I couldn’t tell you the first time I had a cup of tea. My parents never drank it, no one in my family ever drank it, and yet it’s as if I have always been drinking tea. I hardly go a day without it. Tea is like a warm hug from a friend, a beautiful…
Learn About Jakeeno’s On December 26, 1975, Jack and Carol Keegan opened Jakeeno’s Pizza and Pasta on the corner of 36th and Chicago in South Minneapolis. For the Keegan family, serving the neighborhood with quality Italian food at a fair price was always the focus, and continued to be after daughters Patty and Amy Keegan…
Learn About Football Pizza In 2000, Meerwais and Nicole Azizi opened Crescent Moon Bakery, an eatery serving Afghan foods off Central Ave in Northeast Minneapolis. It wouldn’t be long before a second location opened, and as their food developed, so did their name. A unique pizza—in the shape of a football—grew to be their main…
Learn About Jinx Tea Minneapolis-based Jinx Tea began as a beverage truck business and by 2019 had opened a permanent tea bar in Linden Hills. They combine cooperatively and family-grown Chinese teas imported through local vendor Verdant Tea with flavors from spices, herbs, flowers, and more. Jinx Tea co-founder Jennifer Wills was inspired to develop…
The impacts of these everyday investments help to keep growers and producers like Baker’s Field thriving now during this difficult time and in the future.
