After the News and Into the Present City of Minneapolis

Marcia Frost
The World Awaits
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5 min readSep 23, 2020

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A Place Chef Andrew Zimmern Loves

Photo of downtown by Lane Pelovsky, Courtesy of Meet Minneapolis.

You probably saw photos of Minneapolis in the news in that looked nothing like the one above. It is true that, after the George Floyd tragedy, there was a part of the downtown you wouldn’t want to be vacationing in. The scenes there look very different today and, like many cities in the U.S., Minneapolis is in need of tourists.

The Covid-19 pandemic has hit the travel industry hard and this city took a second hit in May. It’s a shame because it is one of my favorite Midwest cities. It has a lot to offer, even in a socially distant environment.

One person who knows and loves Minneapolis even more than me, Andrew Zimmern. You probably know him best as host of the Travel Channel’s Bizarre Foods and What’s Eating America on MSNBC.

Photo of Mary Tyler Moore statue by Marcia Frost.

I happen to know this fellow New Yorker transplanted to the Midwest from a number of food festivals and stories we got together on. He was the first person I thought of when I wanted to write about what Minneapolis has to offer.

“Minneapolis, one half our Twin Cities, just across the river from the great city of St Paul, is…

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Marcia Frost
The World Awaits

A lifestyle journalist forced to slow down sports, travel, health, music & food coverage when chronic illness changed her life & career. Linktr.ee/MarciaFrost