March 5, 2021 | Lowertown Food & Drink News, Lowertown News
Lowertown.info—Alicia Hinze of Lowertown’s cafe, bakery and breakfast spot The Buttered Tin is one of 20 women in the restaurant industry featured in the James Beard Foundation’s new cookbook, A Place at the Table, published in collaboration with Audi and released at the beginning of Women’s History Month. The digital cookbook—free for download on James Beard’s site!—features twenty recipes from the foundation’s Women’s Entrepreneurial Leadership program. Hinze’s recipe is for “The Perfect Vanilla Cake with Swiss Meringue Cream”.
September 26, 2020 | COVID-19 News, Lowertown Food & Drink News, Lowertown News
By Nigel Parry, Lowertown.info—At 7pm tonight, local cafe and bakery The Buttered Tin posted an announcement that “We are temporarily closing” on its website and social media after a staff member tested positive for COVID-19. The staff member had become aware of exposure to a positive room mate, and had self-quarantined from work during this last week while awaiting their test result. A few hours after finding out the positive result, the Buttered Tin informed staff it would be closing and made the public announcement:
At The Buttered Tin, our highest priority if the health and safety of our customers and employees. We are reaching out to inform you that today, we learned that a member of our TBT team tested positive COVID-19. Out of an abundance of caution, The Buttered Tin will temporarily close beginning Sunday, Sept. 27th….”
March 19, 2020 | COVID-19 News
On March 17th, St. Patrick’s Day, Lowertown photographer Tom Dunn went on a walkabout around Lowertown and Downtown to capture signs of the Coronavirus Crisis’ impact on the neighborhood.
October 30, 2019 | Lowertown Food & Drink News, Lowertown News
By Nigel Parry, Downtown St. Paul Voice—After opening in downtown at the end of 2017, Just/Us took the St. Paul restaurant scene by storm with a rolling series of creatively themed prix fixe tasting menus. Following the sale of the building they were located in, the team of Lowertowners are reopening in the former Golden’s space this November.
