Restaurants: Coping as diners tighten belts

Brenda Langton, at her Spoonriver restaurant

Customers are downsizing, ordering fewer entrees and more small plates to share or cutting back on their wine and spirits purchases.

Counter intelligence

Samuelson's jP American Bistro calls it quits

What a bummer: After a 5 1/2-year run, jP American Bistro (2937 Lyndale Av. S., Minneapolis) closed last week. Chef/owner J.P. Samuelson said his business finally succumbed to a blizzard of challenges.

Nightlife: Tom Horgen

Bars on the syllabus

With college back in session, we give returning students a crash course on 10 college bars that matter.

Photo right: At Stub and Herb's

The Hot Five

Get out of town and enjoy the autumn leaves at their peak.

Nightlife: Tom Horgen

Reviving Rumours

Shots for sale

Downtown St. Paul gets another boost in the nightlife department -- this time with a gay dance club.

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Each week Star Tribune restaurant reviewer Rick Nelson updates you on the latest happenings not only in the Twin Cities restaurant community but also in the world of food.