The Journal March 9–22 2017 by The Journal

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A SECOND ACT

FOR THE HOLLYWOOD Northeast mavens have a plan to reopen a restored theater

f there were a film made about the Hollywood Theater, this would be the landmark’s second act. Andrew Volna would be its protagonist. The part-time developer and Windom Park resident has taken on the challenge of restoring the 82-year-old theater, once the beloved venue where Northeast Minneapolis neighborhoods took a streetcar in search of the silver screen. While far from a done deal, Volna is now working on its next act as an event center operated by fellow Northeast veterans Chowgirls Killer Catering.

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The hype behind the renovation is profound, he said. When Volna is working on the marquee, a deluge of passersby honk and wave. Others stop him on the street for regular updates. “When I’m outside it’s borderline embarrassing,” he said. Over the past year, Volna and is Apiary real estate company have gutted the building “to the bone,” taking out its seats (he still finds gum on them, he said), ripping down webs of catwalk, plaster and ductwork, fixing its

Thanks to recent renovations, the marquee at Audubon Park’s Hollywood Theater now more closely resembles how it looked when it opened in 1935. Photo by Eric Best

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Restaurant-backed campaign enters minimum wage debate

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Pathway to $15 advocates a $15 minimum wage with exceptions for tipped workers

By Dylan Thomas / dthomas@journalmpls.com Dozens of bar and restaurant owners are lining up behind a campaign to phase-in a citywide minimum wage of $15 an hour while making an exception for workers who earn tips. Supporters of the Pathway to $15 campaign — who between them own more than 100 Minneapolis bars and restaurants — back a proposal that would treat most bartenders and servers who work in the front of the house differently than the cooks and dishwashers in the kitchen. For back-of-the-house staff, the

minimum wage would rise steadily to $15 an hour over a period of three to seven years. Meanwhile, their tipped co-workers would see gratuities factored into the wage calculation; bartenders and servers could be paid just $9.50 an hour, as long as their combined earnings from wages and tips totaled at least $15 an hour over the course of a shift. If not, their employers would have to make up the difference. That’s what’s known alternately as a “tip credit” or “tip penalty.” Mayor Betsy Hodges chose the latter term recently when she

described her reasons for opposing the two-tiered system, which she said would unfairly penalize women, who make up the majority of tipped workers. Supporters of Pathway to $15 counter that the proposal simply recognizes the “total taxable income” of tipped workers. The alternative, they say, is layoffs, higher menu prices and the loss of Minneapolis businesses that close or move. Under the Pathway to $15 proposal, the SEE PATHWAY TO $15 / PAGE 2

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2 journalmpls.com / March 9–22, 2017 FROM PATHWAY TO $15 / PAGE 1 minimum wage increases to $15 by 2020 for large employers, those with more than 250 employees. Small employers have until 2024. Locally owned franchises of larger national chains, like McDonald’s, or regional chains, like Davanni’s, could count as “small employers” if they have fewer than 250 employees based in Minneapolis. The proposal also creates a separate wage tier for youth workers. Minimum wage would be $8.50 for those under 18. It’s a plan they’re taking to the City Council, which is expected to vote on a municipal minimum wage in the late spring or early summer. The details of a proposed ordinance are expected to be made public in May.

Targeting tips David Benowitz, chief operating oﬃcer of Craft and Crew, a restaurant group that includes Stanley’s Northeast Bar Room and The Howe, estimated that extending the $15 minimum wage to his tipped employees would increase expenses at the two Minneapolis restaurants “well over $200,000 per year, per store.” “That’s a very scary number for us because we operate on very thin margins,” Benowitz said. “... That’s well over our profit for the year, so we would have no choice but to change the business model for how we do business.” He said those changes would likely include raising menu prices by 15–20 percent. That’s significantly higher than the less than 5-percent increase predicted by the economists who simulated the effects of a minimum wage hike in a City Councilcommissioned study. Without a carve-out for tipped employees, Benowitz’s Minneapolis restaurants would likely adopt a no-tipping policy; he said it would be easier for customers to swallow

Craft and Crew Chief Operating Officer David Benowitz, right, with CEO Steve Benowitz (his father) and “creative visionary” Luke Derheim as they prepared to open Stanley’s Northeast in 2010. File photo the higher prices if they didn’t have to tip on top of the check. Benowitz said his servers currently average about $24 an hour after tips, and the prospect of maxing-out at $15 means many of them support Pathway to $15. That’s why veteran server Sarah Norton supports Pathway to $15. Norton, a mother of three who lives in St. Paul, currently totals roughly 40 hours a week between shifts at Jefe in Marcy-Holmes and Jun in the North Loop — and takes in additional income teaching voice lessons. Norton earns $9.50 an hour at her serving jobs, but she said her take-home pay averages closer to $30 an hour with tips. Norton, who runs the Facebook group Service Industry Staff for Change, said she was offended by Hodges’ comments on tipping. Echoing Saru Jayaraman of the Restaurant Opportunities Center, who in February spoke in Minneapolis, Hodges wrote in a blog post that “tipping as an institution is rooted in the history of slavery” and it originated as “a substitute for a decent, fair,

and equitable wage.” “She’s coming after the tips,” Norton said. “In my experience, somebody is always coming after our tips, somebody always wants our tips, somebody always thinks we’re making too much money.”

‘One fair wage’ Other servers see $15 an hour as a pathway to financial stability, including Destiny Davis, a 24-year-old with five years of restaurant experience. Davis was most recently employed 20–30 hours a week as a server and bartender at the Oak Grill inside the downtown Macy’s, where her take-home earnings varied significantly from one shift to another. Davis earned $10 an hour behind the bar, but could take home $200 in tips on a good night. Another night, she might struggle to afford bus fare home after a slow shift waiting tables. “There have been days when I’ve clocked in for four hours and I haven’t made a dime” in tips, she said. “… Then, two weeks later, my

check is for $65.” Davis, who is African-American, said she has experienced overt racism on the job, including customers who ask to be waited on by a white server. It’s not just the whims of her customers that create uncertainty in her earnings; a sunny day would draw customers away to restaurants with patios, and a holiday would clear workers out of downtown. Davis, who lives in South Minneapolis with her partner, said she was living close to the edge financially. If she wasn’t in a relationship, she’d consider moving back in with her mom. “If I’m making $15 an hour plus tips, I can take a little breather,” she said. Advocates on both sides of the tipping debate agree that phasing-in higher wages would blunt the impact on business owners. A phase-in was included in the charter amendment 15 Now Minnesota attempted to put on the ballot last November. 15 Now Minnesota lost their fight in the courts, and afterward advocates for what is often described as “one fair wage” shifted their focus to influencing the shape of the municipal wage ordinance now under development. Ginger Jentzen, a longtime server who recently stepped down as executive director of 15 Now Minnesota to run for City Council in Ward 3, said creating an exception for tipped workers would require restaurants to track the fluctuating pay of individual serving staff from shift-to shift. “It puts it on the individual worker to negotiate with management constantly about what their wages were for the shift,” Jentzen said, adding the system “opens the door to intimidation and wage theft.” She described the threat of a no-tipping policy as “a scaremongering tactic that comes from the National Restaurant Association,” an industry group that advocates for tip credit policies. Jentzen found the idea that restaurants might flee Minneapolis — and their customer base — similarly far-fetched.

