Minnesota/Minnesotans C or D

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knew a dude who ran sound at bars in eau claire who worked a day job doing tech/sound/camera stuff for those menards commercials in the 90s, said the menards guy was a chill dude

sometimes ppl will bring up some Twin Cities/MN thing and I'll be all "... did I even grow up there because I don't remember that AT ALL"

this is not one of those things; I will be humming this jingle through the weekend

save big money my man

seasons greetings to you all (from menards)

Dale Burback

I remember being young and all the kids singing my nards instead of Menards

save big money my man

idk why but this just slayed me

I haven't lived in MN since 1990 and I don't think a single day elapses without the menards jingle playing in my brain.

best wikipedia paragraph of all time:

"Menards commercials are accompanied with banjo music played by Gary Shaw of Wisconsin.[8] In reference to creating the musical piece, Shaw said, "I just started playing on it and they said, 'That's perfect; that's exactly what we need.' Took me a half an hour. I got $50 for a one-time fee, and I've had to listen to that commercial every day for 20 years." Spanish commercials are accompanied with a mariachi mix of the banjo accompaniment."

The other ones that still haunt the bejesus out of me are:

Instyprints (kind of a Vic mizzy Addams family riff OH THE PRINTING WILL APPEAR/SO CRISPLY AND SO CLEAR)

Tombstone (we piiiiile on the goodness/we're loaded with real cheese/we're SURE our pizza's gonna PLEASE/YOUR/FAMILIES"

lmao gt that's great

Hygge

http://www.minnesotamonthly.com/media/Minnesota-Monthly/January-2015/How-Hygge-Will-Help-You-Through-Winter/

comradeship gtfo you commie scum this is america

(pronounced hYOO-guh)

also the old b96/ktwin has changed formats again:

https://twitter.com/Go963MN

Where modern music is going We love music. And where it's going. We are local and independent. We care about our people, our city and our community. We play wha

can't tell if that's a legit character limit goof or if clowning jackfm is really what they're attempting

so is this some kinda corporate current type thing?

yeah we're a Hip™ for Basics kind of town

i saw some billboard with that OK logo and didn't know what was up

I'm pretty sure Dessa in on a YMCA billboard on 35W by electric fetus and i've almost gotten into an accident trying to visually confirm

god are we ever Hip For Basics Capital of America

lmao i've heard of this billboard

how much of this concept to i have to play along with if i just want to eat there

http://bettydangers.com/

wtf is that supposed to be?

the new old psycho suzi's

i'm seriously gonna get so contrarian i'm only gonna drink bud bottles at jimmy's anymore

if i'm not on the 4th floor of the MOA i'm not drinking

is there anything still up there? hooters? is bubba gump still going?

Movin' on up. We've got a Dick's Last Resort now.

all those are still alive and kicking, so is the game room/bowling alley place too.

work function holiday buffet was some of the worst food i've had this side of the knock-off benihana in maplewood my brother dragged me to

is dick's last resort the one with "sassy" waitresses that insult you and shit?

i think my mom was telling me about that

i went to Little Tiajuana's again for the first time since it reopened a couple years ago, p much the same, Don Pablo's level food in a scungy environment staffed by complete passive aggressive loonies. now it's not even open after bar time which sort of makes me wonder why it even exists. def feels like a relic from a long-past (thankfully) era in minneapolis mexican food. i'm sure you could find a better place literally every two blocks on lake street now.

xpost we had our work xmas party at Pinstripes an "upscale" bowling alley restaurant place by the Container Store and Five Guys by Southdale

xp Pancho Villas for starters

Still amazingly addicted to Pepito's chile con questo tbqh.

The original Pepito's in in my neighborhood and they are such good citizens and boosters of the neighborhood that I'm kind of loyal, plus they do some tex mex/americanized mexican stuff pretty great imo

i think i'll always have a place in my heart for throwback americanized mexican

Ditto.

totally, just Little T's isn't even really good at that imo

their verde chicken enchilada was alright, always dug the chips, all else mongo saddo

ha really it autocorrects mondo to mongo what a country

i also am required by my neighborhood to hate on your american mexican food pah

muy triste

So ... what do we regard as the most authentic Mexican restaurants in the Twin Cities?

when I moved away the answer to this my family came up with was "Chi-Chi's" so I'm interested in the answer for my future visits

the weird lunch counter area at burrito mercado

as an adult, it's amazing for me to look back at how EXCITED I used to get even as a teenager when my family would decide to go to Red Lobster or Chi_Chi's

http://www.elburritomercado.com/el-cafe-restaurant.html

CHIMICHANGA. xp

*hurl*

i love taco riendo also los ocampo, taco taxi does goat tacos, some place by the ywca on lake i can't remember the name of

you can tell this place is awesome because it doesnt have a website and groupon assholes all hate it

http://www.yelp.com/biz/el-taquito-taco-shop-saint-paul

dude there makes an in house hot sauce that is fucking mind blowing

I am sitting in a Houston bound for MSP. Can anybody recommend a good used video games shop? The only one I remember was a neat place way out in Shakopee, but nothing that's much closer to town.

Also, they're putting me up in the scenic urban neighborhood that is Inver Grove Heights once again.

I have been very pleased with Las Teresitas tacos