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“Our impetus with Slice is using business ownership to build generational wealth for communities of color,” Kado said the day of the grand opening. Run by friends Adam Kado and Hosie Thurmond, Slice is the city’s first Black-owned pizzeria. LAKE STREET - Less than a year after opening its flagship spot in Northeast Minneapolis, Slice Pizza debuted its second location on July 20, this time at Midtown Global Market.
The cafe employs local youth, who make the herbal tea blends in-house.
The cafe serves a variety of hot and cold drinks, including a coffee blends from Spirit Mountain Roasting Co., on the Yuma Reservation, and Comunidad Tochan, a Nahua community in Mexico. Paul’s Black Dog Cafe, which closed in January after a 23-year run, and there’s a cozy Hogwarts-themed fireplace nook for sipping coffee in the chilly months.ĭAYTON’S BLUFF - Roots Cafe is the new coffee and tea shop inside Indigenous Roots Cultural Arts Center on East Seventh Street in St. The tables and chairs at Makwa were rescued from St. Becker-Finn grew up on the Leech Lake reservation in north-central Minnesota - in addition to the coffee on the menu, she’s selling bags of hand-harvested wild rice from the Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe. The name “Makwa,” for example, means “black bear” in the Ojibwe language, and the Ziigwan cold brew is sweetened with maple syrup. Bring Me The News reports that owner Jamie Becker-Finn (who also represents District 42B in the Minnesota House of Representatives) is incorporating elements of Ojibwe culture throughout the coffee shop. ROSEVILLE - Makwa, an Ojibwe-owned coffee shop, opened on Hamline Avenue in Roseville on July 26. Cocktails include mules, hard lemonades, and chocolate martinis.
The bourbon bread pudding, served with macerated currants, caramel sauce, and a scoop of Sebastian Joe’s vanilla ice cream looks worth saving room for. Entrees range from plum-glazed eggplant and heritage pork chops to filet mignon and a seared tuna banh mi. Chef Antione Brown grew up in Minnesota and trained at Le Cordon Bleu in Mendota Heights - his menu is built on comfort food with fine dining touches. Did we miss something? Reach out at - Smith & Porter, a casual downtown Minneapolis spot for American fare and cocktails, reopened with a new executive chef July 27. This is a curated, running list of new restaurant and bar openings in and around the Twin Cities.