Meal Magazine

A food and culture magazine based in Minneapolis. Editors: Peter Sieve, Mecca Bos, Paige Didora, and Josh Page.

04/09/2024

You can now buy a copy of Twin Cities Cocktails at our favorite specialty food shop, in Saint Paul! Go there and pick up a book, along with some of the most thoughtfully curated foodstuffs, glassware, cocktail accoutrements, magazines, housemade spices, and gifts anywhere (all US-produced). Thanks Laurie ♥️

04/26/2023

Our editorial team ( ) recently completed a project that will soon become a guide/primer/recipe book for Twin Cities craft cocktails, published by . Of course, because it’s a Meal Mag thing, it’s about much more than just drinks. Thanks to all the incredible bartenders, restaurateurs, managers, craftspeople, and shopkeeps in Minneapolis and St. Paul who gave us their precious time with interviews, and contributed recipes—we hope that this book does our incredibly creative & vibrant scene any justice! Not sure when it’ll be published, but we’ll let ya know here.

Photo here by the enigmatic and handsome for Meal Mag Vol. 1, featuring a drink by

03/22/2023

This week, we have published TENDING THE FLAMES on our website, free for anyone to read. This is quite a special story, one that we were proud to publish in Vol. 3 of the print magazine, written by Mahnaz Saberi in conversation with journalist . Mahnaz lives and cooks in the unhoused encampment on Wood Street in Oakland, and her story is one that is rarely told in the world, on any platform — let alone a ‘food’ magazine. Please read it, and if it speaks to you, please consider ordering copy of the print magazine to enjoy it in its beautifully-photographed natural state, and to support our ability to publish stories like this. Story link in bio.

Photos by and

02/01/2023

Vol. 3️⃣. Order yours today and we shall ship it with great haste, right to your door. 🚀

01/11/2023

“When Black men in particular are allowed to gather and just be, you can start to imagine a
future that includes you. Cassius knew that.”

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In A TALE OF TWO CITIES, writer explores the crucial importance of Black hospitality spaces in Minneapolis and St. Paul, both historically via bar owners like A.B. Cassius, and more currently with spots like and others. It’s a fantastic piece, and seeing the archival photos in print is far preferable to this tiny screen you’re currently looking at. Order Vol. 3 via the link in our bio!

Photos provided by Hennepin County Library, and the children of photographer John Glanton.

01/09/2023

In Meal Magazine Vol. 3, writer and bartender investigates the opaque new landscape of tipping and service fees. Order your copy at the link in our bio — this is just one of nine excellent stories.

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“Excuse me. What is this?”

I turned around and saw a man hunched over the bar, squinting at a receipt. I’d only worked a few nights at the restaurant, but I could guess what he was wondering. “It’s a service charge, uh, added to every check in order to pay competitive wages,” I said. A long pause elapsed. “You don’t have to tip,” I blurted, and his forehead smoothed. He nodded once, scribbled a signature, and headed out the door. …

To understand service charges, we’ve got to face an ugly truth: for decades across the United States, servers and bartenders have wildly out-earned cooks and dishwashers, particularly in upscale restaurants. This pay gap pits front-of-house employees against back-of-house employees, and it feeds off preexisting inequalities in race, language barriers, immigration status, and more.

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Art by ._.luck

12/22/2022

Vol. 3, comin’ atcha. Orderrrrrr link in bio.

12/19/2022

Vol. 3 ships THIS WEEK. Order at the link in bio. 🍾

12/17/2022

And then there were three. Kind of crazy that we’ve got three issues in the world now — there’s something v satisfying about a trilogy. Vol. 3 ships next week. There are still copies of Vols. 1 & 2 available, but not many! Ordering links in the bio. These are really fu***ng good magazines.

12/05/2022

Our next issue is hitting the printing press next week. 👀 Pre-order, and you’ll get it delivered before the new year! Link in bio.

11/14/2022

._.luck shootin’. Next issue is rootin’ tootin’.

11/11/2022

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