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Taste of Philly opens this weekend at the old Grand Junction location across from the Alerus. Ate at the location in Fargo and it was pretty good - best part might be what you wouldn't expect - canolis!

Somebody's been down to the new weed store in Moorhead! 🥳

No - they remodeled the exterior and somehow built it so it caught snow on the roof that eventually stressed the structure so it might collapse then decided to kick out all the renters and rebuild it...VERY SLOWLY! Don't know who actually owns it but that strip mall is a disaster but they still keep trying to get the building back up to code to reopen it. If you're going to rebuild it - REBUILD IT -or tear it down and start over. Apparently time is not an issue to the property owner but it's another embarrassing strip mall horror show that's empty and sad. Any business that would move in there - best of luck!

Hey el-chapo needs a shoe shine on BS-ville - go away

Shame on you Sic! What about her Olive Garden review that set the internet on FIRE back in the day! The thing with Marilyn was she was unfailingly positive in her restaurant reviews. Unlike most newspaper restaurant reviewers, who could be real a-holes, she always tried to find the bright side on every place she went - ND nice to a fault! "Flimsy napkins" was about a negative as she ever got. Hope she's doing well since Forum kicked her to the curb - haven't heard from her in years.

My money is on Sandy's Donuts - everyone will always eat great donuts! The more the red pepper expands the more people (other than drunk Sioux fans) will say...you know? this isn't really that good. Blasphemy, I know but it's just not that good - sorry. A lot like every Fargo restaurant that's expanded to GF....remember SweetoBurrito? Terrible! Vinyl Taco? passable but ala carte made it hideously expensive and NOT that good. Sickies Garage? - made me puke and that was just for the name not the mediocre burgers they serve. JL Beers is hanging on by a thread - maybe they'll become a weed store like their Moorhead location! That being said I'll still hit up the Pep for food in GF - Sandy's delivers to a local gas station in GF and that's fine but if you want good bakery items check out DHI SweetStreet Bakery in the old El Roco complex. Local and delicious! As it should be...

how was service? was a little....wait for it....SLOW? I kid I kid...

Interesting - his choice? Randall Herbst - former assistant under Rich Glass who took a head coaching job away from UND and came back under Sather all these years later as an assistant. Didn't seem to do much for the team - I wish him well.

A la carte sides are the killer! I'll gladly pay $50 for a good steak but throw in some hashbrowns and a house veggie with it at least. I don't want to pay $20 extra for a pie plate of hashbrowns - yeah you get a lot and can take them home but ever microwave JUST hashbrowns the day after? No one does that except maybe Siouxfan97!;-) I kid I kid...

"A Taste of Philly" sign is up at the old location of Grand Junction in the strip mall on 42nd across from the Alerus. They have a location in Fargo on 13th. No indication when they'll open. Ate at the one in Fargo and it was decent - real Philly's with the Wiz and more. Side note: miss Grand Junction's fresh grill. Their food truck was up last week in the Columbia Mall "Memories of Lebanon" parking lot and it was OK but not the same. Hopefully Taste of Philly will do better!

Went back to the 80's - LONG GONE but it was a lifesaver for guys that lived in the dorms. Stumbled down the stairs from Walsh Hall many times to get a frozen pizza or other nosh after a long night at the bars. Only C-store on campus so it ruled. RIP Valley Dairy! They sold all their stores (and soul) to Petroserve of Fargo a couple years ago. Not the same - their stores are jammed with crap and filthy. Worked graveyards at the Stanford Road VD going through college - it was a great job and I took pride working for a princely $6.85 an hour on the night shift. No benefits other than the occasional expiring microwave burrito at a five finger discount or roller dog that had been turning for 8 hours at the end of the night...chewy as I remember.

It's just disappointing a hometown GF player who decided to play for the hometown college decided she was apparently destined for a "better place" - that happens to be 70 miles south and is not a better team by any means. Have fun making it all about yourself down there Jossy - you'll find that doesn't work so well either with Jory. #MADEyourBED #deadtome

Have to get American Crystal to contribute more than a giant stink to the greater GF area! It would bring a great strip club vibe to the Ralph though - maybe girls would show their...student tickets to get a free box of popcorn? I don't know where I'm going with this.

My brother-in-law and his wife are at that game tonight - 1st hockey game ever! They went on a lark.

Columbia was a two lane clusterfuck when it was originally built and they quickly realized it needed to be 4 lanes but tried to save money converting it. Decades later it's pulling and falling apart and has been for several years. They literally need to lift the bridge deck and rebuild it. If you're Catholic, cross yourself everytime you go over it until they shut it down. It's a mini I-35 in waiting - the inconvenience of having it shut down for 3 months will be worth it. A pain in the ass but worth it. PS - Hard to believe the Mensa Roundtable at Jusys couldn't figure it out. I live to serve.