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James Beard Foundation
2017
50 Best Restaurants 2017
Minneapolis St Paul Magazine
March 2017
City Pages best food truck 2016
CityPages 2016
Spring 2016
Top Minneapolis restaurants
Thrillist 2016
January 2016
Check out Chef Shack on Cooking Channel’s Eat Street Season 4
Lisa Carlson and Carrie Summer, chefs/owners of Chef Shack
Pioneer Press TwinCities.com
April 8, 2015
The Chef Shack Ranch: Way More Than Mini-Donuts
Minneapolis St. Paul Magazine
February 21, 2014
Chef Shack featured on Eat St. on the Food Network
January, 2014
Slice: Chef Shack, Bay City in
Lavender Magazine
June, 2013
City Pages’
Best Restaurant Worth the Drive
2013
Chef Shack on Food Truck Friday at Kare 11
Chef Shack opens a new restaurant in Bay City!
ThrillList
October, 2012
Chef Shack is honored in New York Times writer John T. Edge’s new
Food Truck Cookbook 2012
April, 2012
Named “Top 10 Most Creative Food Trucks in America 2012” by Yahoo News
January, 2012
“City Pages Minneapolis” Best Street Food
2009, 2010, 2011
Chef Shack is one of Mpls St.Paul Magazine’s Best Restaurants.
April, 2011
Chef Shack is on the
Top 10 List for Bon Appetit.
September, 2010
Chef Shack is officially an international hit in
Saveur Magazine.
August, 2010
Chef Shack makes the
Top 12 List for Jetsetta.
February, 2010
Chef Shack : One Minute Montage
December, 2009
Chef Shack in
Minnesota Monthly.
September, 2009
The Serious Eats’ Street Food Profile on the Chef Shack.
August 31st, 2009
Chef Shack becomes one of
Forbes Magazine’s Elite Street Eats.
September 2nd, 2008
Chef Shack makes USA Today’s list of
“10 Great Places to Flag Down a Fabulous Feast”
July 13th, 2008
Chef Shack in
CityPages
June 16th, 2008