While studying abroad in Venezuela, I, along with other students, would take overnight buses to the coast. It was there where I discovered cacao trees, which give us chocolate and is found growing as an understory tree.
Food & Drink
There might be linen on the tables and a wine selection that takes up a whole room, but Victor’s on Water, a culinary favorite on Excelsior’s Water Street, is anything but stuffy.
If the State Fair is “the Great Minnesota Get-Together,” Lake Minnetonka’s new BBQ & Beer Fest might very well become the great Lake Minnetonka neighborhood cookout.
In December, Bayside Grille in Excelsior launched its new menu, highlighting grass-fed beef; antibiotic-, sodium nitrate-, and MSG-free poultry; and adhering to the USDA and FDA’s Clean 20, a list of the most pesticide-free foods.
Susanne Aspley published the third installment in her popular children’s bilingual book series, I Know How To, last October. The latest book, I Know How to Bonjour follows I Know How to Hola and I Know How to Ni Hao.
Forty years ago, John Rupp and some partners opened a bar on the site of an old drugstore and called it W.A. Frost and Company.
When co-owner Matty O’Reilly talks about the early days of 318 Café in Excelsior, you might think he’s referring to the wild, wild west—and no, not the west-of-Highway-494 kind.
It may seem like the trucks just show up one day, parked in front of the office or the arena, with delicious hot food on the go.
There are some restaurants that, when you sit down and order, they’re exactly what you expect them to be.