[mou] Where do YOU eat while out birding Minnesota????

[Jeanie Joppru]

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


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> [mailto:mou-net-admin@cbs.umn.edu] On Behalf Of Derric Pennington
> Sent: Wednesday, March 23, 2005 11:35 AM
> To: mou-net@cbs.umn.edu
> Subject: [mou] Where do YOU eat while out birding Minnesota????
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> Help us find the Best Eateries in Minnesota!!!!
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> 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!
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> 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."
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> 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 info@rtcinfo.org (please do not=20
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> to sustag@mail.coafes.umn.edu).
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> 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."
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> 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.
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> Please let me know if you have any questions.
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> Happy Spring Birding!!!
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> 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
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