Gabby’s Saloon subject of picketing by neighbors, citizen patrol

Neighbors of Gabby’s Saloon are preparing to picket outside the nightclub this afternoon. Some people who live near the bar say its hip-hop night crowds are loud and unruly. They say they’re tired of dealing with the noise, litter and fights.
The club’s ownership says it’s doing all it can to be a good neighbor, including hiring […]

Totino’s to reopen in Mounds View after final weekend in Northeast

After more than five decades as a Northeast institution, Totino’s Italian Kitchen will close its doors on Sunday, making way for an unspecified new development in its place.
The family restaurant opened at its current location at 532 Central Ave. in 1951, but real estate pressures pushed it out of the slowly gentrifying neighborhood near downtown.
Owner […]

Underage sting leads to delay in 331 Club liquor license saga

By Dan Haugen
Northeast Beat Editor
A neighborhood bar that was already under the city’s thumb for license and entertainment issues has once again run into trouble with inspectors, this time for serving alcohol to a minor.
A City Council committee had just approved a long sought after liquor license upgrade for the 331 Club, when the following […]

Another round: Esquire names Bulldog NE one of top bars

 

Men’s magazine Esquire last year named Northeast’s Nye’s Polonaise Room the best bar in America.
The magazine’s staff didn’t have to go far to find a local nominee for the honor this year.
Bulldog NE, just a few blocks from Nye’s at 401 E. Hennepin Ave., is named with about 50 other watering holes around the country on […]

Dining out for a cause

By Mandy Tempel
Northeast Beat Contributor
Several restaurants in Northeast are participating in an annual fundraiser Thursday to benefit agencies supporting people with AIDS or HIV.
Dining Out For Life raises more than $2 million a year in North America, with a portion of the day’s proceeds at more than 2,500 restaurants nationwide will be donated to licensed […]

Last call for… tots?

Just when it seemed the 331 Club had finally sorted out all its issues with city regulators, singer Quillan Roe shared news of another tough break for the venue during tonight’s Roe Family Singers show. A city inspector has deemed the bar’s kitchen not appropriate for a fryer, he said. That means after tonight no […]

Holland’s Hotdish Revolution

Anyone planning to cook up something for Saturday’s Hotdish Revolution?

Liquor-license hearing set for Red Stag

A sneak peak inside the Red Stag supper club, under construction at 509 First Ave. NE. (Submitted Photo)
A city liquor-license hearing is scheduled tomorrow evening for the Red Stag, a supper club set to open early this summer at 509 First Ave. NE. The restaurant is described by owner Kim Bartmann as a northwoods-style […]