Lake St Wine and Beer Tasting and Silent Auction

Check out the 16th Annual Lake Street Council Fundraiser - sample fine wines, local brews, and authentic Mexican food while bidding on silent auction items donated by many of the people and businesses that make Lake Street great. November 8, 2012 from 5:30-8 pm at El Nuevo Rodeo (3003 27th Ave S).

Fireroast Mountain Cafe

Another great neighborhood cafe and coffee shop is the Fireroast Mountain Cafe at 3800 37th Ave S. Featuring local and organic food, coffee and coffee drinks, they also support local artists, musicians and community groups by providing a place for them to meet, play or display their art. Their menu includes sandwiches, soup, burritos, quesadillas, tamales, salad and baked goods made on the premises. Hours: Mon-Thur 6:30-9; Fri 6:30-9:30; Sat 8-9:30; Sun 8-5. Call to order take-out: 612-724-9895.

Soderberg's Floral and Gift

In 1925 Harold and Mildred Soderberg opened up a flower shop at 27th & E Lake St (the current home of T's Place). In 1932 they moved their shop to 33rd & E Lake, and Soderberg's Floral and Gift has served the Minneapolis area with fresh flowers, plants, gifts and floral arrangements ever since. The current owner, Howard O'neil, has 40 years of experience as a florist & floral designer. He and his staff have won numerous awards for floral design over the years, while remaining committed to purchasing over half of their stock from local growers. Call 612-724-3606 or order online to have flowers delivered locally.

T's Place

Located next to El Nuevo Rodeo at 2713 East Lake St, T's Place serves Ethiopian-Asian food that adds to the cornucopia of global dining choices in the area. Tee Belachew, owner and chef, learned traditional Ethiopian cooking from his auntie, then went on to work at Singapore! Restaurant before opening T's Place in 2006. City Pages named T's the 'Best Ethiopian Restaurant' in 2011 (click here to read the review).  Both the restaurant and bar are open 7 days a week for dinner and late night food and drinks (4 pm-2 am). Call 612-724-8868 to reserve space for large parties or for catering services.

20% Discount at This 'N That

Living in Longfellow is offering a special deal at This 'N That (see Aug 14 post for more about TNT). Just click on the coupon below to enlarge, then print and bring in to redeem. Support Longfellow businesses! Offer expires 10/27/12.

Jardin Magico

Jardin Magico Spanish Immersion Day Care and Preschool is celebrating 10 years of providing bilingual education focusing on community, cultural learning and a healthy environment. We are fortunate to have one of its three locations right here in Longfellow (3836 Minnehaha Ave), where they provide care for infants, toddlers and pre-schoolers. Owners Xavier and Natalie Lopez have created a well-developed curriculum for each age group, and their commitment to healthy living is modeled by providing the children natural and organic meals cooked in the center's own commercial kitchen, and by using cloth diapers to reduce waste. They can be reached at 612-360-3196.

LoLa Art Crawl - Aug 25 & 26

Calling all artists and art lovers! The League of Longfellow artists (LoLa) is holding its 4th annual art crawl the week-end of August 25 & 26 from 10am-5pm. Billed as "the biggest little art crawl in Minnesota", 115 artists will be showing and selling their work at 69 sites throughout the Longfellow area of Minneapolis. In addition to artists studios, many of the artists are displaying their work at local businesses, including many of those that have been featured on this blog - Merlin's Rest, Harriet Brewing, Mosaic Cafe and Mother Earth Gardens, to name a few. Not to be missed!