Some of the latest from the Heavy Table…

The newly opened Geno's is serving up simple Italian-American fare with a great deal of earnest excellence.

Enhance your opera-going experience with a Taste of Opera – a delicious pre-show meal and relaxed conversation with experts from the world of opera. Enjoy an engaging look at La Bohème, Puccini’s timeless love story. Heartwarming and heartbreaking in equal measure, this time-honored story inspired the hit musical RENT. Your Taste of Opera experience includes a pre-show meal, program with special guests from the production, transportation (May 21 only) and a premium ticket to La Bohème, all for an amazingly low price. Choose from two dates: Thursday, May 11 (dinner) at Vieux Carré or Sunday, May 21 (champagne brunch) at The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis. Call Brian at 612-342-9563 to register.

Join some of Minnesota’s most talented chefs in the woods at Chef Camp to learn about primal cooking methods and share the best local flavors. This immersive retreat for chefs and food lovers in the North Woods runs from Sept. 1-3, 2017. Learn more about this year's chefs at the Heavy Table.

Fulton Beer's second Culture Project beer is the product of two different fermentations (in stainless steel and then oak barrels) and four different microorganisms, and the complexity of its process is reflected by a pleasing complexity on the palate.

Heavy Table is on the streets and in the kitchens of the Upper Midwest, and we always bring our cameras along with us. So it's only natural that we'd be on Instagram, sharing the deliciousness. Join us!

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