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After nine years of providing “Good Food from Great People!” the market has realized that a sneak peak can’t do anybody harm, so May 17, from 3-7 pm, is the agreed upon time and the MG Community Center is the place the anticipation ends. Read more »

I’ve just returned from the private grand opening of Rodizio Grill, Maple Grove’s first Brazilian Steakhouse, and I am comfortably full. For carnivores Rodizio is an intoxicating experience. Rotisserie grilled meats of every imaginable taste are carved tableside. Strapping Gauchos roam the dining room floor with an eagle eye for the green wooden indicator that broadcasts that you are not yet satiated. Your plate can’t sit empty for more than 4.5 seconds before it is visited by yet another kind of perfectly delectable grilled morsel. Read more »

Let’s hear it for our very own Keith Marler, morning meteorologist for KMSP in Minneapolis, and Maple Grove resident, who was voted “America’s Favorite Weather Forecaster” in a recent national poll conducted by Weatherist.com, a website that assesses the accuracy of local and national forecasters in select U.S. cities. Read more »

You'll have to wait for our July issue to read about the winners of the annual Best of Maple Grove readers' survey, but here's a sneak peak at the three finalists in each of the 25 categories.

(Note: These finalists were the top three vote earners as determined by our readers in an open-ended online survey. Finalists are listed in alphabetical order in each category.) Read more »

Being part Irish myself (ok, Scots-Irish, maiden name McEwen), I am a sucker for wearing green on St. Paddy’s Day, if nothing else to avoid being pinched. And, there’s one place in Maple Grove you don’t want to miss visiting over the St. Patrick’s Day weekend, especially with kids—Claddagh Irish Pub. Read more »

If you’ve ever have a free night and want to go out dancing, but don’t have a partner, check out the monthly Friday night hoopla put on by the Single Circles Square Dancing Club. They’ll teach you the steps and find you a partner, and you might be surprised at how much fun it is and how tired you are when the last call is complete. Read more »

If there was ever someone to develop the perfect Valentine’s Day recipe, it’s Alice Tanghe. She has a lot of backup. Built-in shelves in her office hold over 500 recipe books, grouped according to region, type of food, type of cooking vessel, Junior League cookbooks, meat, vegetarian, breakfast/brunch, entertaining, drinks, etc. She buys them as she travels, according to her particular interest at the time. Read more »

There’s nothing like venturing out on your own to do something you truly love. Liz Schiller, mother, dreamer, fashionista, and proprietor of newly opened women’s boutique Juniper is a great example of someone who knew what she was good at and didn’t ignore that tiny voice in her head that said, “you can do it!” Read more »

Every once in a while a writer is assigned a story during which he or she has the fainting privilege of speaking with “legends” in a specific industry. The January issue of Maple Grove Magazine features just such a story, profiling the latest musical “goings on” of Maple Grove resident Howard Kessler. Read more »

A good friend is a precious gift. Having 16 of them, who would do practically anything for you, is akin to winning the lottery. In the midst of nurturing healthy marriages, raising kids, loving grandkids, caretaking parents, cultivating careers and living out their faith, these women are also leaders in the community and generous in their service to the needy. “We hope we make good things happen for our community by the lives we touch and the lives we don't know we've touched,” says Terry Toops, one of the 16. Read more »