It’s actually been ages since I made one at home, but this conversation made me thirsty.

2.0 oz rye whiskey
0.5 oz demerara syrup
3-4 dashes Angostura bitters

Stirred w/ ice for, idk, 45 seconds, then served with a proper cube. 🥃

If you ever find yourself in Prior Lake, PLate on Main runs their old fashioned for $11 during HH and $9 all evening on Mondays. A classic take on a classic, and one of my favorites.

I’ve also perfected several versions of my own; we’re known to show up with batches as guests.

I’m old enough to remember the first SPP location in a diff building on Broadway. Carryout only, couldn’t see over the counter at the time.

My JR High was 4 blocks south of the current/longtime spot. They had to implement a cover charge on dance nights bc they were overrun by soda gulping tweens. 😂

I grew up w/ the St. Paul Park location as a special occasion. Blew my mind when they served it by the slice during the annual Heritage Days festival.

Always found it interesting that the suburban chains are technically unaffiliated w/ the OG Randolph location. Split in the family IIRC.

If I wanted a burrito, I’d get a burrito.

And it’s the only place we can get 72 slices of Bongards white american cheese. 🧀🎉

For a local chain with almost 30 locations, some of their best deals still manage to fly under the radar. Their hot/fresh situation is so good. And I need to be physically restrained when they run BOGO on frozen pizzas.

I refuse to believe it’s almost 27 years old.

I like @offjawaggon.bsky.social as an alt source for MN politics/policy. Not exclusively MN, but a heavy well-informed dose of it.

Eggnog is 💯. UST used to hold its annual Christmas Luncheon at the InterContinental St. Paul Riverfront hotel. Spectacular nog served during the pre-lunch reception. #1 reason for attending.

I get the CDC-related updates & national data here: www.cdc.gov/nwss/rv/COVI...

Locally, I regularly check the University of Minnesota dashboard: wastewater.uspatial.umn.edu/sars-cov-2/

Regrettably, I’ve been reducing that quite a bit as well. 🤦🏼‍♂️

We were speculating that they might have had compensation bonuses tied to the number of times they mentioned mayo. 😂