As Food Giant Sysco Tightens Its Hold, We Asked Local Chefs and Restaurateurs How Much to Worry
Sysco’s latest move, a $29.1 billion bid to acquire Restaurant Depot, has the industry ‘rattled.’
Best Budget Bites: $8.75 Burrito From Maya Cuisine
And they're BOGO on Wednesdays? Lord have mercy.
Meet MN’s War Profiteers
Plus an oral history of the immigration crackdown, new news for the Aquatennial, and pitch your own ice cream flavor in today's Flyover news roundup.
Record Store Day, Vintage Finds, the Return of Kirby Pucker Beer: This Week’s Best Happenings
Plus MSPIFF and the Saint Paul Art Crawl carries on, tons of concerts, mini-golf, and more.
An Educated Guesser’s Guide to the 2026 Minneapolis-St. Paul International Film Festival
How do you recommend movies you haven't seen yet? Let me explain.
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What’s Better Than Paying Taxes? Your Complete Concert Calendar: April 14-20.
Pretty much all the music you can catch in the Twin Cities this week.
MN Reformer Asks: Will Rep. Hudson’s Extremely Embarrassing Gun/Booze Incident End His Extremely Online Ways?
Plus Cardamom abruptly cans human servers, a look at the evil 'challenge coins' inside Whipple, and the Times takes the 'Purple Tour' in today's Flyover news roundup.
We Found It: Bryon Noem Bimbo Dominatrix Ginormous Balloon Boobs Story Has Local Angle
Plus a 'Wanna Buy' no one can afford, a conspiracy nut segues into an immigrant judge, and Weather Loon in today's Flyover news roundup.
Tell Us How You Use—Or Don’t Use—AI in This Week’s Open Thread
As we do every Friday, we're turning Racket over to you, the readers.
Meet the Guys Who Decide What Beers Appear at Your Local Liquor Store
France 44's Bill Nosan and 'Fitty' Fitzpatrick at Thomas Liquors have almost 50 years of beer-buying experience between them.
Freeloader Friday: 103 Free Things To Do This Weekend
Bike rides, gallery crawls, Indigenous-run events, rock shows, and more.
Even Frey Allies Have ‘Soured’ on Minneapolis Police Chief O’Hara
Plus hundreds of MN detainees trapped in Texas, Rep. Morrison's stock woes, and Maria Bamford rules in today's Flyover news roundup.
