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Saturday, January 8th, 2011
Wild Card Saturday has become a decade-long tradition. It started back in 2002 in our apartment on Burd Street with the Snow Bowl: New England Patriots v. Oakland Raiders during a big-ass snowstorm. It has turned into an annual gathering at Kelli and Patrick’s, complete with pernil, chili, chicken wings and punch. (Sometimes Pigskin Punch. Sometimes other punches.) The guest list has changed over the years, but the premise remains the same. Drink punch. Or beer. Watch the game on TV. Or don’t. The only thing everyone at the party absolutely does is eat. And eat well.
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Tags: aimee, bob, catherine, chicken wings, chili, cowboy beans, erik, football, graham, kelli, marissa, paige, parties, patrick, pernil, punch, sean, spinach salad, wild card saturday, young-yi
Sunday, June 20th, 2010
Pretty much right after breakfast, Bob got started smoking some chickens and pork ribs for a lovely Father’s Day barbecue. Here’s the chef at work!
More photos of the food and the guests, after the jump.
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Tags: ann, bob, brian, chicken, denny, doris, lenae, mankato, matt, minnesota, pat, pork, smoker
Friday, June 18th, 2010
For our fourth and final stop on the Mankato Historic Pub Crawl, we hit Red Sky Lounge. It is by far the hippest spot on the tour, but alas, we learned the least about its history. Instead, we heard more about what bars it had been over the years, and how the current owners came to take it over and what they’d done to renovate. Still, worth a look.
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Tags: annie, bob, greg, mankato, mankato historic pub crawl, minnesota, red sky lounge, savoy
Friday, June 18th, 2010
The third spot on the pub crawl was a spot called Pub 500. For a long time, it was a gas station, conveniently located near a tire store (that’s still in business). Today, it’s a pub and restaurant, owned by the same people who own the Happy Chef chain of restaurants. Betcha didn’t know the Happy Chef was based in Mankato, Minn., didya?
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Friday, June 18th, 2010
Here’s one way to learn about this history of your town: take a walking tour — and have cocktails at the same time!
OK, it was more like pints, rather than cocktails, but we learned a lot and had fun too. Our first stop. Rounders in Mankato, after the jump.
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Friday, June 18th, 2010
Schell’s Brewery in New Ulm, Minn. was established in 1860, making it the second oldest brewery in the US. (The first is Yuengling.) We went for a tour and a tasting on a beautiful Friday afternoon.
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Tags: annie, bob, brewery, doris, greg, minnesota, new ulm, schell's
Thursday, June 17th, 2010
Jake’s Stadium Pizza — one of Greg’s favorites because of its thin, crackery crust and fun toppings, such as Canadian bacon — is moving to make way for a CVS. We were there on its last weekend in the old location.
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Tags: andy, ann, bob, doris, greg, jake's stadium pizza, mankato, minnesota
