Comments on: Minnesota Nice: St. Paul Farmers' Market

By: Scenes from the St. Paul Farmer’s Market | Bay Area Bites

Scenes from the St. Paul Farmer’s Market | Bay Area Bites — Sat, 27 Sep 2008 19:45:13 +0000

[...] the bloated clouds over Minneapolis finally let loose and spattered down just as we arrived at the St. Paul Farmers’ Market, I was worried. Did I just ask my friends to meet me out in inclement weather? Did we have enough [...]

By: Stephanie

Stephanie — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 17:13:43 +0000

Hm, maybe they need to update their website to clarify? About the SPFM

By: Phoenix Woman

Phoenix Woman — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 03:27:13 +0000

Stephanie, the St. Paul market is open year round — from November to April it’s open Saturdays in a scaled-back form from 9:00 to noon. During that time, it’s mostly meat and dairy products being sold, but other wares are on sale in the deli across the street on the Wall Street side of the market.

By: Stephanie

Stephanie — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 00:20:57 +0000

Thanks so much, Tom.

Ooh, I will have to add Grand Cafe to my list. I know I have to go to Izzy’s Ice Cream in St. Paul and I really want to track down Surly’s beer.

Also, no trip home would be complete without a visit to Lucia’s, and I’m also taking my little sister out for birthday cocktails at La Belle Vie; their bartender sounds like the kind of amazing you don’t often find.

By: tom grams

tom grams — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 18:59:14 +0000

Stephanie,
Great post! Like you, I’m a loyal Minnesota expat now living in the Bay Area. I was recently back in Mpls and had a great food experience at a little restaurant called the Grand Cafe on 38th and Grand in So. Mpls. It felt like Calif. and Euro cuisines brought together using the local bounty and simplicity that I remember of Minnesota. Check it out when you’re there.
tg