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Restaurateur Michael McDermott closed Ling & Louie’s at the end of last year and has now opened his own concept, an upscale sports bar named for local football legend John Randle. Randle’s opened Feb. 21 near Nicollet & 9th and serves lunch, dinner and weekend brunch. McDermott said the new restaurant brings a greater focus on the bar and latenight dining. “Randle’s was an opportunity for something different in that Nicollet Mall area,” he said. McDermott opened Ling & Louie’s under a franchise agreement more than two years ago. While the restaurant attracted oﬃce workers for lunch and happy hour, he said, it didn’t draw in late-night business, and they were limited in what they could do to change the menu and seating. Randle’s has a similarly broad menu with sushi, steak, burgers, salads and more, many items that have worked at McDermott’s other restaurants, including steak-and-sushi chain Kona Grill. The redesigned restaurant has more lounge seating and TVs than the previous concept. Outside, there will be patio

MINNETONKA seating in the warmer months, depending on construction work on Nicollet Mall outside. McDermott named the concept after Randle, who played for the Minnesota Vikings for nearly a dozen seasons and was elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame. The two have golfed together and their children go to the same school. “He’s a great ambassador for what we’re trying to do,” McDermott said. The roughly two-month closure occurred during the restaurant’s slowest months. Outside Randle’s, the city is also midway through the $50-million reconstruction of Nicollet Mall, which he said has cost local businesses a lot of money. “You could talk to any business owner on Nicollet. It’s been an absolute nightmare,” he said. Randle’s Restaurant and Bar, located at 921 Nicollet Mall, is open 11 a.m.–midnight from Monday through Thursday, 11 a.m.–2 a.m. on Friday, 9 a.m.–2 a.m. on Saturday and 9 a.m.–10 p.m. on Sunday. It offers happy hour from 3 p.m.–6 p.m. during the week.

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A group of Northeast Minneapolis-based artists is opening an art gallery in the middle of Nicollet Island. Jed Staack, Joe Limpert, Peter Geyen and Jason Kittel are the co-founders behind Truckstop Gallery, a nearly 1,000-square-foot gallery that they envision hosting an eclectic mix of art and artists. The space is located inside the Nicollet Island building, a former maintenance stop for municipal trucks that sits behind DeLaSalle High School. “We really want to open it up to Minneapolis artists who are going nuts in new, different kinds of [styles],” said Geyen. While there are plenty of galleries in Minneapolis, the four said, they plan to make their artist-driven space open to work that may not be able to be shown in other galleries. They’re open to building out and tailoring the space for installations and other pieces, they added. The unique industrial space, with its high ceilings and outdoor area, is a viable home for equally unique exhibitions. “We’re not so much trying to start a gallery

to make money. We just recognize that we have a unique space and a unique location that we feel that we should share,” Limpert said. They expect to host an exhibition every two or three months. The four will all also have their own shows at Truckstop. “It’s not the same atmosphere you get elsewhere. It’s not snooty at all or highbrow. … It’s serious, but laid back,” Kittel said. Truckstop will host its inaugural exhibition with the opening of “Situation Normal,” a body of large-scale colored pencil drawings, sculptures, homemade flags and portraits from Northeast Minneapolis-based artist Russ White. Instead of open gallery hours, Truckstop, located at 20 Grove St. #72, will be open during events and by appointment. “Situation Normal” will have an opening reception on Saturday, March 4 from 6 p.m.–10 p.m., an artist talk on March 11 at 4 p.m. and a closing reception on Sunday, March 19 from noon–5 p.m.

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The Lone Grazer Creamery, a cheese production company inside the Food Building in Northeast Minneapolis, is closing. Owner Rueben Nilsson first opened the creamery, which sells cheese curds, string cheese and other products to local markets and co-ops, in 2015 when it joined fellow food production business Red Table Meat Co. Kieran Folliard, founder of the food startup incubator, said in a statement that the company wasn’t growing fast enough, though they may revisit plans for a physical plant for Lone Grazer. “It’s with sadness that Rueben and I have decided on the closing of The Lone Grazer Creamery. After two years of building, we have a business where despite people’s very hard work, unwavering dedication,

and loved products, it is not growing fast enough to justify more investment,” he said in a statement. The Food Building recently welcomed Baker’s Field Flour & Bread from Rustica Bakery founder Steve Horton. The building, located in the Sheridan neighborhood, is also home to several event spaces and the Draft Horse restaurant. “Here at Food Building, we have two growing businesses that need more investment to continue their growth. Later in the year, we will revisit our plans for the physical plant of The Lone Grazer Creamery, while we focus on placing our resources into the continued growth of Red Table Meat Co. and Baker’s Field Flour and Bread,” Folliard said.

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If you’ve seen locals wearing Minnesotainspired T-shirts, they’ve likely bought them from MPLS / STP Clothing Co. Now the company is rebranding to better reflect its state-focused products. As of March 1 the company is now called Northmade Co. Other than being a little clunky, co-owner Kaitlin McMahon said, the original name was limiting. “We don’t want to alienate people who live in Duluth or Rochester or any other part of the state,” she said. In its nearly five-year history, the company has expanded from T-shirts to offer an array of products, from popular Minnesota-made knit hats to whiskey glasses, posters and other gifts. Last year, McMahon and her husband and co-owner Clint moved the business to Marcy-Holmes’ North Co. building, a local business incubator anchored by wood product manufacturer Woodchuck USA. While T-shirts are the core of the business, McMahon said they’re looking into offering sweatpants and they’re also designing baseball caps for the spring and summer months. Their T-shirts, which are printed in St. Paul,

were from American Apparel, but given the fact that the retailer has gone out of business, McMahon said they’re experimenting with ethically made alternatives. New shirt designs will roll out in the weeks following the launch. Currently, Minneapolis residents can find some of Northmade Co. products at the Mill City Museum and Linden Hills Co-op, among other retailers, and at festivals like Art-AWhirl and the Stone Arch Bridge Festival. The online shop is open at northmade.co. Northmade Co. also hosts regular studio hours. McMahon said they’re renovating the space and painting murals in their warehouse. Northmade Co. will oﬃcially kick off the rebrand with a Tuesday, April 4 launch party at Bauhaus Brew Labs, located at 1315 Tyler St. NE. The first 200 attendees will receive a free beer and a Northmade Co. pint glass. Some people will also receive free beer for a year. The party is part of a partnership between the company and Bauhaus. Northmade Co. will host a pop-up shop at the brewery on the third Friday of every month beginning in March.

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Bearcat Bar, a Kim Bartmann restaurant that in January replaced The Third Bird, a previous Bartmann concept in the same location, closed Feb. 24 after about a month in business. Bartmann said the Loring Park restaurant wasn’t working because it didn’t become a destination location, something that’s necessary on that side of park. She did not comment on whether she would open another restaurant in the space. Bartmann said many of Bearcat Bar’s

employees will be absorbed into her other restaurants. She also owns and operates Bryant Lake Bowl, Pat’s Tap, Red Stag Supperclub, Barbette and Tiny Diner, among others. “There’s nothing worse than having to shut a business down and tell people they don’t have a job anymore. For that, I’m really sorry. I tried my hardest to make it work,” she said. Bearcat Bar, located at 1612 Harmon Place, is now closed. It first opened on Jan. 19.

