Minnesota Restaurant Blog ArchivesJordies Trail Side Cafe in Bowlus -- Princeton Now In Our Database -- Reward For Jasons Fire Info -- Short Stop In Sauk Rapids Closes -- Depot Grill in Brainerd Re-Opens -- Man Starts Fire in White Horse Bathroom -- Week Ending Oct 3, 2008 New McDonalds in Monticello -- Smoke Smell and Evacuation at Lodge Grill -- Baxter/Brainerd Senior Diners Club -- Jasons In Little Falls Burns Down -- Outback in Waite Park Closes -- Week Ending Sep 5, 2008 New Names In Paynesville -- Bakers Square In St Cloud Closed -- Sonic Is Open In Elk River -- The Lodge Takes Over Restaurant -- Twin Pines Catering Expands -- Week Ending Aug 8, 2008 Mexican Food Coming To Baxter -- Changes In Brainerd -- McMillans in St Cloud Closing -- Starbucks Closing Stores - But Not Here -- Week Ending Jul 11, 2008 Fatboys Sandwiches Open In Waite Park -- New Owners At Stonehouse Tavern -- Buffalo Wild Wings Coming To Monticello -- Credit Card Fair Fee Act of 2008 -- Week Ending Jun 20, 2008 Drinking Outside In Sauk Rapids -- 86 New Five Guys Franchises -- Hardees In Pakistan -- Sonic Has Reached Minnesota -- Pillager Now In Our Database -- Week Ending Jun 13, 2008 Tomato Lovers Stay Home? -- Five Guys Opens In St Cloud -- Customer Satisfaction on the Rise? -- Revival Opens in Downtown St Cloud -- Starbucks Is Tops In Customer Satisfaction -- Week Ending Jun 6, 2008 Illegal Alcohol Sales in Wright County -- McCain Attends Restaurant Association Show -- Panda Express Donates to Disaster Relief -- Chili's Radio Network -- The Station Opens In Monticello -- Week Ending May 30, 2008 Foie Gras Back In Chicago -- Salad Bowl Opens in Downtown St Cloud -- Burger King to Sponsor Jonas Brothers -- Golden Garden of Chin Yuen Back in Monticello -- Ciatti's Is Back In St Cloud -- Week Ending May 23, 2008 No More Body Piercing Shows -- Summer Travel Down -- KFC Wants Some to Taste the Game -- Wi-Fi at Starbucks: Free Or Pay? -- New Owners for Local Blend in St Joe -- Week Ending May 16, 2008 Baxter 'Grease' Ordinance -- Shady's Living Up To It's Name? -- WingStreet Blazing a Trail -- Food Allergy Sufferers Are Staying Home -- Free Chicken Biscuit Samples at McDonalds -- Week Ending May 9, 2008 News Flash - Americans Frustrated with Price of Gas -- Chipotle First to Serve 100% Natural Chicken -- Pizza Hut's Virtual Waiters -- Tips For Reducing Calories When Eating Out -- Authentic Mexican In Waite Park -- Week Ending May 2, 2008 ING Direct Cafe Opens in St Cloud -- Cheap Pizza - Dominos vs Pizza Hut -- Del Taco Coming To Minnesota -- Important Social Issues For Restaurants -- Liquor License Trouble for Sinergy? -- Week Ending Apr 25, 2008 The Culinary Olympics -- Going Green at Mississippi Bean -- Recall of Samuel Adams Beer -- How Do Restaurants Bring You Back? -- Little Caesars Growing The Most -- Week Ending Apr 18, 2008 Panera Bread Says People Like Breakfast -- Four-Star General to Work with Chuck E Cheese -- Adding to Zimmerman -- Uncertainty About Cloned Food -- Why Casual Dining Chains are Hurting -- Week Ending Apr 11, 2008 America's Healthiest Chain Restaurant -- Kentucky 'Grilled' Chicken? -- Little Falls Dairy Queen has Orange Julius -- Starbucks' New Strategies -- Bakers Square Closing 56 Restaurants -- Week Ending Apr 4, 2008 Chefs Are Blogging Too -- Americans Ready For Singaporean Food -- Five Guys Replacing Pho San -- Taco Bell's Five Ingredients Combined In Totally New Way -- Female Chefs on the Rise -- Week Ending Mar 28, 2008 Confusion - Is Hooters of America Being Sold? -- Consumers Noticing Higher Menu Prices -- Share Our Strength's Great American Dine Out -- Quiznos Class Action Suit Update -- 5th Avenue Grille Now Open in St Cloud Radission -- Week Ending Mar 21, 2008 Burger King In Curacao -- RestaurantsVote.com -- uWink Restaurants Use Touch Screens -- The Ultimate Recipe Showdown -- Restaurants Trying e-Menus -- Week Ending Mar 14, 2008 McDonalds Tries Home Delivery in China -- Milaca Added To Our Database -- Guinness Record for Mixing Drinks -- Gluten Free Restaurants -- Class Action Suit Against Panera Bread -- Week Ending Mar 7, 2008 High End Drinks May Help in Recession -- Subway Serving Pizza in Pittsburgh -- Best of Central Minnesota - Part 2 -- Best of Central Minnesota -- Proposed Ban on Reef Fishing -- Week Ending Feb 29, 2008 Drive-Throughs Banned? -- Only Natural Beef In All Minnesota Chipotle Restaurants -- The Emergency Starbucks Shutdown -- Granite City Food & Brewery Continues to Expand -- New Places In Foley -- Week Ending Feb 22, 2008 Recession and the Value Menu -- Photograph a Taco Bell Swimsuit Model -- Nation's First Feng Shui McDonalds -- Bourbon Street in Sauk Centre -- Lisa's On Main Gets Food Safety Award -- Week Ending Feb 15, 2008 Earl's Bar To Be Featured On TV -- Sizzler For Sale -- Are McJobs Really So Bad? -- Cooking With Kids Program -- Patterns in Consumer Dining -- Week Ending Feb 8, 2008 Mercury in Tuna a Problem Again? -- Mi Famiglia In Downtown St Cloud -- Buffalo Wild Wings Expanding -- The Dominos Pizza Tracker -- $1 Coffee At Starbucks? -- Week Ending Feb 1, 2008 NYC Wants Restaurants To Post Calories -- Is Wendy's Waaaay Better? -- Quiznos Turning The Corner -- Starbucks Will Sell Naked Juice -- Papa Murphy's Keeps Rolling -- Week Ending Jan 25, 2008 We Like Our Burgers -- Pizza Hut Launches Total Mobile Access -- London Restaurant Knows Where Fish Comes From -- The Whopper Freakout -- Restaurants Dealing With Rising Prices -- Week Ending Jan 18, 2008 Eight Dining Trends for '08 -- Cafes Making Their Way Into Hotel Lobbies -- 15 Tastes of the Future -- Hemsings In St Cloud Closing -- Menus That Speak To You -- Week Ending Jan 11, 2008 First Time At Mongo's Grill -- Hip-Hop Soda Shop Opens in Florida -- A New Social Network for the Restaurant Industry -- Maple Lake Now In Our Database -- Hospitality Training Coference in Minneapolis -- Week Ending Jan 4, 2008 Sophistication is the New Indulgence -- Burger King Enters Colombia -- Corks Moves to Sartell -- Happy New Year! -- Subway To Test Recycling Bins -- Week Ending Dec 28, 2007 Gary's Pizza in Sartell Moves -- Jimmy John's in Downtown St Cloud -- Who Likes Organic Food Anyway? -- Merry Christmas! -- Oreos on the Menu -- Week Ending Dec 21, 2007 Trouble at The Dam in Sartell -- Chick-Fil-A Founder Writes Another Book -- No More Free Beer? -- New Noodles & Company by Crossroads -- Starbucks Recalling Coffee Mugs -- Week Ending Dec 14, 2007 Food Is Not Why We're Fat -- 85% Of Consumers Eat Dessert -- Online Reviews Carry A Lot Of Weight -- Sugar's BBQ Smoke House Open In St Cloud -- Going Small Is Getting Big In Restaurants -- Week Ending Dec 7, 2007 Adding More To Your Favorite Beverages -- Top Restaurant Commercials of 2007 -- Lake Henry Added To Database -- McCann's Food & Brew Now Open -- Customers Like Reservations - Not Waiting -- Week Ending Nov 