October 2016 Maple Grove Magazine

In the October food issue find out where locals flock for healthy and hearty fare, plus check out a roundup of the most unique pizzas in Maple Grove.

The Historical Preservation Society of Maple Grove shared this vintage photo of a threshing rig with Maple Grove Magazine.

 

A restaurant is expensive to build. Purchasing commercial kitchen equipment and topping it off with aesthetically pleasing decor that holds up to the wear and tear of customers often exceeds a half million dollars.

 

Teams serve up the ball four nights a week at this local eatery.

 

Maple Grove held its first annual Chalkfest on Main Street, Arbor Lakes this summer with local, national and international chalk artists, along with future chalk artists from the area.

 

If you’re a regular at the Maple Grove Farmers Market, then you’ve seen the harvest of eQuality Farms. They offer USDA-certified organic produce from their farm in Buffalo, Minnesota. Crops are grown by adult staff and associates with developmental disabilities.

 

Pizza. It’s a quick meal that someone else makes, or pulls out of the freezer, or delivers to your door during the game. It’s the go-to meal for large groups or those who are simply bushed from a day of work.

 

Have you ever been at a restaurant and not known what to order? With all the great food in Maple Grove, it’s hard to know where to start. That’s why we’ve asked a variety of locals to name favorite foods from restaurants around town.

 

To many Minnesotans, the luxury of warm summer months means the occasional retreat to the backyard for a barbeque. With this in mind, a Maple Grove family has found a way to make the most of the outdoor season while planning a backyard makeover.

 

Claddagh Irish Pub has been an anchor in Maple Grove since 2002, and now it’s more Irish than ever with three managers from Ireland. All three hopped the pond specifically to work at Claddagh.

 

They are two familiar businesses in Maple Grove: Total Wine on Elm Creek Boulevard and Haskell’s on Grove Circle North, which you may associate, primarily, with wine sales.

 

Nothing Bundt Cakes might be a bakery franchise started over a decade ago by two women in Las Vegas, but Minnesotans have always had an “in”: every one of their cakes, produced in more than 200 franchises nationwide, is baked in a Bun

 

These four sisters, Jessa, Brandi, Cassandra, and Lily, enjoyed reading two different issues of Maple Grove Magazine while relaxing and fishing up North in the Boundary Water Canoe Area.

Mountaintop Experience

 

The Haunted Acres haunted house has been known to scare the pants off people, and this year is no exception.

 

Orzo Salad with Basil and Heirloom Tomatoes
Prep: 8 minutes
Cook: 8 minutes
Servings: 8

 

Biaggi’s Ristorante Italiano in Maple Grove recently received a 2016 Award of Excellence, which recognizes restaurants whose wine lists feature a well-chosen assortment of quality producers along with a thematic match to the menu in both price

 

The Maple Tavern might just be the newest hot spot for weekend specials. On Saturdays and Sundays, they feature prime rib dinners in the evenings.