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Hennepin Steam Room opened Feb. 22 in the former Tangiers space. Owners Ben and Ivy Taheri have taken a food-forward approach to their second try at the historic North Loop space, putting Jesse Spitzack, a former Bradstreet Crafthouse chef, in the kitchen. From bar snacks with kimchi to entrees like mutton and chicken stew, Hennepin Steam Room offers a variety of globally inspired flavors. The new dining room, now with more of the 1884 building’s brick exposed, offers a mix of lounge, bar and traditional seating. In the corner, next to a glass wine room, is a stage where Hennepin Steam Room has regular bands perform live jazz and blues music. The menu is split between $5-$8 bar

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snacks, such as bacon-wrapped fennel seed breadsticks and Thai-spiced goat cheese balls; larger $9-$11 appetizers like fish dumplings or pork terrine; and $14-$22 entrees, from a house burger to tacos with rotating meats. On the bar side, Hennepin Steam Room offers a menu of house cocktails, local craft beers and wine. Ivy Taheri also owns and operates Stem Wine Bar & Eatery just across the river on University Avenue Northeast. Hennepin Steam Room, located 116 1st Ave. N., is open 4 p.m.–11 p.m. Monday through Thursday, 4 p.m.–2 a.m. Friday and Saturday from and 5 p.m.–10 p.m. Sunday. The restaurant has a happy hour starting at 4 p.m.

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Byte, a new restaurant opening Wednesday in the Warehouse District, has nearly as many sides as the dice with its board games. More than just a geeky bar, the lunch spot, coffee shop and late-night hangout offers a diverse menu and a model based on a living wage for its employees. Travis Shaw and Mark Lowman, Byte’s owners and resident geek-chefs, have split the former Insomnia Nightclub space on 1st Avenue, located across the street from the Fine Line Music Café, into two areas: a minimalist café space in the front and a posterclad, chaotically colorful backroom with a bar and board games. Members of just about any fandom will be at home at the referenceladen Byte, from “Fallout” wastelanders to “Doctor Who” Whovians. Shaw and Lowman, two former hotel cooks, based the restaurant concept on vacation time and a $15 minimum wage for all their employees. Byte balances that with conventional ingredients on the menu, which doesn’t feature a single item over $10. Just as the restaurant pays homage to dozens of shows, movies and comics, the menu offers a similarly diverse array of choices, all mixed and mingled. A Philly cheese steak sandwich ($9.50) could come with a tabbouleh salad on the side. Diners can get guacamole with their chips served alongside a Korean BBQ wrap ($9.25) or a rice bowl with paneer tikka masala ($8.25). Rather than table service, the casual concept has counter service. A simple coffee operation will be available in the front in the morning.

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Effort to save Skyway Senior Center falls through The Skyway Senior Center is expected to close by the end of March after the city’s negotiations with a potential new sponsor failed to produce an agreement. Four months of exclusive talks with Ecumen, a Shoreview-based senior housing and services provider, were not enough to come up with a plan that would keep the downtown senior center’s doors open. First opened in 2001, the center has been struggling financially since a previous sponsor, UCare, ended their arrangement in 2015. Ecumen informed the city of its decision in a letter dated Feb. 22. Company spokesman

Ben Taylor said the company aimed to expand the center’s operations and impact, but doing that would require additional partnerships and more time. “Going in, our intent was not to just keep going with the status quo,” Taylor said. He said the company conducted a “deep-dive financial analysis” during a 120-day exclusive dealing period with the city and came to the conclusion it would take “at least double the budget, in the short run, just to get the center doing the kinds of things we thought were necessary and important.” Patty Bowler, director of policy and program

Metal shredder agrees to relocate The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency announced March 3 it had reached an agreement to move Northern Metals Recycling from its current Minneapolis riverfront location to a site outside of the metro area. The settlement, which would bring to a close the agency’s battle with the metal shredder over pollution traced to its North Minneapolis facility, requires final approval by Ramsey County District Court. Under the terms of the tentative $2.5-million settlement, Northern Metals Recycling agrees to a $1-million civil penalty, payment for ongoing air monitoring near the facility, reimbursement to the state for monitoring and court costs already incurred and a $600,000 payment to Minneapolis for

community health projects. “This settlement is a welcome start to addressing a problem for residents in North Minneapolis who are already overburdened with health and pollution issues,” said MPCA Commissioner John Linc Stine said in a statement released by the agency. “The company recognized the serious nature of its violations, and they’ve chosen to take the right steps.” The MPCA went to court last year in a bid to revoke the air quality permit for the facility, located just south of the Lowry Avenue Bridge. Going back to 2014, the agency recorded multiple violations of state standards for particulate pollution near the site. In 2015, two air monitors installed near the facility detected

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the presence of heavy metals, including lead, “at levels of concern,” as the agency put it in a March 2016 report. The agency continued work to pinpoint the source of the air quality violations and in May 2016 asked a Ramsey County District Court to grant a temporary injunction that would halt activities at the site that were contributing to air-quality violations. The agency aimed to revoke Northern Metals Recycling’s air-quality permit, alleging it provided misleading information when it applied for the permit in 2012. Under its tentative agreement with the MPCA, Northern Metals Recycling will relocate its facility by August 2019.

Report details potential for energy savings in large buildings Large commercial and public buildings in Minneapolis could save million of dollars in energy costs by reducing their greenhouse-gas emissions 15 percent, according to a new city report. The report analyzed the 2015 energy and water usage of 417 commercial and public buildings in Minneapolis. It found that the city would see a reduction of 120,000 metric tons of carbon dioxide and save more than $27 million in energy costs annually if those properties participated in the Minneapolis Building Energy Challenge. The challenge encourages large commercial building owners and managers to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions 15 percent by 2020. Fifteen buildings are currently participating and one has already achieved that goal, said Katie Jones Schmitt, benchmarking policy and outreach specialist with the Center for Energy and Environment and the city. Jones Schmitt said they are hoping to double

the number of participants in the challenge this year. The report found that Minneapolis’ largecommercial-building stock generally performs better than the national average. Those buildings had a median Energy Star energy-eﬃciency score of 71, well above the national median of 50, according to the report. Nearly half of the benchmarked buildings had a score above 75, which is the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s threshold for earning Energy Star certification. The report also found the city has reduced energy use in public buildings nearly 4 percent since 2012. It said oﬃces, medical buildings, hotels and worship facilities have the greatest aggregate potential for total energy and greenhouse-gas emissions savings. Those categories represented nearly 37 percent of benchmarked square footage and 34 percent of total energy consumed. Minneapolis has several programs to help

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Moments in Minneapolis By Cedar Imboden Phillips

GLIDING ALONG AT DAYTON’S

his interior shot of Dayton’s department store (most recently Macy’s) was captioned “the escalator glide.” The store underwent a major renovation and expansion in the 1940s, adding more floors and more escalators. By 1946 Dayton’s filled twelve floors with retail, services, offices and restaurants, and the escalators were a necessity to keep shoppers, diners and staff quickly moving!

