Press Kit

Awards & Kudos

• "FAB Coffee Shop"
  "FAB Place for a First Date"
  - Lavender Magazine's 2005 Outstanding Awards
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  "Hottest Coffee Shop in the USA "
  - OUT Magazine Summer of 2005 Hot List
• "Top 10 New Restaurants - Twin Cities "
  -CitySearch / MSN 2004
• "Best New Restaurant" & "Best Casual Dining"
  - Lavender Magazine's 2004 Outstanding! Awards
• "Best Coffeehouse"
  - Leo Mezzrow's List, The Minneapolis Observer
• "Best Queer Coffee Shop"
  City Pages 2005

Articles About The Wilde Roast Cafe

• February 2006 - Passport Magazine: What's New in Minneapolis
• 1/20/2006 - Star Tribune: Hot Hangouts
  "Chic yet cozy is the best way to describe the seating area next to the fireplace at the Wilde Roast Cafe..."
• 1/15/2006 - Star Tribune: Talking on the Wilde Side
  " A school teacher and a carpenter have created a welcoming environment where their namesake playwright, with his eccentricities and humorous asides, would have been quite comfortable..."
• 8/18/2004 - City Pages: Wilde, Civilized
  "...You should know that as a café, Wilde Roast succeeds terrifically--it combines the best aspects of coffee shop, wine bar, and lunch spot into one elegant meeting space..."
• 10/21/2004 - Star Tribune: Hybrids Are Blooming
  "...French toast so deliriously decadent it approaches Enron-like levels of overindulgence..."
• November 2004 - The Rake
  "Sometimes you don't know what you need until it's given to you."
• November 2004 - Fresh Cup Magazine
• November 2004 - NWA World Traveler Magazine
• December 2004 - Lavender Magazine
  "Actually, Wilde Roast is just as much a threat to society as Wilde once was himself. It challenges not the morality of our era—indeed, it weaves a strong fabric of inclusion as a neighborhood-centric gathering place—but rather the onslaught of the homogenized coffee-house chains that provide the same airbrushed aura in Bloomington as in Barcelona or Beijing."

Press Releases

• 3/2/05 - A WILDE RIDE! Wilde Roast Café Celebrates One Year Anniversary with Updated Menu, Wines
• 9/24/04 - HAPPY BIRTHDAY, OSCAR! Wilde Roast Cafe celebrates Oscar Wilde's 150th birthday with the start of Salon Nights.
• 3/1/04 - Wilde Roast Café Opens
• 3/1/04 - Wilde Roast Café Opens (alternate version)

High-Resolution Images for Press Use

• Wilde Roast Café logo (EPS, 244k)
  
• Wilde Roast Café logo (text only) (EPS, 190k)
  
• Pride 2005 Float - Winner "Pride Spirit Award" (JPG, 166k)
  
• Photo of Owners Dean & Tom - Victorian (JPEG, 876k)
  
• Photo of Owners Dean & Tom - Victorian II (JPEG, 244k)
  
• Photo of Owners Dean & Tom - Casual (JPEG, 592k)
  

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