What's going on in Minneapolis / St. Paul

Busters on 28th offers south Minneapolis a nice, traditional watering hole, featuring plenty of beer and bar food options. The choice of burgers has helped to make it a popular destination. These are build-your-own creations, all starting with a h...

In Ecuadorian lore, the Chimborazo volcano, the country's highest summit, represents Taita (Father), while the nearby Tungurahua volcano is considered Mama. In Minneapolis, Chimborazo wears the pants when it comes to South American cuisine. Lighte...

When First Avenue finally opened the garage door on the Depot last June, they added a new title to their list of accolades when it comes to the downtown scene: kick-ass baseball bar. Tucked neatly next door to 7th St. Entry, the Depot offers thirs...

Pupusas are, incomprehensibly, an unsung feature of Central American cuisine, placing somewhere along the lines of a distant fourth—neck-and-neck with tamales—on a list top-heavy with dishes of Mexican origin: quesadillas, burritos, nachos, and of...

Sometimes one wants to drink with the dead. Bellied up to the bar inside this Lyn/Lake institution, you'll find yourself surrounded by animal hides and ghosts of drunkyards past. The thick smell of hot grease permeates the bar, now that the smoki...

The Olympics proved that ice skating is about both beauty and brawn. While figure skater Johnny Weir fox-furred us into a frenzy, Team USA's Zach Parise clocked in a game-tying goal with seconds left in the third to turn a great gold-medal hockey ...

Ask anyone who's ever launched into "Purple Rain" on the encouragement of a roomful of strangers and a half-dozen cold ones: Karaoke is empowering. Like double vision in reverse, these often-hideous forays into barroom crooning blur the distincti...

When facing the choice of where to buy a camera, customers have no shortage of options. Big-box stores like Target and Walmart sell lots of point-and-shoot models, Best Buy has a wide selection, and even discount clubs are shilling them now. But b...

To broke-but-not-broken fashionistas, Opitz Outlet is a reason for living. Why hit up Nordstrom for the latest Marc Jacobs bag when you can just stalk Opitz (which gets its stock from high-end department stores) for a few weeks and nab a sweet, ba...

CTC may aim its work at the younger set, but the theater has never been childish. At it's best, though, it's childlike—full of enthusiasm for the new, willing to take chances because that's what life is for, not afraid to fail because it doesn't k...

The Trylon microcinema may be small, but no theater in the Twin Cities can match its passion and energy for the movies. The intimate little 50-seat theater, tucked into a corner of the Longfellow neighborhood, makes every show seem like a private ...

With a tag line of "sexy not sleazy," Lickety Split has quietly cemented itself as the Twin Cities' most robust, cleanest, and best adult store. Located downtown on Third Avenue next door to Rick's Cabaret, Lickety Split features a wide variety of...