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Summit inspires black students to lead Event featured discussion around black leaders past, present and future By Nate Gotlieb / ngotlieb@journalmpls.com The students at the Feb. 22 Black Teen Summit were chatting and goofing around, when civil rights activist Nekima LevyPounds stood up. Levy-Pounds, a former St. Thomas law professor and current Minneapolis mayoral candidate, asked her fellow members of the lunch-hour panel to listen. I hear a lot of chitchat and disrespect, she said to them. Would she have to put on her “hat as a black mama” and let the students know they could do better? Her admonition got the students’ attention. Levy-Pounds went on to tell them of her experience growing up in south-central Los Angeles, of seeing police come through her community and people strung out on drugs. It was the lawyers she saw on TV as a 9-yearold, she said, that inspired her to go into law and change her community. “Latch onto whoever is pouring good things into your life,” Levy-Pounds told the students. “... It’s about all of us coming together, doing our part and lifting each other up.” Levy-Pounds and the other panelists, Minneapolis Chief of Schools Michael Thomas and Minneapolis NAACP President Jason Sole, talked about their formative experiences, their mentors and their thoughts on being black leaders during the discussion. It came during MPS’ first-ever Black Teen Summit, an event intended to give students a greater knowledge of past African-American leaders and connect them with current black leaders, said Michael Walker, director of MPS’ Oﬃce of Black Male Student Achievement. The summit started with students giving presentations on African-American leaders not traditionally talked about in curriculum, such as Medgar Evers and Fred Hampton, Walker said. It also included the lunch-hour panel, an afternoon leadership session from the YMCA and speeches from Mahmoud El-Kati, a lecturer, writer and commentator on the African-American experience, as well as Superintendent Ed Graff. About 350 students attended the event, held at the University of Minnesota’s Coffman Memorial Union.

Minneapolis Chief of Schools Michael Thomas, Minneapolis mayoral candidate Nekima LevyPounds and Minneapolis NAACP President Jason Sole were part of a panel at Minneapolis Public Schools’ Black Teen Summit last month. Photo by Nate Gotlieb

Learning the system The summit was a microcosm of what the Office of Black Male Student Achievement does each day, said Education Equity Coordinator Corey Yeager. The office offers a daily elective class called, BLACK, which stands for “building lives, acquiring cultural knowledge,” in four middle schools and four high schools. There’s also a weekly pullout class that serves about 30 students at two elementary schools, Walker said. Walker and Yeager’s office also offers professional development to staff, during which they try and help teachers become aware of and override their biases, Yeager said. The goal of BLACK is to give black male students a broader and deeper context of how they fit into the American education system, Yeager said. The students learn how African-Americans didn’t come to the U.S. with the opportunity to pursue education and how their voices were absent in the education system. The hope is that knowledge gives them a greater chance of success, Yeager said. Students of color in Minneapolis and statewide graduate at lower rates than white students, are less likely to be “on track for

success” and are less likely to meet state academic standards, Minnesota Department of Education data show. They are also suspended at higher rates and are less likely to enroll in college. “Once you learn the system,” Yeager said, “then you can play better within that. That’s what our students have missed.” A key point for Yeager and Walker is that black men are the ones who teach the class. The teachers teach the boys “what manhood (and) being a black man looks like,” Yeager said. “We become uncles in the classroom,” he said. He said that the students might not have that understanding of manhood. Research says about 70 percent of children of color are raised in a one-parent household, he noted, adding that those kids are mostly raised by mothers. South High School 11th-grader Roy Holliday said he feels like the BLACK program needs to be in every school, saying that it pushes him to do better. He said the class provides him a safe haven to talk and speak his mind and that it’s given a lot of black males hope and confidence. “We’re all a family,” he said of the students

and teachers in the program. “It’s like half mentor and half, ‘I want you to succeed.’”

‘Thousands lifted me up’ Levy-Pounds, Thomas and Sole all stressed that theme of mentorship during the panel discussion, noting the people and moments that inspired their paths in life. Levy-Pounds said she had strong black female teachers in Los Angeles who treated her like she was their daughter and “looked at me and saw my potential.” They told her she could rise above the challenges she faced in her neighborhood. Thomas, the chief of schools, noted an experience in his early 20s that he said profoundly shaped him. He was working a part-time job in an afterschool program when a 10-year-old boy said to him, “I wish I had a dad like you.” “You have power beyond your own belief sometimes,” Thomas told the students during the panel discussion. Sole said the people in his life believed in him despite his felony convictions. He said he had to make changes in his life to get to where he is today. He added that leaders have the job of showing their friends and family what they are good at, noting that everyone has a purpose in life. “We need to lift our brothers and sisters up,” he said. Seventh-grader Lorenzo Doby said he liked that the speakers told the students to fight for what they think is right. Doby, who grabbed autographs from Levy-Pounds and Thomas after the discussion, said that he hopes that at least one of them decides to run for president in 2020. Doby said he strives to get good grades and that the forum inspired him to possibly consider a career as a lawyer, something in politics or an author. He said liked that the panelists overcame adversity and challenges early in their lives. Visit blackmales.mpls.k12.mn.us to learn more about the Oﬃce of Black Male Student Achievement.

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Ironclad Graves Hospitality has received approval from a City Council committee for its Ironclad development, which would feature a mixed-use project featuring a 14-story apartment portion with 171 units, an eightstory Marriott Moxy hotel with 148 rooms and 8,000 square feet of retail space. The proposal would replace a large surface parking lot along Washington Avenue near U.S. Bank Stadium. Ironclad would incorporate nearly 390 parking stalls between two levels of underground parking and two levels of above-grade parking at the rear of the property, according to plans submitted in late February. The developer is considering a second phase that would add 20 townhomes.

The Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board is revising plans for the rehabilitation of the Boom Island-Nicollet Island Bridge in the Nicollet Island-East Bank neighborhood. The Heritage Preservation Commission denied the board’s application for a certificate of appropriateness to allow for the $1.5-million renovation, which calls for replacing the 1901 bridge’s timber deck and installing new precast concrete deck panels. The HPC found that the project, specifically the removal of steel stringers and timber ties, would affect the bridge’s historic integrity. The Park Board doesn’t have a new timeline for construction, which could have started as soon as this summer.

