacks, carnitas perfection and handhelds with global flavors.
Peek inside the home of a Minneapolis art collector, fashion trendsetter and tastemaker
One of the Twin Cities' original influencers, Ini Iyamba brings his love for design and community into his home style.
Gallery: Ini Iyamba
Ini Iyamba is all about connecting the local art and design community. His home, a mini-gallery of sorts, is an extension of his bolstering of the creative community.
Gallery: Home of the Month 'Pop the Top'
Christopher Strom Architects' Home of the Month winning south Minneapolis home 'pops the top' to make things roomy
'Red Barn Cabin' on Birch Lake that comes with go-cart track and bowling alley lists for $1.5 million
The Deerwood, Minn., lake has more loons than boaters.
Tired of seeing gray? The Arboretum offers a colorful alternative.
Its annual Spring Flower Show will have a one-month run.
'Fairy-tale book' Tudor in southwest Minneapolis lists for $799,000
Updated 1936 home on a large landscaped lot in "a very walkable neighborhood" offers modern amenities and space for family fun.
A Minnesota florist's Beautiful Gardens winner is picture-perfect for weddings
Florist and Beautiful Gardens winner Diana Weissenfluh has hosted weddings on her picture-perfect Zimmerman property.
A 1980s Minneapolis condo — in one of the first high-end high-rises — gets a timely tune-up
The Loring Green East unit makes a music-filled home for one of the state's first female patrol officers.
Growing family 'maximizes' space in 1969 Arden Hills rambler to win Home of the Month
Rather than add square footage, Mitlyng Design zoomed in on repurposing the redundant spaces in the home.
The 5 best things our food writers ate in the Twin Cities area this week
We're bracing for the cold snap by immersing ourselves in Caribbean flavors, favorite Hawaiian eats, cozy brunches and wood-fired pizza.
Updated Marine on St. Croix 'chalet' with river valley charm lists for $589,000
The house features a wrap-around deck and an updated kitchen fit for a chef.
Zillow offers a peek inside Santa's North Pole cabin, worth $1.18 million
The listing includes 3-D virtual tours of the humble-but-cozy log cabin.
4 simple, sustainable DIY holiday decorating ideas
Instagrammers offer how-tos on their favorite make-it-yourself decorations.
Updated 'Steamship Moderne' condo in downtown Minneapolis wins Home of the Month
The Mill District abode embraces the Golden Age of ocean liners.
Chaska townhouse across from Hazeltine golf course lists for $289,900
The updated corner unit boasts views of the golf club, lake and city lights.
These 3 Twin Cities area holiday getaways offer great shopping and dining, too
This year, give the gift of time and stick close to home. There are plenty of places where a day of retail therapy can turn into a cozy getaway.
Hopkins couple combine talents for Beautiful Gardens win
Bette takes the lead on the flowers, Curt the bonsais.
