Travail Returns, Minneapolis Aquatennial, and More:
1) Travail Returns from Summer Break
When: Thursday, 5 p.m.
Where: Travail Kitchen & Amusements
What: Following Travail's prevailed party and summer break, the restaurant opens its door back up this evening for dinner service. Keep in mind Travail will no longer be open on Tuesdays, but will continue date nights on Wednesday and Thursday, during which a tasting menu for two is $110. Check out...
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Erik Anderson/Bill Summerville Fried Chicken Pop-Up Coming to Travail; Tickets on Sale at Noon Today:
The much-talked about Erik Anderson/Bill Summerville fried chicken and Champagne pop-up has actually come to fruition, reports Dara Moskowitz Grumdahl at Mpls.St.Paul Magazine. Called Ernie's Fried Chicken, the pop-up will be open some Sundays at Travail (which is usually closed on Sundays), starting on May 25th. It will run from 12 p.m. to 4 p.m., and will be serving, what else, fried chicken...
Rick Nelson Gives Four Stars to Travail:
This week in Week in Reviews, someone has finally reviewed Travail proper, and it's the Star Tribune's Rick Nelson, who gives the restaurant a rare four stars. He starts by saying that the chefs at Travail "aren't just chefs, they're vaudevillians," praising the "gleeful sense of humor," and the fact that it can "make a success of the communal table, a near-impossible achievement in a frozen...