dreaming up new things

Jul 20, 2018 | Cellar, Championship Dining, ZZest Lunch Counter, ZZest Market

I woke up really early, like 4 am, early, My windows were open, and the ceiling fan was on, and it was cold. I had to dig around and heft up my gravity blanket. Yeah, those things are 20 lbs of fantastic! I highly recommend! So this morning the feeling of change...

waiting in the wings

Jun 26, 2018 | Cellar, Championship Dining, Hot Chip Burger Bar

I’ve never been a fan of “best of’s” or the “top 10” lists and voting for your favorite. Well, let me stick my neck out and sound completely jerky, it’s actually just our hometown. How many times do we need to vote each year?...

the patios are now OPEN

May 18, 2018 | Cellar, Hot Chip Burger Bar, Porch

That’s right our patios, are open and ready to roll! We scrambled this year with our spring clean up! It snowed and then jumped right into summer, no spring. And for us, there’s much more to opening our patios than wiping off the tables. We started with...

Get some STAFF FACTS: Lucas Kappers

Apr 25, 2018 | Cellar

Just the facts and then some. Q- When did you start cooking? A- I started at Catering by Design as a cashier and worked my way to cooking. Jeff Windt told me to head to the cities and learn all I could so I did. I worked at Bar Lagrassa and then at Marin Minneapolis...