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Joy Summers

Food and Drink Reporter
Food and Drink Reporter
Joy Summers is a St. Paul-based food reporter who has been covering Twin Cities restaurants since 2010. She joined the Minnesota Star Tribune in 2021.

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Latest from Joy Summers

Eat & Drink

Restaurant openings and closings in the Twin Cities

What's open, what's closed and what's still to come in the Twin Cities and beyond.
December 31, 2024
The interior of Stargazer bar with constellation ceiling and a horseshoe shaped bar filled with people in dim purple and blue light.
Eat & Drink

5 Twin Cities area restaurants now open or coming soon

Farina Rossa is officially open, Bar Siena in Hopkins offers a sneak peek, pho in Roseville and more restaurant news.
December 31, 2024
Eat & Drink

The 5 best things our food writers ate in 2024

A stunning cup of affogato, unforgettable barbecue and evenings soaking in delicious surroundings: here’s what stood out this year.
December 27, 2024
Food & Culture

The 5 best things our food writers ate this week

Lefse-wrapped Swedish wontons, a soothing bowl of rice porridge and a gravy-laden commercial filled our week with comfort and warmth.
December 20, 2024
A plate with slices of Hmong sausage, a stuffed chicken wing and crispy pork belly, a mound of white sticky rice and shreds of white and orange papaya salad in a lettuce leaf
Eat & Drink

2024 was the year restaurants we missed finally returned

Nostalgia is front and center as Mickey’s Diner, Forepaugh’s, Annie’s Parlour and more reopened.
December 19, 2024
Eat & Drink

A new wave of comfort food in 2024

Drive-in burgers, family-fun pizzas, a vintage Homer Hanky and a side of fries gave us cozy eating feels.
December 19, 2024
Eat & Drink

Yia Vang closes Union Hmong Kitchen on Lake Street

The nomadic restaurant switches to in-home feasts and catering.
December 18, 2024
Yia Vang's Union Hmong Kitchen pop-up Slurp serves Fun Fun noodles (wide rice noodles with fried peanuts and herbs) with an option egg on top, Khao poon with a vibrant curry broth and a special, a massive squishy bao filled with egg, chicken and bean thread noodles. Located inside the former Mucci's/Meyven location.
Eat & Drink

Swedish meatballs are having a moment in Twin Cities restaurants

The traditional holiday mainstay is being championed and reinvented by local eateries.
December 18, 2024
Eat & Drink

2024 was the year restaurants we missed finally returned

Nostalgia is front and center as Mickey’s Diner, Forepaugh’s, Annie’s Parlour and more reopened.
December 19, 2024
Eat & Drink

A new wave of comfort food in 2024

Drive-in burgers, family-fun pizzas, a vintage Homer Hanky and a side of fries gave us cozy eating feels.
December 19, 2024
Eat & Drink

Yia Vang closes Union Hmong Kitchen on Lake Street

The nomadic restaurant switches to in-home feasts and catering.
December 18, 2024
Yia Vang's Union Hmong Kitchen pop-up Slurp serves Fun Fun noodles (wide rice noodles with fried peanuts and herbs) with an option egg on top, Khao poon with a vibrant curry broth and a special, a massive squishy bao filled with egg, chicken and bean thread noodles. Located inside the former Mucci's/Meyven location.
Eat & Drink

Swedish meatballs are having a moment in Twin Cities restaurants

The traditional holiday mainstay is being championed and reinvented by local eateries.
December 18, 2024
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