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nope - do your research as the anti-vaxxers would say I'm an anti-AHOLE biz-supporter. There is a HUGE history there that doesn't jibe with the "boo-hoo little small business owner" angle. These people knew what they where doing and it was totally for themselves. That place should have been run out of town years ago - for the good of GF/EGF! There are TONS of more deserving restaurants than this trainwreck. When's the last time you heard anyone say "WOW! You have to eat the Boardwalk...(crickets)"

Sky's is still in business so there's precedent. Not sure who's cooking at Harry's but they haven't made a big deal about it. That might say something.

PLUS - the owners said they were just "trying to help their employees pay bills" by opening? What a lie! JM was rich enough to help her employees through this covid mess but she used them as an excuse to keep making HER money. She put her employees AND her customers at risk trying to make a buck for herself. What a POS! FYI - City of EGF - GIve that space to someone who actually cares about the community - not just their own rich, self serving ass.

THANK YOU! They have a rush completing the 4th down play to keep the game going. MAYBE take a time out there to take a breath but also DO run another play right way to take advantage of dissarray on the defensive side?? No go - disaster - we get sacked. TIMEOUT! Now we need to reset and win this thing. Do we do that? - NO!!!! That's the problem...Bubba put Tommy in a horrible pressure spot and he pressed - throwing to a receiver surrounded by 4 defenders. Game Over - again. This has been the case too many times this season - no further questions, your honor. I love Bubba to death - was there when they won the D2 Championship in Florence and have been a supporter ever since but it's time to clear the slate and start fresh. I can see Bubba doing a great job with the Alumni Association schmoozing old widows for endowment checks but his days as HC of UND Football need to be over for the good of the program in the DI Era.

True - there is serious baggage there. I won't drop names but it rhymes with HOUSE. The restaurant is a great spot with the balcony view but we got turned off years ago when our snotty little waitress turned out to be the owners daughter and the "manager" sided with the snotty waitress despite a burger that was requested well-done and served with a middle so red it was still moo-ing. No comp - no discount? FU - No more business from us! Jump ahead to the pandemic restrictions...violated the rules every other MN restaurant had to abide by? NOPE! If you want to support a place that opened at the worst possible time - delivered TP with your food order if you needed it during the worst of the lockdown - and has still found a way to roll with the punches of the aftermath support the Spud Jr. They played within the rules - found ways to deliver at the worst of times and now they're doing a Thanksgiving Free Meal for the needy in the community as their latest give-back event. The Boardwalk has never been worried about anyone but themselves.

Northside Cafe by the Ralph - a review My wife and I ate there last night for supper and it was decent. Weird to walk in there so many years after it was Suite 49 - bar side still looks the same. Family dining area was where they had the golf simulators so it's just a plain, undecorated wall and tables but they're doing a huge lunch biz so who cares about decor. Supper crowd was light - about 4 other tables aside from us but only 1 waitress working late apparently so be prepared to wait a bit. Wife had a burger and fries - I had a Philly and waffle fries. I go back and forth with waffle fries. Like the concept but they can be really thick and under cooked - these were thin and very good! Crispy, fresh and hot out of the fryer. Delicious without the cover of ketchup and with me that's a good thing. The sandwich was also hot, thick and generous with juicy meat and melted cheese. Wife commented also the food came right out of the kitchen hot and ready. Food rating for a couple of sandwiches with fried potatoes? A - very good - what you'd expect from an old school cafe. More on that....NOW! The signage calls it "Northside - A Grand CIties Cafe!" Hints at an UPSCALE attitude being by the Ralph:-) This is just a cosmetic sham. The menus are new and include a hip "barnwood" look but the food is entirely old school cafe. The special the night we walked in was Meatloaf and there are plenty of Hot Meat and Mashed Potato options with gravy. Menu was wide ranging but the base food looks solid so it's like Darcy's with SEATING CAPACITY meets the neighborhood's most eligible bachelor Ralph - the big wheel on the block! Nice to have a restaurant back in that space imo! Hopefully they will extend hours for the hockey crowds on weekends but if they don't - no big deal. They'll make $$$ renting out the parking lot on hockey nights and not have to pay for more than a couple parking attendants. We live on the north end and support north end businesses so we'll be back - hope others will give it a shot too!

Stopped in to the new downtown Hugo's today - nice store! It's clearly focused on the "fast lunch/to go" crowd and it's not a huge store but it had everything I would look for in a grocery store (again, with QUICK-choice additions) - nice deli, fresh meat department - bakery - all the other groceries. Trick is NOT parking in front and trying to get in but wheel your way around the back and enter the parking lot from 6th street to get best access to the back door (where the check-outs are) This is a GREAT addition to downtown - WAAYYY MORE selection than the old "grocery store"/amazing grains had and good walking access for the downtown apartments and other apartment complexes near downtown. A bar upstairs - specialty treats downstairs. A bank I could give 2 shits about next door. Thank you Hugos for adding to GF once again.

wow C'MON MAN! nothing for this treatment of the Canadian National Anthem? I thought the internet was about creativity? Especially when it comes to fries and gravy.. OH CANADA - The hosers native land. True gravy love...in ALL thy sides command! With thickening arteries, we see cholesterol rise - a HEART ATTACK for you and me. From far and wide - OH Canada - we have beds in Altru for THEEEEE! (Unless they're filled with unvaxed American A-holes) ok - Back to the song... God keep our land - Fattening and FREE! We'll POUR gravy on everything for you and for me....GRAAAVVVYYY ON EVERYTHING for you and MEEEEEE! Welcome back Canadians - peace!

