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The Belly, 2005 to 2008

Central Avenue buffet lines

by Mike Mitchelson • January 19, 2006 • 3 Comments

Look at that plate o’ grub. That’s from the Crescent Moon Bakery’s Friday buffet. I’m not exactly sure what all that stuff was, except for the gyro meat. The yellow pile was a tasty cauliflower something, and green/brown pile a…

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The Belly, 2005 to 2008

Got me a seat at the 112 Eatery

by Mike Mitchelson • January 10, 2006 • 4 Comments

A Saturday night is not the night one can usually just wander into the 112 Eatery, Minneapolis’ latest hotspot, and find a couple seats. But that’s exactly what the lady friend and I were able to do a little while…

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The Belly, 2005 to 2008

New Year’s at Istanbul Bistro

by Mike Mitchelson • January 5, 2006 • 0 Comments

Well heck. The first week of January is about done and I’ve been without a post in this fine new year until now. New Year’s Eve turned into an interesting affair, despite it being spent in the suburbs. Had dinner…

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The Belly, 2005 to 2008

Cheese fondue tradition

by Mike Mitchelson • December 29, 2005 • 0 Comments

As it’s become a bit of a tradition in our household (five years running) we fire up a good ol’ Neuchatel-style cheese fondue during the holiday season, usually for New Year’s, but this year it happened on Christmas Eve. Preparations…

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Harold, The Belly, 2005 to 2008

Letter from on high

by Mike Mitchelson • December 24, 2005 • 0 Comments

[Well, being new to blogging, I had no idea how far reaching the World Wide Web is. I mean, I thought it was limited to this world. But that all changed when Harold checked his mailbox a short while ago,…

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Harold, The Belly, 2005 to 2008

Safe from borers at Sahib’s

by Mike Mitchelson • December 5, 2005 • 0 Comments

By Harold Mean, green, boring machine “I don’t mean to sound the alarm unnecessarily, but it strikes me that an invasion of GREEN ASS BORERS is something to gnaw the old nails over, if you get my drift!” That was…

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