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AUDUBON PARK ESSENTIALS By Dylan Thomas / dthomas@journalmpls.com includes Saint Anthony Parkway and runs through Deming Heights Park, the highest point in the city’s park system. Audubon Park’s eastern border is Central Avenue, one of Northeast’s main commercial corridors. Popular destinations include Holy Land, a Middle Eastern deli, bakery and market; the East Side Co-op grocery store; Chimborazo, which serves Ecuadorian fare; and the recently opened Twin Spirits Distillery. Another commercial node is found in the neighborhood’s interior, at Johnson & 29th, home to a cluster of vintage stores, cafes, a bakery and a pizzeria. The Hollywood Theater at 2815 Johnson St. NE operated from 1935 to 1987. Several attempts have been made to revive or reuse

the long-vacant Art Deco landmark, which was purchased by the city in 1993. Audubon Park abuts the Northeast Minne-

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Sharing a border with the city of St. Anthony, which is located just across Stinson Boulevard, Audubon Park is a residential Northeast Minneapolis neighborhood with a housing stock that dates mostly to the 1940s. The neighborhood became part of the City of Minneapolis in the late 1800s, but experienced its most significant growth in the first half of the last century. A streetcar line running along Central Avenue Northeast spurred development. Audubon Park was named for American naturalist and wildlife artist John James Audubon, whose great contribution to art and ornithology was “Birds of America,” a book made up of 435 life-size prints. The neighborhood is linked to the city’s Grand Rounds system of parkways and paths, which

Neighborhood overview Demographics: The Audubon Park population totaled 5,058 in 2014, according to the latest U.S. Census Bureau figures compiled by Minnesota Compass. The median household income was $60,738. Get involved: The Audubon Neighborhood Association (audubonneighborhood.org) meets on the first Monday of every month in alternating locations, either the ANA offices at 26th & Johnson or the Audubon Recreation Center, 1320 29th Ave. NE. The neighborhood is located in Minneapolis’ Ward 1.

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TWIN SPIRITS OPENS COCKTAIL ROOM The latest in a wave of new Northeast distilleries is now open

Twin Spirits Distillery’s flagship vodka is now on shelves at local liquor stores. Photo by Eric Best Winchester, a fan of Moscow mules, and her husband have thought up the alternatively named Flynn Mule, named for the former national security adviser, which combines the M Vodka with lime juice and ginger beer.

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“I’m kind of a goofy person,” she laughed. To get a taste of all of Winchester’s work, 35W guests can also order a flight. For fans of Twin Spirits, the cocktail room is just the beginning of what could end up as a multi-building complex with outdoor gardens. Winchester will have plenty of patio space this spring and she has a lot in store for the neighboring building, which she owns. Winchester said she hopes to gut the 4,700-square-foot warehouse and build out a storage space, an aging room, a full kitchen and a much bigger cocktail room. Once that opens, she could then use her original facility as a private event space or a place to host classes. Work on the second building could begin as early as this fall, she added. Twin Spirits is the latest distillery to open in Northeast Minneapolis following a 2014 bill that allowed distilleries to sell and serve their products on-site like breweries. The area is now home to several micro-distilleries, such as Tattersall Distilling Co. in the Thorp Building and Wander North Distillery and Norseman Distillery — the city’s first micro-distillery — in the Mid-City Industrial neighborhood. Twin Sprits is open 3 p.m.–10 p.m. Wednesday through Saturday. Winchester hosts tours by reservation on Thursdays from 4 p.m.–6 p.m. and Saturdays from 3 p.m.–5 p.m.

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such as Surdyk’s Liquor & Cheese Shop and South Lyndale Liquors. Twin Spirits’ cocktail menu is mix of drinks from Winchester and Miki Mosman, a mixologist and bartender at Café Maude. There’s the Lavender Honey Bee, a cocktail that mixes the M Gin with lemon juice, lavender essence and honey. The Ruckus Rosemary pairs M Vodka with lime juice, rosemary simple syrup and club soda.

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through an additional active charcoal filtration, an additional three or four-hour process that results in a different flavor profile. She’ll soon begin to serve her 90-proof Mamma’s Moonshine, which is made from mead, or honey wine, that ferments for four to six weeks and is distilled monthly during the full moon. Winchester has experimented making with muddling fruit into the sweet moonshine and warming it up for a twist on a hot toddy. Then there’s the M Whiskey and M Rum, which are both in the works. Based on a Minnesota-grown rye, the whiskey will be aged in American white oak barrels. Winchester plans to age the rum, which utilizes sugar cane molasses, in bourbon barrels. She distills the spirits with custom copper stills from HBS Copper in Barlow, Kentucky. The gin and vodka are available in the cocktail room in 375ml bottles. Guests can purchase one bottle per day. Larger 750ml bottles are on shelves at local liquor stores, 8th

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Like the spirits she’s now producing, Michelle Winchester’s Twin Sprits Distillery has required a lot of planning, experimentation and patience. Now, after a couple years of work, it’s all paid off, as the full distillery, complete with a cocktail room, is now open in the Audubon Park neighborhood in Northeast Minneapolis. Twin Spirits is a passion project of Winchester, who launched the effort two years ago with the mission of opening her own distillery. She found a home for her dream — the first one-woman-owned distillery in Minnesota — in a 1927 building near Central & 29th where Winchester has been tinkering away to produce her flagship spirits ever since. Updates to the previously boarded-up building delayed her business for several seasons, a process that took an “unfathomable” amount of time, Winchester said last year. The Mi roughly 1,600-square-foot distillery ss and cocktail iss room, with a capacity for about ip pi 30 guests, opened in late February at 2931 Ri vethough it has welcomed Central Ave. NE, curious minds for small tours and tastings for several months. Winchester has her flagship M Vodka, which is made from raw sugar cane and yeast, and M Gin, made with the same ferment as the vodka, available at the bar. There’s also the Claro Vodka, which Winchesters produces by putting her vodka N e Av d 2n

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SARAH JANE’S OWNERS BAKE WITH FAMILY The Audubon Park mainstay is still a family-run business under new ownership By Eric Best / ebest@journalmpls.com When Johnson Street Northeast is quiet and the only things moving are the flickering lights on the Hollywood Theater, Audry and Stephanie Botzet are at their busiest with their arms deep in butter and flour. The two are the mother-daughter team behind Sarah Jane’s Bakery, which they took over last year. While they may be new to the neighborhood, the Botzet family brings a treasure trove of recipes and uses timetested equipment to make goodies that Northeast Minneapolis residents have come to love for decades. “We do things here like we do them at home as a family,” Audry said. “We do very small batches. We make things in not much bigger batches than home size.” Audry, 57, and Stephanie, 30, arrive at the bakery, located near Johnson & 29th, around 8 p.m. to start baking the next day’s pastries. Audry begins with breads, her favorite to make. Stephanie begins with demanding Danish pastry, made from laminated dough that she learned to make from Sarah Jane herself. They move on to cakes and cookies around 1 a.m. The process can take all night, until they open at 5 a.m. The two, with the help of two other bakers, do this Sunday through Thursday and work Friday afternoons. “Sleeping is a little weird. On weekends it’s hard to do things,” Stephanie said. The payoff is worth it. Sarah Jane’s, which was founded in 1979, draws a lot of regulars and is a well-known name around its

