Posts Tagged ‘Midtown Global Market’
Fish Tacos by La Sirena Gorda, “The Fat Mermaid.”
By Courtney Algeo The truth is this: I went to the Midtown Global Market on a rainy Tuesday evening to review Pacific Islander Cuisine. We went around 6:00 p.m.”“prime dinnertime”“but only one person was working at the restaurant, cooking and dishing up all of the made to order food herself. She looked like she was working extremely hard, and the food she was making smelled delicious. Unfortunately, I suffer from what some call the hanger. Hanger is a portmanteau of the words “hungry” and “angry”, that signifies the emotion contained in the moment when your desire for food turns into a hot, burning rage. Or, perhaps it”'s just a case of crippling impatience. To shield those near me from my hanger, I simply turned around in the aisle at Midtown Global Market and ordered some delightful fish tacos from La Sirena Gorda, which means (hilariously) “the fat mermaid.” Although this was the first time a name had been associated with [...]
Open Letter about Pioneers and Soldiers Cemetery and Sue Hunter Weir
As I have gotten to know Sue over the years, I can not even begin to describe how impressed I am with what a great historian, member of our community, and friend Sue is. Sue has such a passion for the cemetery. It may seem like a very niche interest, but Sue has a talent for researching the lives of those Minneapolitans who have come before us and translating them into stories that we may “get to know” these great people in a way that is not communicated through granite. It is inspirational to know someone who “gets it” that life is about putting your energies toward that which you are passionate about. One of my great self indulgences (when I can find time to be by myself) is to go to the Midtown Global Market, grab a bite to eat, grab an Alley newspaper, and loose myself in one of Sue”'s articles about someone who lived in our city 100+ years ago. In particular, Sue brings attention to those who lived rather common, or sometimes even [...]
Taco Salad Monday
Guest writer, Courtney Algeo, contributor at the blog All The Tacos I Have Loved, http://allthetacos.com/. Click here to read the original post from All The Tacos I Have Loved. True confession: Until Monday I”'d never had a taco salad. Why? Because when I go for a taco I am essentially saying, “Yes, I would like about three handfulls of meat. Radishes on the side.” When I go for a salad, that”'s a totally different story. That is a time when I am essentially saying, “I”'m feeling kind of gross lately.” It had never occurred to me to stop compartmentalizing my eating until Monday when a friend said to me, “Come get taco salad. It”'s Taco Salad Monday at La Loma in the Midtown Global Market on Lake Street.” Okay, I know that Taco Salad Monday doesn”'t have quite the same ring to it as Taco Tuesday, but cheap tacos is cheap tacos no matter what it”'s called. (more…)
