June 2011

Best of Maple Grove | Outdoor Activities | Patios

Something about eating alfresco just makes our food and drink taste better. From crisp salads to juicy burgers, from house-infused liquors to your favorite brews on tap, it seems Minnesotans just can’t get their fill of drinking and dining in the open air.

 

For more than a decade, teenage heartthrobs have crooned their way to the top of Maple Grove’s Battle of the Bands, and this year’s melodies should sound even sweeter in the event’s second year outdoors at the Town Green.

 

This is only the Town Green’s second summer in Maple Grove, and it’s already a wildly popular landmark. With a booked schedule of entertainment, there seems to be something exciting happening there 24/7.

 

Bet you never thought you’d be a member of an academy. But in the Maple Grove eMGy Awards, your vote made you a member of a valued panel of local experts.

 

A big snowstorm in late winter is usually met with groans, sighs and under-your-breath cursing. Not so in the Maple Grove neighborhood of Tipperary Meadows.

 

When meeting Harriette Krasnoff, it’s easy to see why she started a seniors acting group. Her face is naturally emotive, she is bright and energetic, and she doesn't speak—she projects.

 

Angie Cizadlo and Jenna Nielsen each gave birth to their second child a day apart at the Maple Grove Hospital. The Family Birth Center at the hospital logged an incredible 2,100 deliveries in its first year in 2010, so it is not unusual for any two women to give birth there.

 

The recession wasn’t good to Roxanne Minor, so she gave up efforts to find traditional work and started a small business that passes goodness across kitchen tables.

 

School of Fear by Gitty Daneshvari
Recommended by Kathleen Brown for kids

 

While most hospitals have to convert medical-surgical units into psychiatry wings, PrairieCare hospital opened in February to help and heal children and adolescents with psychiatric conditions. “It’s the only thing we do,” says Dr. Stephen Setterberg, PrairieCare president and CEO.

 

After growing up tinkering in the garage, Jeremy Luffey has his father to thank for his fondness of cars.

 

More men are going to Belladerm MedSpa, according to managing director and owner Robin Bernens, because they have become more aware that they can put their best face forward by taking better care of their skin.

 

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