While I mostly try to bring food along when birding in the sparsely populated parts of Minnesota to avoid loss of time traveling to restaurants, I cannot help but give a plug to Jiggs Family Restaurant in Northome. One of the best restaurant breakfasts I have ever had I got there about six one snowy, icy morning this winter. The owner even called in a more local person who could walk to work to open up, as the one scheduled to open the place at 5:30 or 6:00 am could not make it! And this all on a Sunday morning in a small town where one would not expect a great crowd in that time frame! We are not speaking about gourmet cooking here, just a great down home breakfast of eggs and hashbrowns. Their evening meals are also good. Jeanie Joppru Pennington County
> -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected]=20 > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Derric Pennington > Sent: Wednesday, March 23, 2005 11:35 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [mou] Where do YOU eat while out birding Minnesota???? >=20 >=20 > Help us find the Best Eateries in Minnesota!!!! >=20 > Many of us need to stop and refuel while birding Minnesota's great=20 > outdoors, be it for breakfast, lunch, or dinner. For example, just=20 > this morning I was out birding at Crosby Farm, where I heard my first=20 > Killdeer and Northern Flicker of the year. Often after a morning=20 > birding in St. Paul, I head over to Trotter's Cafe on=20 > Cleveland Ave to=20 > have a mid-morning snack. Trotter's is a restaurant known for=20 > supporting local sustainable farms, not to mention just wonderful=20 > home-made food! >=20 > We want to know about your favorite restaurant, cafe, bed &=20 > breakfast, or other public eatery that serves up great,=20 > home-made food. We especially want to know about places that=20 > serve locally-grown food, whose menus may include meat from a=20 > local rancher, cream and butter from a nearby dairy, fruits=20 > and veggies grown by area farmers, jams and relishes those=20 > farmers put up, honey from the neighborhood apiary, delicious=20 > Minnesota wines, or anything else that makes a wonderfully=20 > short journey from "farm to table." >=20 > Please send us the name of the eatery, the town it's located=20 > in, any contact information you may have (phone, address,=20 > e-mail) and, if you know it, the name(s) of the owner(s)=20 > and/or chef(s). All information can be sent to Derric=20 > Pennington at [email protected] (please do not=20 > reply > to [email protected]). >=20 > Over the next couple of months we will be gathering your=20 > suggestions and will be selecting a number of these=20 > establishments to be featured in a book and on a website to=20 > promote "eating locally." >=20 > This project has been made possible by a grant from the North=20 > Central Regional Sustainable Agriculture Research and=20 > Education program, and is being carried out by a number of=20 > organizations throughout the state. For more information,=20 > contact Renewing the Countryside at 1-866-378-0587. >=20 > Please let me know if you have any questions. >=20 > Happy Spring Birding!!! > =A0 >=20 > Derric Pennington > Conservation Biology Graduate program > Dept. of Fisheries, Wildlife and Conservation Biology > College of Natural Resources > University of Minnesota > 200 Hodson Hall > 1980 Folwell Ave > St. Paul, MN 55108 > ph: 612-624-4796 >=20 > _______________________________________________ > mou-net mailing list > [email protected] > http://cbs.umn.edu/mailman/listinfo/mou-net >=20
