Five Hangover Cures from Your Favorite Bartenders
Watch Pip Hanson Keep His Cool in a Marvel Bar Disaster
Introducing Minneapolis's 10 Most Iconic Dive Bars
Firewire
A minor fire broke out today at Northeast eatery Sen Yai Sen Lek, caused by construction work at the Durango Bakery next door. There is some damage to the building, but the kitchen and dining areas were unscathed, and the restaurant reopened for lunch service at 1 p.m. [Heavy Table]
Pappy Finder
Bourbon connoisseurs consider Old Rip Van Winkle Distillery's bourbon—often called Pappy Van Winkle or Pappy—to be one of the world's best. The cult-bourbon is also one of the world's hardest to find. Eater National's got a guide to where you can find a much-coveted taste, including Minneapolis's Haute Dish, which has both the 20 and the 23-year, with the 12-year on the way. [EN]
Five Hangover Cures from Your Favorite Bartenders
[Photo: Adam Harness of Café Maude, Star Tribune]
Welcome to Hangover Power Hour! For the next 60 minutes, every site in the Eater universe will be focusing obsessively on that beast of all beasts, the hangover. Here at Eater Minneapolis, we've got five of your favorite bartenders—from Marvel Bar, Eat Street Social, Café Maude, Bradstreet Crafthouse, and The Strip Club—with their personal favorite hangover cures. But also check out Eater National, which will be live-blogging all the sites and their tips to help you up your hangover game.
Cocktail Quick Tip
Chef: Jorge Guzman of Solera. He Recommends: Eli's. The Order: "I usually order a mushroom and swiss burger with fries to go and a Manhattan. More often than not someone from the industry will be at the bar or walk in, and I end up staying for an hour or two and one or more rounds while my burger is sitting at the bar in its to-go container getting cold. I always have the intention of just having one drink and then going home, but nine out of ten times I end up going home and eating a cold burger. You'd think by now I would just order the burger to eat there, but that might disrupt the perfect equilibrium of what is Eli's." [Cocktail Quick Tip]
Adventures in Advertising
In Chino Latino's ongoing quest to create the most offensive advertising slogans possible, the Uptown restaurant has sent out a more-than-questionable email blast advertising its new Indian street food menu. The restaurant is known for its often-offensive marketing ploys (in fact, provocative billboards are part of its strategy), with past advertising gems including "Bachelorette Parties: Not Responsible for Damaged Goods" and "Happy Hour: Cheaper than a Bangkok Brothel." [City Pages]
Watch Pip Hanson Keep His Cool in a Marvel Bar Disaster
[Photo: Trip Advisor]
You know that moment when a glass breaks at a bar or restaurant and everything comes to a screeching halt? Well, now multiply that moment by twenty, when a whole shelf of fancy glassware comes crashing down at Marvel Bar. But no screeching halt here. Ever the pro, Pip Hanson utterly keeps his cool, as the Marvel Bar security tapes show in this 25-second video. After all, the cocktail shaking must go on.
Brunchwire
In celebration of its 25th anniversary this weekend, Rainbow Chinese Restaurant & Bar is launching a weekend brunch. Menu highlights include five-spice bacon, a Chinese omelet, and a pulled chicken sandwich served on a steamed bun with pickled slaw. Brunch is served on Saturday and Sunday, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. [EaterWire]