YAY! Finnish style tapas? Duluth is so fricking cool, i don't think you can find a Finnish style tapas bar anywhere else in the USA! I am so there.

Fantastic.

Very exciting - congrats!
As a Tech Village tenant I am eager to try your fares.

I STILL miss Nutty Megs, I loved that place.

Cafe and late-night tapas.  Yumm, fried lutefisk, can't wait.  Just kidding.

Both places sound like fun.  I'll check it out, for sure, but if we're sharing kitchens here, I'll avoid anyplace that serves fried cafe leftovers and calls them "tapas".  Still, if you have a decent cook, and good ambiance and not too pricey, I'm there.

Also, Finland is not a part of Scandinavia. Scandinavia is Norway, Sweden, and Denmark.

Finnish language is closer to hungarian or estonian (no, I didn't look that up on wikipedia)  They still, however, share some cuisine with their neighbors.  Fusion tapas sounds interesting, anyways, even if the finns are about as far away from the mediterranean culture as you can get.

From Wiki:

"Scandinavia is a historical and geographical region in northern Europe that includes, and is named after, the Scandinavian Peninsula. It consists of the kingdoms of Norway, Sweden, and Denmark; some authorities argue for the inclusion of Finland and Iceland, in Scandinavia the term is, however, used unambiguously for Denmark, Norway and Sweden, which share a mutually intelligible language (a dialect continuum), ethnic composition and have close cultural and historic bonds, to a degree that Scandinavians may be considered one people.

Regardless of how the term Scandinavia is used outside the region, the terms Nordic countries and Nordic region are used officially and unambiguously to identify the nations of Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Finland, and Iceland as well as the Danish territory of the Faroe Islands and the Finnish territory of Ã…land as politically and culturally similar entities."

I occasionally participate on a listserve with fellow alumnae of my alma mater. These alumnae live all over the world. I mentioned the Finnish tapas bar in Duluth on this listserve and a group of them are set to make a road trip to Duluth to partake. Yay.

What the heck are Finnish tapas??!?!!  There's a tapas bar in Chicago that i LOVE to go to, but of course it's Hispanic food.  I kept saying i should open a tapas restaurant up here....  Finnish tapas though.....  could Duluth be anymore white.

mmm...pickled chorizo

It will be cool if it takes off.  Personally, I'd vote for a new japanese fast food place, but what the heck.

Up with tapas!  WDSE recently ran an imported series called "Perfect Day" (ahem) which featured modern Scandinavian cooking and travel. Will make your lonely nordic heart ache for the motherland. In the mean time, I plan to travel to downtown Duluth for my culture fix. Kippis!

Barrett points out an important thing here. And, there is quite a wide range of cultures which are traditionally Caucasian. Russian culture and food are very different then French or Spanish, or Israeli or Greek... etc. Which is not saying these are the end-all-be-all of culture and food, lord no. Just that a dismissive "X is so white" fails on a number of ways. I perfectly understand the desire to live and interact with people of different ethnic, social and religious backgrounds... but just as people from Asian, African, Mid-eastern can't all be put in the same box and said to be the definitive representative of their geographical region I don't think you can do that with Caucasians as well.

Duluth -could- be much more white.  It was.  I grew up here, I know.  

Agreed with Zra on Barrett.  And not wanting to hammer on Natali, but it in the circles I travel, where I live, and travel, Duluth today is a very diverse city.  Seriously.  

But even in the 70s and 80s growing up and before, the other colors and cultures were always here, people just found them easier to ignore.  As far too many still do.  

But this happens everywhere I've traveled, certain people stick to their neighborhoods and their kind.  

Projects like Takk for Maten who may attempt to break down some barriers and try some ethnographic "fusion," if you will, are to be applauded. Like I said, I hope it works.

Is it true that Takk for Maten opened today? I'm excited to try it.

anyone know who i need to talk to about hiring?
serving or bartending positions?

Had breakfast there (Takk for Maten) with the family this morning (Saturday). Good food, fair price.

Gone a couple of times now, and enjoyed it each time.  I walk by a couple times a day and it looks busy most of the time which is great to see. I'm always a fan of more (non-chain) options for dining.  Good luck Takk.

Tusen Tukk Takk for Maten!!!!

Gu Dag, Gu Dag!!!

We went to KIPPIS last night.  It was fantastic.  I would suggest the grilled Haluomi cheese, it is delicious.  The prices are decent and the staff was friendly.  It is nice to see that Duluth has something like this.  It is very refershing.  Good luck Kippis, we will be back for sure.

We went to Kippis last night and it was outstanding.  The food was excellent, the service attentive without being overbearing, it was casual and elegant at the same time, and I thought the price was just right.  I hope this sticks around; it's my new fave.

Changes are scary

Not sure why this thread got re-woken, but since it showed up, I'll weigh in with my support for Kippis--I went there for the first time a week ago--started first with some wine at Chester Creek Cafe, then went to Kippis for more wine and a sampler plate of baked cheese, salmon and duck tapas--good food, reasonable (for tapas) price, and the service was really perfect--attentive and friendly (gave us a free sample of toast and a delicious berry jam and a sample of a nice white wine as soon as we sat down). Then we went to Zinema and saw the Oscar-nominated short films.

Great night out all around (really made me love living in this place), and Kippis will be a frequent stop from now on.

It is a very bad thing for my budget that the recent expansion of the skywalk has allowed me to take a morning stroll to Takk for Maten for a breakfast lefse and coffee...  they'll even let me substitute veggies for the sausage option... Jarlsberg cheese and lefse goodness, very good coffee, oh yum.  :)