30, 2007 Changes In Monticello -- Hooters Expanding to Spain and Israel -- New Godfathers In Becker -- Shrimp Is The Favorite Seafood -- Chipotle Serves More Naturally Raised Chicken & Beef -- Week Ending Nov 23, 2007 Drinking Habits of 21-30 Yr Olds -- New China Dragon in Albertville -- Amount of Travel Expected to Remain High -- New Menu Items at TGI Fridays -- Famous Daves is Open in St Cloud -- Week Ending Nov 16, 2007 SoupMan and Cold Stone Creamery Team Up in New York -- Hong Kong McDonalds Head Charged with Taking Bribes -- Construction Nearing an End in Watkins -- Caribou Coffee CEO Resigns -- New Industry Report on Franchise Companies -- Week Ending Nov 9, 2007 NSF Announces A Food Safety Certification for Restaurants -- New Names in Melrose and New Munich -- Brainerd Listings Nearly Complete -- Restaurant Industry Outlook Remains Positive -- McDonald's Serves Book with Their Fries -- Week Ending Nov 2, 2007 Little Caesars Offers Franchise Incentives for Veterans -- Quiznos Has Shortest Wait Time -- Applebees Sale to IHOP Approved -- McCafe Specialty Coffees Being Tested -- A Scary Night at Friends -- Week Ending Oct 26, 2007 A Couple New Things In Sartell -- Applebees Goes To Asia -- Beer and Mixed Drinks Over Wine For Diners -- Zagat's Nationwide Restaurant Survey -- New Owner At Corner Cafe in Genola -- Week Ending Oct 19, 2007 Applebees Wants To Sell To IHOP -- TGI Friday's Adds Entrees Approved for Marathon Runners -- Restaurant Opens to Study Dining Habits -- A Little More Brainerd - Continued -- A Little More Brainerd -- Week Ending Oct 12, 2007 American Food Is Tops In Survey -- Wi-Pie in Twin Cities' Bakers Square Restaurants -- Taco Bell Expands to -- Mexico? -- Riverboat Depot has a Smoking Patio -- RJ''s American Grill to Open in St Cloud -- Week Ending Oct 5, 2007 Work At Or Buy Zoomski's -- Burger King To Create Cell Phone Games -- McBride's to Re-Open as The Bay Club -- Bidding War for Wendys? -- Pizza Ranch in Little Falls -- Week Ending Sep 28, 2007 Smoking Ban Looms Near -- Wizzlers Bowling -- Don't Forget the Lake Center Bar & Grill -- Randall Cafe Has Moved -- Best of Central Minnesota -- Week Ending Sep 21, 2007 Famous Dave's Is Expanding -- No Changes In St Joe -- Sauces Spice It Up -- Buffalo Wings for the Troops -- Pizza Ranch Location To Open in Little Falls -- Week Ending Sep 14, 2007 Taking the Family to Timber Lodge -- Speedstop Gets Two New Locations -- McDonalds Phone Hoax Trial -- Greenwald and Elrosa Added -- Belgrade Added to Minnesota Restaurant Search -- Week Ending Sep 7, 2007 New Sports Bar In Royalton -- Using That KFC Smell for Marketing -- Old Country Buffet Going To Zero Trans Fat -- McDonald's Testing Flavored Beverages -- Subway Getting In the Pizza Game -- Week Ending Aug 31, 2007 Guadalajara's New Waite Park Building Is Open -- Lunch at the Mexican Village -- Fastest Growing Casual Dining Restaurants -- Pig Out Day at the State Fair -- McDonald's in Foley -- Week Ending Aug 24, 2007 Mmmmm...Toasty Trouble for Quiznos? -- Howie's Appreciates Us Volleyball Players -- We now include Albertville -- The Subways Are Everywhere -- 2 Out Of 3 Families Are Aliens! -- Week Ending Aug 17, 2007 Does Waite Park = St Cloud? -- New Appetizers at Applebees -- Taste of Seattle is new Meeting Grounds -- Big Lake, Part 2 -- We've Got Big Lake -- Upsala Heritage Days -- Week Ending Aug 10, 2007 Orange Julius at Home -- Gelato In Sartell -- |