Audubon Park neighborhood. “It sounds cheesy, but [the best part is] actually seeing people be really excited about the way something tastes or looks,” Stephanie said. “Just the other day, a semi-regular was in talking about how the rhubarb crispies remind him of something that his grandma made, and he’s probably in his 60s. That’s really cool.” The Botzet family’s passion for baking began with Audry, who grew up in Alexandria, Minnesota. While she was never trained to bake, she became her family’s resident baker around age 12, cooking through a Betty Crocker cookbook. She now has more than two decades of experience baking professionally, including several years with Stephanie at Yum! Kitchen & Bakery in St. Louis Park. “Food is such a huge part of getting together,” she said. The family had been looking for a bakery for sale for a couple years before finding Sarah Jane’s, which they had never visited prior to buying the business. The sale came with the longstanding bakery’s equipment — including a roughly century-old oven — and recipes. The biggest change under the Botzet family has been the switch from shortening to butter. They’ve rolled out homemade fruit fillings over the past year, which have replaced storebought fillings. Audry wagers that’s why their fruit-filled Danish pastries have become some of their most popular items. A few things continue as-is, including the

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“What I like about having it as an event space is that it is accessible to the neighborhood and the public. Not that we want people to come crash weddings that we have there, but there will be events there that are open to the public and people will still come and experience the space,” she said, “This is a really nice compromise between having it be a private space and it being a public space like a movie theater.” The building would be their second exclusive event space, and about two-thirds the size of Solar Arts by Chowgirls. The theater would remain largely open for weddings or other events with a mezzanine space in place of theater’s upper seating. The projection room would be a bridal suite or green room. Andermack said they could put in two windows on one side that would open to a small outdoor green space. The basement would provide room for a service kitchen and dumbwaiters could bring dishes down from the main level. Because it was a movie theater, the Hollywood’s stage is relatively tiny, but could be used for bands or corporate events. “I don’t think we’d be having the Foo Fighters play the Hollywood. Maybe Dave Grohl solo,” she joked. The primary challenge with the event center concept is parking, chiefly because the Hollywood has none and doesn’t require any due to its age. The city had set aside a vacant lot across the street to be used one day as parking for the theater, but that is no longer the city’s goal for the lot, Volna said. It’s not a non-starter for Chowgirls, which could rely on a valet service and street parking as it does at the Solar Arts building. Parking was also their biggest challenge with that space, Andermack said. The timing is good for Chowgirls, which is closing its catering kitchen in the Sheridan neighborhood and opening a new facility

water-damaged roof and rebuilding its characteristic green-tiled chimney. “It’s amazing how much you could carry out of that place. It could never end,” he said. “When I say it was bad, it was bad.” There’s much more of the 10,400-squarefoot theater’s personality and Art Deco and Streamline Moderne style architecture to restore. There’s the long-dry lobby fountain and a now-skeletal chandelier. The original projector is still in the booth, something that will likely go. The theater, whose interior and exterior are both historically designated, is listed in the National Trust for Historic Preservation’s “Great American Movie Theaters,” thanks to noted theater designers Liebenberg and Kaplan. “It will be quite elaborate. It will look like 1935 when we’re done. That’s our goal, to bring it to that level of finish,” Volna said. The first phase required by the City of Minneapolis, which bought it in 1993 and sold it in 2015 to Volna for $1, is now over. Work is now moving to a second phase to prepare it for a new tenant. So far, the most likely candidate is Chowgirls Killer Catering, which recently signed a letter of intent with the plan of turning the Hollywood into an event space for 200 to 300 people. Heidi Andermack, who has owned the Minneapolis-based catering company with Amy Brown for 13 years, said they looked at the theater years ago as a possibility, but they weren’t in a position to redevelop the building by themselves. Now that Volna has made the investment in turning over the theater, the growing business is now in a place to make it into an exclusive venue much like Solar Arts by Chowgirls, a wedding venue and event center in the eponymous Northeast Minneapolis warehouse building.

Owner Audry Botzet weighs flour during a night shift at Sarah Jane’s Bakery in Northeast Minneapolis. Photo by Eric Best

hundreds of paczkis, a filled Polish donut customary around Fat Tuesday, expected of the bakery every year. Last year, two days after they were in the building, they sold more than 800 pastries, which the two had never even heard of before. Sarah Jane’s is known for its donuts, they said. “The donuts we left untouched. They’re really good. We don’t want to mess with them,” Stephanie said. Many of the recipes baked at Sarah Jane’s give a taste of the Botzet family history. “Our oatmeal cookie recipe is actually from an old friend who has passed on now, but he would always make me his oatmeal cookies and I loved them. He gave me the recipe and I never tried it until after he died,

sadly,” she said. Others, such as a raspberry-white chocolate cheesecake bar, don’t have years and years behind them. Audry’s youngest daughter made it for her for Valentine’s Day four years ago, and they kept the recipe. Now it’s a family tradition, just as their recipes for banana bread, molasses cookies and brownies, among others, are. “Most of our products have a story, whether they’ve been around a long time or just started,” Audry said. While they’re still pretty new to the area, for the two, the pastries still connect with the community. “It’s pretty old school, most of this stuff. It brings out memories,” Stephanie said.

Andrew Volna, owner of the Hollywood Theater, grew up near the movie theater and would visit with his family before it closed in 1987. Photo by Eric Best

this spring just north of Hennepin & Hoover in the Mid-City Industrial neighborhood. Andermack said the new kitchen gives them five times the cooking space and allows them to take on another exclusive venue like the Hollywood, which is part of their growth plan. Solar Arts by Chowgirls is already booked for this summer, which proves that there’s demand for event space in Minneapolis, she added. The project would require a six-month

construction. Volna and Chowgirls have already tapped Snow Kreilich Architects to begin the design work. For Volna, the possibility of the event space is a shot at a “Hollywood ending” for the theater. “No one on Johnson Street wants this project to fail. We’ve been waiting for it for a long time. It could truly be transformative for the block,” he said.

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By Nate Gotlieb ngotlieb@journalmpls.com @NateGotlieb

Tire-waste recommendations move forward despite MPRB concerns The Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board is pushing back on a resolution that would prohibit the use of city funds to install or replace any facilities or amenities that use waste tires, including the playgrounds where shredded-tire mulch is used as a fall-cushioning ground cover. Park Board Superintendent Jayne Miller and President Anita Tabb wrote in a letter to City Council Member Cam Gordon that any city ban prior to the completion of two major studies is “premature.” The Environmental Protection Agency and state of California are currently looking into safety of fields and playgrounds that use waste tires. Miller and Tabb also wrote that a ban might limit the Park Board’s ability to build the kinds of facilities that the public has asked for through “years of community engagement.” In an interview, Park Board Director of Strategic Planning Adam Arvidson said the resolution could lead to increased costs for the construction of the Currie Park field in the Cedar Riverside neighborhood. Waste tires are commonly used as ground cover on playgrounds and as infill in synthetic turf fields. Minneapolis Public Schools has 47 playgrounds and one athletic field that use the material, and the Park board has no playgrounds and eight athletic fields that use it. Parents in Minneapolis have been pushing the school district to remove and replace waste tires from district playgrounds for the past several years, out of concerns of the potential health effects of chemicals in rubber mulch. That concern led the Minneapolis Health, Environment & Community Engagement Committee to create an independent subcommittee to study the issue this past year. The subcommittee found tire rubber contains a variety of chemicals that are known to be toxic, but it said the health risk due to exposure to these chemicals has not yet been determined. It cited competing concerns, including increasing playtime throughout Minnesota seasons, safety and injury management, costs of installation and maintenance and field/playground durability. It recommended a moratorium on cityfinanced projects using crumb rubber and tire