Parking lot has been jammed last couple days! Doing big business - congrats to them!

reason enough - their owners are also dicks - nuff' said

I believe they have reopened the border. If I may sing... OH CANADA - The hosers native land. True gravy love...in ALL thy sides command! With thickening arteries, we see cholesterol rise - a HEART ATTACK for you and me. From far and wide - OH Canada - we have beds in Altru for THEEEEE! (Unless they're filled with unvaxed American A-holes) ok - Back to the song... God keep our land - Fattening and FREE! We'll POUR gravy on everything for you and for me....GRAAAVVVYYY ON EVERYTHING for you and MEEEEEE! Welcome back Canadians - peace!

Deeks is average at best no matter where you get it. Good enough for a party but there are a lot better pies in GF. Boss PIzza does amazing pies and delivers late (their chicken is also very good - discovered them on work trips to Sioux Falls before they came to GF - they're legit) Pete's Za also has some great pies - try the Caribbean! It's too die for. They also have some great Korean GojuChang wings. Rhombus is fine but jeezus - $40 to have a pizza delivered??? They're not that good plus their owners are pretentious dicks.

Years ago but fear not! Rhombus Guys now does a frozen pizza that's $11 a pie and tastes like meat your car ran over on a cardboard crust with almost no sauce. You can get a MUCH better frozen pizza at Hugo's for half the price and GOD I miss Bonita's (out of Hatton, ND) Chicago Italian Sausage frozen pizza. THE GREATEST FROZEN PIZZA EVER! Deeks at Alerus is average at best. Nothing original but they deliver late so great! DRUNK pizza:-) For better delivery pizza - go with Boss Pizza! Original recipes, good pies and their chicken is good too.

Love Bubba and what he's meant to UND but he's just not cut out for DI FCS Football at this level. Time and time again our players commit stupid penalties although I"m sure Bubba reminds them that's not to smart in a very North Dakota way - a way that sounds like your grandpa reminding you to close the refidgerator door. Bubba could be a great rep for UND in the Alumni Association raising money but the FB program needs to move in a new direction to be successful at this level. That means not elevating Freund to HC (or any other assistant) - we need to bring in an aggressive individual from outside UND football. New blood in coaching would invigorate this program which is exactly what it needs. New Era - New Conference - New Blood!

How can they steamroll down the field on their first possession and never get another TD in the game again? That's what's really frustrating. Perfect opportunity tonight to go above .500 with a big homefield advantage against Cooper Rush.....COOPER F*CKING RUSH??? C'MON MAN!!!!!

This being homecoming week it's going to BLOW AWAY returning alums who haven't been to GF for a few years. We drove down University the other night and the changes are AMAZING! Beautiful, amazing lighting, stunning buildings (some still under construction). Mark K was an a-hole but he got the ball rolling and other people have picked it up and run with it. The campus looks AMAZING - modern, friendly, academic, social. Well done UND! The cow college only looks good in distant aerials (lol)

Charras and Tequila is doing a soft-opening in the old Ruby Tuesday location out by Lowes. Haven't been to the GF one yet but been to the one in DL. Fresh guac made at your table with your ingredients - an amazing start to an excellent menu. Go beyond the regular Norwegian/Mexican combo taco platter and try something you've never had before. You won't be disappointed! PS - won't replace the joint on the East Side by Hugo's right away - BUT they might have to step up their game. Like re-painting their sign. c'mon MAN! Walgreens is going to block you completely from view.

God Bless Doug Woog but I remember him 20 years ago when UND was going to play them in the first round of the ncaa's saying...." Doug Woog: "UND is playing Nigeria!" Last time I checked Africa has NO DI Hockey teams - I miss the woooger:-) peace!

You couldn't be more wrong idiot. Try watching it - 10am-11am on Food Network on Sundays. The show is called "Girl Meets Farm" - Molly is an east coast food blogger who met a guy from EGF and wound up marrying him. They live on a farm just north of EGF. She's 9 seasons in on her Food Network show and cooks up a variety of theme recipes with an amazing personality and panache. She also promotes GF/EGF at the same time - most recent was a reference to an "awesome" local diner called Darcy's Cafe (with video from Darcy's) for a great breakfast. She's a great local resource we should embrace and tap for positive PR for the greater GF community - instead we act like gfhockey....saying she's a "hotdish whore" without knowing anything about the real story. Do some homework if you're going to comment on everything Mr Wisdom! If she lived in Fargo she would be a local media star! If she's going to open a restaurant/bakery in EGF at the old Whiteys/Sickies location - it will BE AMAZING and we should all be happy about it. Wait and see

If you're a UND fan scream at the top of your lungs from beginning to end - Ask Cal-Davis from years ago - NOISE can make a difference in the Alerus. It's your ONLY job:-)

CERTAIN (hello Lakes) ndsu fans are encouraging their fans not to show up in GF - GREAT! This will make their return to the AL more of an embarassment than they every imagined. What a bunch of pussies! We don't need them up here anyway - they have the smell of desperation about them this season anyway! Peace!

watched a bit of WDAY'S GAME OF THE WEEK featuring the CUSHMAN CLASSIC LIVE FROM GRAND FORKS!!! eh - not so much. It was a crappy one camera feed - basically "game film" quality with HUGE WIDE SHOT of the field showing all the players, acres of grass and absolutely minimal zooming or signs of life from the 1 CRAPPY CAMERA they had. The announcers were ok with their constant chatter but as far as televising a game - this was a total joke! I'm guessing if this was Sheyenne v. Davies there would have been at least 2 cameras but again - probably a total joke. I'd think the high schools would have AV classes that could produce better productions than the "who gives a !@#$" hacks at DAY do. Bring in BEK sports at least for gods sake - at least you would have more than 1 camera.

True 'dat - burgers were OK but they were burgers. Went there twice and never thought about them again.

awww....memories

Once a whore for NDSU - ALWAYS a whore for ndsu. And you don't want to hook up with a whore PERIOD!