By Jeff Zeitler on Thursday, September 19th, 2019
While everyone has now heard of Art-A-Whirl, only those who know, know about LoLA, the League of Longfellow Artists’ crawl happening September 21 and 22. From 10-5, artists all over our corner of South Minneapolis will be exhibiting; in coffee shops, galleries, backyards, and -ahem- urban wineries. Yes, we are a host this year to […]
By Jeff Zeitler on Wednesday, September 18th, 2019
And just in time for fall. Butterbeer- our own non-alcoholic concoction, is back at Urban Forage. You’ll find it on tap tomorrow only (!) during Harry Potter trivia. Come and imagine you’re at the Three Broomsticks! The butterbeer will be flowing!
By Jeff Zeitler on Thursday, August 15th, 2019
It’s pear season and we’re picking them left and right this time of year. Yes, if you didn’t know, pears grow really well in the Twin Cities area. Some trees we pick are 50 feet tall! It’s a workout getting pears off of trees that size, but so worth it. If you’re curious […]
By Jeff Zeitler on Thursday, August 8th, 2019
Swag week? Yes, swag week. Meaning, branded stuff with our logo on it. Current logo or the old one (see above) are fair game. Wear your shirt from our Kickstarter campaign, or a hat you bought last weekend, and your first glass of cider is free from August 8 til August 11. If you are […]
By Jeff Zeitler on Saturday, June 29th, 2019
We’re open special hours on July 3! In fact, we’re so open that if you buy two bottles of anything, the third is free! Of equal or lesser value of course, but still! We’ll be closed July 4th because we and our staff need to take some time to have fun, so if you […]
By Jeff Zeitler on Wednesday, June 5th, 2019
Happy cider week, cider people! This is the week when everyone (well, not everyone, but a really really large number of people) are thinking about cider. Specifically Minnesota cider- some of the best fermented apple product you’re likely to find in the US of A. For Minnesota Cider Week this year, we’re doing a few […]
By Jeff Zeitler on Saturday, June 1st, 2019
Cider Fest is only a week away! If you’re a cider lover (and if you’re reading this, you probably are) this is the biggest cider event of the year in the Upper Midwest! 30 cideries, sampling multiple varieties all under one pavilion overlooking beautiful Lake Como in St. Paul. June 8th from 1-5 PM. We’ll […]
By Jeff Zeitler on Sunday, May 19th, 2019
Food trucks will be parked on Lake, in front of Urban Forage As always, food trucks are independent businesses. We can’t tell you for sure what they will sell, the price or whether it is gluten-free or vegan. We do our best to find trucks with options, and trucks that have delicious food! May […]
By Jeff Zeitler on Sunday, April 21st, 2019
If you were planning on stopping in on Sunday, we’re sorry to disappoint you! We’ll be open again our regular hours next week.
By Jeff Zeitler on Friday, April 19th, 2019
Fruit cider again this week! Blackcurrant cider is back, joined by pear cider and (it’s kind of a fruit) hopped cider, as our cherry cider just ran out! Feel free to wear a Carmen Miranda hat, or just show up as you are and have a fruity cider or two. Cheers!
By Jeff Zeitler on Wednesday, March 27th, 2019
Wednesday 10am- 11pm Thursday 4pm-11pm Friday 4pm-11pm Saturday 1pm-11pm If you’ve enjoyed our shows of paintings and photographs in the past, you’ll really enjoy visiting Urban Forage this week. During the international ceramic art conference- NCECA- we’re hosting a curated show of ceramic art by Clay Arts Vegas until the end of day Saturday. There […]
By Jeff Zeitler on Friday, March 15th, 2019
March Mead Madness runs until this Sunday- March 17. Mead on St. Patrick’s Day? Of course! It’s not green, but I guarantee you, they were drinking mead in Ireland long before the first stone of the Guinness brewery was laid. And don’t even get me started on green beer. So- for March’s Mead Madness- we […]
By Jeff Zeitler on Friday, February 22nd, 2019
Hey- we want to ask a favor- This isn’t very Minnesotan, but I want to request that you vote for Urban Forage in the upcoming City Pages Best Of poll. There are categories for Best Taproom and Best Local Art Gallery, Sadly, there are no categories such as ‘best cider’ or ‘best taproom with all […]
By Jeff Zeitler on Wednesday, February 20th, 2019
If you’ve looked out the window you know why. We’re supposed to get up to 10″ of snow, and now that it’s falling, we’re postponing this event until March 20, 7 PM. Please see our FB page for more updates.
By Jeff Zeitler on Monday, February 4th, 2019
Plymouth Magazine just put out a wonderful article about our cider, and about the ‘science nerd’ that makes it. To be honest, Rob is more of the science nerd than I am when we’re working in the winery to make new batches, but I’ll take it as a huge compliment. Read the article here if […]
By Jeff Zeitler on Friday, January 25th, 2019
Tonight! Friday the 25th at 7 PM, We award three trophies: (By the way, it’s free to enter and free to judge.) One trophy for tastiest hot sauce One trophy for tastiest nacho dip One trophy for the hottest of either category We scheduled this for the coldest month of winter, so […]
By Jeff Zeitler on Thursday, January 17th, 2019
It’s impossible not to notice that it’s January and we’re in Minnesota. We have jackets, we have bags, we have hats and mittens and scarves. And when you drop into a chair at the bar, who wants to walk back over to a coat rack to organize all your goodies on a coat hook? Nobody, […]
By Jeff Zeitler on Wednesday, January 16th, 2019
Every Thursday : Trivia Night, at 7 PM. All original questions, topic of the week can be found here. Every Sunday: Winery tour and tasting at 12:15 PM. ($22 in advance) Take a tour of the basement winery and production facility at Urban Forage. Taste a sampling of our offerings on tap, as well as […]
By Jeff Zeitler on Sunday, December 30th, 2018
We are OPEN on New Year’s Eve (yes, that’s Monday). We still have our popular $59 6-packs for sale, that do wonderfully well at a party or informal get-together. And we have lots of bottles for sale individually. Or you could pick up a growler or two. Or you could even hang out and have […]
By Jeff Zeitler on Tuesday, December 18th, 2018
The response to Nutcracker Trivia was underwhelming to say the least. So we made a change. If you’re my age, you remember waiting breathlessly for the claymation Christmas specials and half-hour themed cartoons to appear on December weeknights. Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, The Grinch, Charlie Brown’s Christmas special- all these and more shall be fodder […]
