March 2014

Check out this month's issue of Maple Grove Magazine, which includes tips and tricks from local experts for this year's spring cleaning.  We've also discovered seven super soups that you won't want to miss, and written a profile on a favorite local shop's new owner!

There’s nothing quite like attending the world premiere of a local play that you know you won’t see anywhere else— and Yellow Tree Theatre has had the privilege of helping the Maple Grove community experience this year after year.

 

Kelly Eull, an attorney who concentrates her practice in family law, joined Maple Grove’s Henningson & Snoxell firm in December 2013.

 

On Main Street in between Dunn Bros. and the Thai restaurant, Sawatdee, there stands a unique new salon that specializes in something most places don’t— waxing. As you walk in to the trendy shop, you realize the absence of elevator music typically found in these types of salons.

 

Every year Nadia Cakes offers unicorn poop cupcakes on April 1. “This is a huge event at the shop, and people go nuts over these.

 

While walking on a trail between Eagle Lake and Pike Lake last June, Evan Harlan found himself up close and personal with a winged friend. Harlan says he often brings his Canon T3i with him on walks around the trails in Maple Grove to take photos of anything that catches his eye.

 
Toam Yum Soup from Sawatdee is sweet and sour with lemongrass, Thai chili and mushrooms, and topped with basil.

“It’s all home cookin’ like grandma would have made.” —The Lookout Bar and Grill owner, Mike Kinnan

 

“There’s nobody doing what I’m doing in the country and that opens people’s eyes,” Kavita Mehta says about her unique cooking classes. Mehta’s classes at Ethnic Foods Co. provide an exclusive look into what cooking in other cultures is like.

 

“The less clutter, the easier it is to keep any space clean,”—Mike Soukup, director of sales and marketing for ServiceMaster by Hedden.

It’s that time of year again.

 
Riley and Brooke Cassibo play mancala in their fireside game room.

Fireplaces were once the heart of a home, and Minnesota’s long winters invite people to gather around them again.

 

“I like seeing the big transformations and how you can update someone’s home without making big renovations.”—Painterati Sales Supervisor Katy Slater

 

Maple Grove resident Colleen Hazen is the oldest of seven children and she never played organized sports. So Hazen had an epiphany when her own two children, Andy and Katie, began playing competitive tennis several years ago at Maple Grove Junior High School.

 

“It’s my intent to continue the spirit of the store.”—Diane Knutson, new owner

 

The Siebrasse family moved into their beautiful new home in Maple Grove in 2006. This five-bedroom craftsman on a corner lot fit the ticket for this family of six even though the basement was still a concrete shell of unfinished space.

 

A local business is celebrating 10 years of providing tasty and creative meals to families all over the Twin Cities and we got “the dish” on what staying successful means. Let’s Dish! allows customers to use their kitchen and prepare meals to serve to their families.

 

After seeking out spices for their kitchen and turning up empty handed when it came to finding exactly what they wanted, Jay and Jane Bunting of Rogers decided to solve the problem in a unique way: they created their own wholesale business and also create private label brands for companies such a

 

While driving across the metro area, you may have noticed Adopt-A-Street signs accompanied by a family or organization’s name. The program, which includes both streets and highways, began as an initiative to make the city of Minneapolis cleaner with the help of community members.

 

Searching for all of your tobacco needs?  Look no further than E Cig City and Smokers House, both of which have just opened their doors in the Maple Grove and Osseo communities.

 

Last November, Great Southern Bank opened a brand new location in Maple Grove. The bank sits on 7685 Zachary Lane, just behind Costco and Petsmart.

 

Drinking from a cactus may seem a prickly proposition, but the Maple Grove brother team of Prem and Om Padhye has created a company that endorses just that.