Shredded-tire mulch from a Minneapolis elementary school playground. File photo

mulch through 2019, outside of the 20-year Neighborhood Park Plan. NPP20 will provide $11 million annually to Minneapolis parks through 2036. Gordon, who chairs the Health, Environment & Community Engagement Committee, said he felt that recommendation didn’t go far enough. He said he comes at this issue from more of a “precautionary principle” and feels he doesn’t need to wait for the other studies. “It’s not built for people to play on,” he said of tire mulch. “It’s built for cars to drive on, so we should find something better.” Miller and Tabb wrote that the resolution will limit the Park Board’s ability to implement projects on budget and may reduce the total amount of amenities it is able to build. The Park Board would prefer any action to be more in line with the waste-tire subcommittee’s recommendations, they wrote. Arvidson said it’s “probably unclear” what real restrictions the city can put on the NPP20 money. He said the Park Board does have concerns that it wouldn’t be able to use waste-

tire products under the resolution. It’s unknown how many waste-tire projects will be a part of the NPP20, because the Park Board hasn’t finished master planning for neighborhood parks, Arvidson said. He said the field at Currie Park could be potentially most impacted by this discussion, because of plans to expand the field in 2019. The Park Board is still continuing to look at different products, Arvidson said, but “to us it feels premature to tie our hands.” In a letter to the committee, parent Nancy Brown wrote that Play It Safe Minneapolis, a group founded with the goal of removing waste tires from the Minneapolis school district’s playgrounds, “strongly endorses” Gordon’s resolution. Brown noted the health concerns related to toxins in waste tires and said those materials create heat islands in the warmer months and migrate into waterways. Play It Safe had previously called for the subcommittee recommendations to include NPP20 in the moratorium. Health, Environment & Community Engage-

ment Committee members on Feb. 27 voted unanimously to send the resolution to the full City Council. All appeared in consensus that they don’t want to see waste-tire products used in Minneapolis playgrounds. Council Member Jacob Frey said he’s “150 percent” in favor of eliminating waste-tire products moving forward but added that his concerns are monetary. He said he understands it would cost $3.3 million to change these playgrounds and said he’s concerned about the $28-million budget gap Minneapolis Public Schools faces in the upcoming year. The school district estimated it would cost more than $1.1 million to convert the 47 rubber-mulch play areas to engineered wood fiber, the only other surface covering that would provide the necessary fall protection. The cost would likely increase, however, because of needed border changes and improved drainage, according to the district. School Board members said last month that they would like to see recycled-tire products removed from playgrounds but noted the district has limited resources. Council Member Lisa Bender said she feels strongly that it’s important to err on the side of caution, especially when carcinogens are involved. Council Member Elizabeth Glidden supported the resolution but abstained on the vote that directed the finance department to work with the Park Board and school district to identify the cost of wastetire removal. She said she thinks budget items like this usually need to be part of the budget process, adding that it’s a big decision on whether they want to devote city resources to assisting other jurisdictions. Council Member Andrew Johnson said the motion doesn’t commit the City Council to any dollar amount and is consistent with past practices. “It’s really easy for us to tell others what to do,” he said, “but this is really committing city money to where our mouths are.”

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Hop to it By Carla Waldemar What Red Cow did for beef, Red Rabbit proposes to accomplish for Italian eats. Restaurateur Luke Shimp’s latest goal is to make this dining option accessible and affordable for the fans of your basic flat crust and red sauce, while at the same time luring the attention of finicky foodies with an interesting and quality-driven menu. Nice work if you can get it, and I think he has. Not an easy prospect, here in the North Loop’s hotbed of culinary showtime: pleasing both tube-steak Twins fans and the Wagyu condo crowd in a single setting. Yet, rehabbing a vintage storefront into a pleasant vista of exposed brick anchored by a photogenic

back bar makes it tempting to sink into those old-timey booths. But the smartest move was hiring Todd Macdonald — the talent behind Calhoun Square’s now-shuttered Parella — to head the kitchen. This is a fellow who knows his way around all things Italian but here has toned it down a notch to the more accommodating stuff of trattorias — same sharp eye for prime ingredients and clever combos, but curated in a fashion Joe Six Pack and Joe Batali can enjoy. (Speaking of which: Nice beer list. But dig deeper: interesting wines and — deeper yet — an amazing and sophisticated cache of spirits.) And they’re open late. (Ever try to find a

sweet meal after 10 p.m. on a weeknight? Good luck with that.) We started our posttheater supper with an order of sausage and peppers. (How old-school eye-talian is that? Bring it on!) Terrific. Several lusty house-made links, rich with Italian spices, lounged amid fingers of sautéed sweet

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Red Table Meat co. produces pancetta and other salumi in the Northeast Minneapolis Food Building. Submitted photo

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PANCETTA: BACON’S DELICIOUS ITALIAN COUSIN

ike Philips started Red Table Meat Co. three years ago, after lots of time traveling the world studying and tasting cured meats from famous salumieres. Where do I sign up, right? Mike, who grew up in a rural farming community, was an award-winning chef and restaurant owner in the Twin Cities for decades, and from his dedication to local and sustainable agriculture rose Red Table Meat Co., located inside the Food Building in Northeast Minneapolis. Pancetta is one of the award-winning salumis (yes, “salumi” the Italian word for dry-cured pork, that encompasses salami, pancetta, ham and various other mouthwatering treats) that Mike and the rest of the Red Table Meat team bring to the Mill City Farmers Market on Saturdays year-round. Closely related to bacon, pancetta is Italianstyle cured pork belly. It is often served thinly sliced as a cold cut or in thick slabs that can be cubed and used to replace oil

or butter in soups, pasta sauces, salads and risotto. Unlike its famous cousin bacon, pancetta isn’t smoked. It’s cured with salt, spices and other aromatics. Mike creates his pancetta from sustainably raised heritagebreed hogs from Minnesota, which he buys whole and butchers. The resulting pork belly is cured with peppercorns and rosemary and aged for four weeks. If you’re interested watching the process, the Food Building offers guided and self-guided tours every afternoon Tuesday through Friday. Learn more on its website: foodbuilding.com. Mike, like so many farmers market vendors, loves to discuss his craft. You can get a chance to talk to Mike and the rest of his team at the upcoming Mill City Farmers Market winter markets on Saturday, March 11 and 25 inside the Mill City Museum (704 S. 2nd St.) from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. At the market you can also pick up pancetta and the other local ingredients you need for this delicious creamy vegetable soup!

