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Pandemic, riots devastated the food-and-drink scene in the Twin Cities this year.By Star TribuneSaying goodbye to a beloved watering hole, a neighborhood café or a four-star restaurant is never easy. But in 2020, the pain kept coming as the pandemic brutalized the Twin Cities hospitality industry. Some restaurants, already hurting from dining restrictions, were swept up in the destruction that unfolded in the Minneapolis and St. Paul riots. Again and again, places that surprised and delighted us, that entertained and nourished us, served their last meals. Here are 94 of them — nearly three...…Pandemic, riots devastated the food-and-drink scene in the Twin Cities this year.By Star TribuneSaying goodbye to a beloved watering hole, a neighborhood café or a four-star restaurant is never easy. But in 2020, the pain kept coming as the pandemic brutalized the Twin Cities hospitality industry. Some restaurants, already hurting from dining restrictions, were swept up in the destruction that unfolded in the Minneapolis and St. Paul riots. Again and again, places that surprised and delighted us, that entertained and nourished us, served their last meals. Here are 94 of them — nearly three...WW…

More from the HomepageThe store will expand its seafood options and also offer charcuterie and cheese . By Star TribunemoreCopy shortlink:The Twin Cities fish market is growing.Its new Minneapolis location opened this week, right across the street from its much smaller former home. (There’s another location in St. Paul.)The new store, at 2007 E. 24th St., is almost four times larger than the original, and will have a cafe for prepared foods that showcase the underwater creatures also available to purchase raw.“It’s a way to show off these products, for people who maybe aren’t familiar...…More from the HomepageThe store will expand its seafood options and also offer charcuterie and cheese . By Star TribunemoreCopy shortlink:The Twin Cities fish market is growing.Its new Minneapolis location opened this week, right across the street from its much smaller former home. (There’s another location in St. Paul.)The new store, at 2007 E. 24th St., is almost four times larger than the original, and will have a cafe for prepared foods that showcase the underwater creatures also available to purchase raw.“It’s a way to show off these products, for people who maybe aren’t familiar...WW…

More from the HomepageThirsty Whale Bakery is selling the COVID Donut Box as a fundraiser after closures. By Star TribunemoreMegan Baker has decorated a lot of unusual doughnuts. The owner of Thirsty Whale Bakery in north Minneapolis is known for her inventive designs, which are often sought for bachelorette parties and holidays.But icing the top of an old-fashioned with a gooey green cartoon of a coronavirus? That was new.“Of all the things I thought I would ever turn into a doughnut,” Baker said, the microscopic cause of a global pandemic wasn’t one of them.But the virus — which had...…More from the HomepageThirsty Whale Bakery is selling the COVID Donut Box as a fundraiser after closures. By Star TribunemoreMegan Baker has decorated a lot of unusual doughnuts. The owner of Thirsty Whale Bakery in north Minneapolis is known for her inventive designs, which are often sought for bachelorette parties and holidays.But icing the top of an old-fashioned with a gooey green cartoon of a coronavirus? That was new.“Of all the things I thought I would ever turn into a doughnut,” Baker said, the microscopic cause of a global pandemic wasn’t one of them.But the virus — which had...WW…