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Three Minneapolis restaurants are up for James Beard awards
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And the James Beard Award winner is …
The honors, among the nation’s most prestigious in the culinary industry, will be announced Monday. The Twin Cities has three nominees up for awards.
Oro by Nixta is one of ten finalists up for Best New Restaurant. Oro’s chefs and co-owners are Kate and Gustavo Romero. The northeast Minneapolis eatery highlights Mexican heirloom corn.
Also nominated: Christina Nguyen of Hai Hai in northeast Minneapolis and Ann Ahmed of Khaluna in East Harriet. Both are nominated for Best Chef of the Midwest.
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Ahmed told MPR News host Tom Crann she has worked hard in all of her restaurants since she opened her first one nearly 20 years ago.
“This has been awesome because it’s been a recognition not for myself but my whole team,” she said.
Chef Ann Ahmed at Gai Noi in Loring Park in Minneapolis.
Photo by Monique Sourinho, courtesy of Tiffany Gerber
Ahmed specializes in Laotian food. She is also chef and owner of Gai Noi in Loring Park and Lat14 Asian Eatery in Golden Valley.
Nguyen serves Southeast Asian street food at Hai Hai in northeast Minneapolis, but the self-taught chef first opened Hola Arepa in south Minneapolis.
Nguyen told Cathy Wurzer earlier this year that she doesn’t do her work for awards, but she is “super honored” to be nominated again. She was nominated in 2019 and 2020 for Best Chef of the Midwest.
“But it is absolutely a nice acknowledgment to have, for me and our entire team, who work so hard all the time,” Nguyen said. Hai Hai has gotten busier since her nomination, she added.
Hai Hai restaurant owner Christina Nguyen says her bar welcomes a diversity of patrons through her takes on Southeast Asian food and drink.
Sarah Thamer | MPR News
On Oro by Nixta’s Instagram page a few days ago, “Team Tortilla,” presumably the restaurant’s staff, took over the account to shower praise on the Romeros.”
“Corngratulations chef y chefona. And mil gracias – for giving so many of us a place to belong and feel at home. We’re so proud of you.”
The 2024 Restaurant and Chef Award announcements will be streamed here beginning at 5:30 p.m. CST.
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Minneapolis, MN
Davide Harabagiu Highlights Night 3 On Minneapolis Futures With 52.95 100 Fly
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2024 FUTURES CHAMPIONSHIPS- MINNEAPOLIS
Davide Harabagiu highlighted night 3 of competition in Minneapolis swimming to a 52.95 in the 100 butterfly. That was just off his personal best of a 52.75 from Settecolli in Rome last month. Harabagiu swims collegiately for Minnesota but originally hails from Italy.
Also highlighting the night was Annike Parkhe who swam to a 58.85 in the 100 fly, the only swimming under the 1:00 mark. Parkhe has a best time of a 58.58 that she swam for 13th during prelims of US Olympic Trials last month. She finished 16th in semifinals in a 59.02.
Finishing behind Parkhe in the 100 fly was Grace Rabb who swam a 1:00.28. Later in the session, Rabb earned a win touching in a 2:32.69 in the 200 breast. Rabb, a Florida commit, swam a best time in the 100 fly as her previous best was a 1:01.36. Her 200 breast best time stands at a 2:32.39 from May.
The final winner on the women’s side was Katie McCarthy who won the 400 free in a 4:15.81. McCarthy was 34th in the event at US Trials in a 4:14.90 and has a best time of a 4:14.89.
The men’s 400 free was a battle as Jiarui Xue earned the win in a 3:59.16 touching just ahead of Chase Maier who swam a 3:59.24. Xue has a best time of a 3:59.00 and is committed to Princeton while Maier dropped a huge best time as his previous best was a 4:05.01.
Sirui Wang won the 200 breast in a 2:17.24, almost a five second drop from his previous best of a 2:22.05 from May. He was a 2:22.65 in the event at the last summer.
Minneapolis, MN
Minneapolis City Council introduces new safety plan with alternatives to police response
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Minneapolis leaders lay out new safety plan
The new plan folds in efforts already underway like the behavioral response team which is sent on some crisis calls where police are not necessary, or a new traffic control unit that is staffed by people who are not sworn officers. But the real purpose of the Safe and Thriving Communities plan is to offer a sort of road map to public safety.
MINNEAPOLIS (FOX 9) – Minneapolis City Council members are asking the public for feedback on a new public safety model that they hope will restore trust in public safety services.
Officials say the Public Safety Beyond Policing Action Plan is based on an outline of a community safety system that will include “preventative, restorative and response services beyond policing.”
What we know
City leaders say they are moving to codify the Public Safety Beyond Policing Action Plan after the Minneapolis Safe and Thriving Communities Blueprint that was announced last year.
READ MORE: Minneapolis leaders lay out a new plan for community safety
The first draft of the Public Safety Beyond Policing Action Plan was presented earlier this week. City officials say public comment and feedback on the 10-year plan will be taken for 45 days.
An overview and briefing detailing the progress of the Safe and Thriving Communities Report was presented during Wednesday’s Public Health and Safety Committee (PHS).
Public engagement and comment sessions will also be held in front of the PHS committee before the final adoption of the plan, which is expected to happen in the fall of 2024.
What they’re saying
Minneapolis officials say “there has been little or unclear movement on implementation by the administration” since the last city-wide community safety plan last year.
A news release announcing the latest policing plan said there are concerns over a “lack of seriousness” about the city implementing a new comprehensive safety system.
Vice Chair of the Public Health and Safety Committee and City Council Member Robin Wonsley said the following in the same news release: “Council is serious about realizing the comprehensive public safety system that our residents have asked for since May 2020. We can have a city where there are a multitude of preventive, responsive, and restorative services to meet our public safety needs efficiently and equitably. The Safe and Thriving Communities Report and the Public Safety Beyond Policing Action Plan includes a clear ten-year guide to make this vision a reality.”
Public Health and Safety Chair and City Council Member Chavez said “Ward 9 is home to one of the most diverse communities in the whole state and residents are deeply engaged in leading on public safety work. Residents are tired of empty promises and slow progress when it comes to their safety needs. The time to act is now and the Council is ready to continue to lead on keeping all of us safe.”
Minneapolis City Council President Elliot Paynes released a statement saying “This is the City Council flexing our oversight responsibility. The administration put forward a plan with the Safe and Thriving Communities report and we are making sure the promise of this plan is fulfilled with transparency and with the input of our community at the center of it.”
Background
This is the latest development after the Safe and Thriving Communities plan was announced last year. Advocates say it took a “holistic approach” to public safety.
That plan came after the development of a plan was requested by Mayor Jacob Frey in 2021.
City officials say they are currently in phase one of implementing the Safe and Thriving Communities plan.
The Minneapolis City Council also approved a new police contract earlier this month that includes a nearly 22% pay raise for officers over the next three years.
Minneapolis, MN
Minneapolis park board, striking workers reach tentative deal
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