peppers atop a drift of soft, creamy, cornforward polenta, star of the appetizer list ($10–$12), which also includes — ready? — meatballs in red sauce. Then, from the salad selection ($10–$12), a mammoth, serves-six mound of fresh and spiky greens, topped with an ideally runny poached egg and accented by the savory crunch of hazelnuts, a dusting of fennel pollen and mist of cherry vinaigrette. Just fine. Or go for the classic chopped salad or Caesar. Next, a pair from the pasta dishes to share — or not ($12–$16). They’re not perfect — this isn’t Monello — but generous and lusty. The Carbonara utilized fresh linguine, bits of smoky-salty pancetta and plenty of Parm but in a thick, muddy sauce. (Do try this at home, and stir in the requisite raw egg just before serving, which didn’t happen here). Then the tortelloni — huge, honking knife-and-fork bundles of dense, less than malleable noodles encasing Swiss chard — pureed rather than chopped, which diminishes its impact, darn it — abetted by chevre, roasted garlic, more hazelnuts and rosemary. Had we had room for pizza (individually sized, $10–$15) I’d have relished more of that old-time red sauce, salving everything from salami and house sausage to a simple Margherita. Or try the mozz-mushroomgarlic cream sauce version. But not the PB&J. Please! And what’s a sticky toffee pudding-cake, straight out of Ireland, doing on an Italian menu? I have no idea, but it’s my favorite weakness, so fine. And it proved terrific — an ultra-moist slice rich with salted caramel, a strong, sharp, come-hither blast of candied orange peel and a side of sour cream. Or choose panna cotta fused with lychee granite or chocolate budino, a pudding that sounds beyond wonderful (desserts $5–$8). The concept looks like the prototype for a brood of Rabbits, but until multiplying, as they do, head here for a taste of Mamma Mia underscored with clever updates.

Creamy Vegetable Soup with Pancetta By Mary Jane Miller Ingredients 1 package Red Table Meat Co. pancetta, cubed into 1 inch pieces 1/2 cup chopped onion 1 clove garlic, chopped 1/2 teaspoon salt 2 cups coarsely chopped seasonal vegetables (this time of year, I love to use winter squash and turnips) 1 Yukon gold or white potato, peeled and coarsely chopped 1/2 cup broth (chicken or vegetable) or water 1 1/2 cups whole milk 1/4 teaspoon pepper

 Add potatoes and broth. Note: If your vegetables are hard and need more time to cook (like squash or other root vegetables), add them here. If they are tender (like zucchini, tomatoes or broccoli) add them for the last 5 to 7 minutes of cooking. Bring broth to a boil. Reduce heat, cover and simmer 15 minutes or until potatoes and other vegetables are very tender.

Method  In a medium pot, cook pancetta over medium heat until fat is rendered. Remove pieces of cooked pancetta and set aside. Add onion and garlic. Stir to coat with fat. Add salt. Cook, stirring occasionally, until onions are softened but not brown, about 3 minutes.

 Spoon into bowls and serve topped with a dollop of sour cream, croutons, popcorn, drizzles of olive oil, slivers of vegetables and/or chopped herbs, and, of course, the cooked pancetta.

 Add milk and pepper. Use an immersion blender to puree soup until very smooth. If you use a standard blender, blend it in batches and remove center plug from lid. Cover top with kitchen towel as hot soup can spurt out while blending.

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By Jahna Peloquin

“INDIgenesis: Indigenous Filmmakers, Past and Present” According to Native American filmmaker and writer Missy Whiteman, “We are in the beginning of a new era in Native cinema.” In collaboration with the Walker Art Center, she presents “INDIgenesis,” a month-long series of films and talks showcasing the past and present of indigenous film. The series begins with a screening of the 1920 silent film “The Daughter of Dawn,” which features more than 300 members of the Comanche and Kiowa tribes, and culminates with a discussion from filmmakers Heather Rae and Cody Lucich, who will preview footage from “AKICITA,” their forthcoming documentary on Standing Rock in North Dakota. Where: Walker Cinema at Walker Art Center, 1750 Hennepin Ave. Cost: Select films are $10 ($8 Walker members, students and seniors); others are free

When: March 3–25 Info: walkerart.org

“Glitch Art Is Dead” Glitch art is defined as the use of digital or analog errors, by either corrupting digital data or physically manipulating electronic devices, for aesthetic purposes. While the medium’s roots date back to the 1930s, the movement has exploded with the advent of the digital age. In 2015, Aleksandra Pieńkosz and Zoe Stawska founded “Glitch Art Is Dead,” an exhibition and workshop series aimed at denying its title. This year’s installment is hosted by Gamut Gallery in Minneapolis, showcasing a wide array of glitch artworks from more than 90 artists spanning the globe. Additional events include an opening reception (March 11 from 7 p.m.–11 p.m.), glitch-art workshops (March 17–19) and a closing party with live performances curated by noise artist Alex Kmett (March 31 from 7 p.m.–11 p.m.). Where: Gamut Gallery, 717 10th St. S. When: March 11–31 Cost: Free except exhibit opening ($5), closing ($10) and workshops ($35 for weekend pass) Info: gamutgallerympls.com

“Classical Connections” It’s not every day cowboys share a stage with ballerinas. In “Classical Connections,” the Twin Cities Ballet of Minnesota blends classical ballet with the gothic romance and an Americana classic. The three-part program features TCB’s homage to “Rodeo,” a 1942 ballet that was originally scored by Aaron Copland and choreographed by Agnes de Mille. The evening also includes an new original classical ballet piece and the world premiere of “Frankenstein: The Monster Within,” an original work inspired by the Mary Shelley horror classic that eschews monsters in favor of exploring the novel’s more introspective themes. Where: The Cowles Center for Dance & the Performing Arts, 528 Hennepin Ave. When: Friday, March 10 and Saturday, March 11 at 7:30 p.m. Cost: $25–$35 Info: thecowlescenter.org

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St. Patrick’s Day

St. Paddy’s Day is a major holiday across the river in St. Paul, whose first settlers were Irish. Whether or not you can claim Irish blood, the holiday provides ample opportunity to get into the spirit with a parade, block parties and more.

St. Patrick’s Day Parade Don your best green garb and grab a spot along the parade route on 5th Street or around Rice Park for this 51st-annual celebration of Irish heritage, complete with traditional bagpipers and Irish dancers. Where: Wacouta St. to Rice Park along 5th St., St. Paul When: Friday, March 17 at noon Cost: Free Info: visitsaintpaul.com

35th-annual Irish Celebration Take in performances by traditional Irish dancers, live Irish music from local and regional acts, Celtic vendors, Irish food, local and Irish beer, bagpipe bands and children’s crafts and entertainment during this family-friendly fest. Where: Landmark Center, 75 W. 5th St., St. Paul When: Friday, March 17 from 10 a.m.–5 p.m. Cost: $7 for adults, $5 for kids (age 6-12) and seniors (over 65), kids under 5 free Info: visitsaintpaul.com

O’Gara’s 76th Anniversary Celebration Luckypalooza Get lucky at this two-block street bash featuring live music and DJs, outdoor food stands, drinks, mechanical bull rides and tent parties hosted by Patrick McGovern’s Pub, Burger Moe’s and Cossetta. Where: Along W. 7th St., St. Paul When: Saturday, March 11 from 2 p.m.–11 p.m. Cost: Free Info: visitsaintpaul.com

In honor of its 76th year of business, Irish bar O’Gara’s is hosting a tent party, the 26th-annual World’s Shortest Parade led by the Brian Boru Pipe Band, and live music and DJs throughout the day. Where: O’Gara’s, 164 Snelling Ave. N., St. Paul When: Friday, March 17 from 8 a.m.–1 a.m. Cost: Free Info: ogaras.com

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