Heyday Turns Two, Dames Rule and More To Do This Weekend April 21-24

Thursday, April 21

Taste of Stadium Village

Visitors to Stadium Village will find crazy good deals on a variety of treats like mac 'n' cheese slices at Mesa Pizza, chicken fingers at Raising Cain's, chicken tacos at Bar Luchador, and chili cheese tater tots at Sally's Saloon. There will be plenty of cheap beer too and even some free samples, like Fireball shots at Playoffs Sports Lounge.

Cocktail party

Scena Tavern is hosting the second installment in a series of cocktail parties along with Bittercube and Top Note Tonic. A $30 tickets gets you Bittercube’s seasonal cocktails featuring Copper & Kings American Brandy from Louisville, KY, light appetizers and a recipe card.

The Art of Vodka

Mpls.St.Paul Magazine’s Food and Dining Editor Stephanie March hosts this educational event at the Museum of Russia Art, which will feature distillers like  11 Wells, 45th Parallel Distillery, BĒT Vodka, Crooked Water Spirits, Far North Spirits, J. Carver Distillery, Norseman Distillery, Prairie Vodka and Jewel of Russia. Nibbles from Heyday, Icehouse, Nighthawks, Pimento Jamaican Kitchen and more will help you soak it all up.

Katie Cannon

Inside the two year old Heyday. Photo by Katie Cannon

Friday, April 22

Two years on the Eastside

Flat Earth commemorates two years at the former Hamm’s Brewery and celebrates exciting plans for the future. There will be live music Friday and Saturday, food from Fire on the Bluff and Dine-1-1, as well as beer games, bag toss and kids activities including 3M's Visiting Wizards with science and technology demonstrations on Saturday afternoon.

This is a pet-friendly event.

Heyday is officially a toddler

The Lyn-Lake restaurant will celebrate their second birthday with food and drink specials, plenty of bubbly and a brand new Spring cocktail menu. DJ music starts at 9 p.m. with prizes for best dance off.

Inbound Brewco

You know what they say: you can never have enough taprooms in the North Loop. Inbound celebrates their grand opening all weekend with a line up of food trucks, live music and lots of beer.

Urban Growler. Photo courtesy Facebook.

Sunday, April 24

Urban Growler celebrates purity

We know it’s been on your calendar for months. It’s finally time to celebrate the 500 year anniversary of the Reinheitsgebot German Purity Law, a series of regulations limiting the ingredients in German beer. Enjoy a bratwurst and some German potato salad and the release of Schwarzbier- a German Lager with low bitterness and a hint of roast.

Dames rule

These rulers of the kitchen are taking stepping out into the spotlight. The Dame it! tasting event will feature some of Minnesota’s best female chefs including Carrie Summer, Lisa Carlson, Brenda Langton, Michelle Gayer,  Jamie Malone, Kylene and Mel Gust of GYST, Anna Christoforide and Kim Bartmann. The event will raise funds for scholarships for women interested in a culinary career and Urban Roots, a youth gardening project.