Tag: Vinai
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Minneapolis chef blends Hmong heritage and midwestern upbringing
James Beard Award finalist Yia Vang, discusses his Hmong heritage, his family and how they influenced his award-winning restaurant Vinai — one of TIME Magazine’s World’s Greatest Places of 2025. Full story: https://www.yahoo.com/news/videos/minneapolis-chef-blends-hmong-heritage-203111210.html
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The Dish: Man shares journey from refugee to acclaimed chef
Yia Vang, the chef behind the Minneapolis hot spot Vinai, says his restaurant is a love letter to his parents. He arrived in the U.S. as a refugee when he was a young boy. Now, he blends his Hmong … Full story: https://www.msn.com/en-us/food-and-drink/world-cuisines/the-dish-man-shares-journey-from-refugee-to-acclaimed-chef/vi-AA1Q9OhX
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Eat The Menu: Viva Vinai
Vinai is the name of the refugee camp in Thailand where Yia Vang’s Hmong parents got married and bore the son who’d grow up to become a messiah of Hmong cui … Full story: https://lavendermagazine.com/featured-home-page/eat-the-menu-viva-vinai/
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Minneapolis Chefs Diane Moua and Yia Vang savor their national attention, accolades
“When the Hmong community wins, Minneapolis wins. St. Paul wins. Minnesota wins,” said Chef Yia Vang of Vinai about a sweeping story in the New York Times that features both Vinai and Moua’s Diane’s … Full story: https://www.kare11.com/article/news/local/minneapolis-chefs-diane-moua-yia-vang-nyt/89-d36e8867-769a-46da-ae4b-925a02cdc655
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Vinai makes Condé Nast Traveler’s best of 2025 list
Minneapolis Hmong restaurant Vinai has been ranked by Condé Nast Traveler as one of 2025’s best new restaurants in the world. Full story: https://www.bizjournals.com/twincities/news/2025/04/23/vinai-best-new-restaurant-world-2025-conde-nast.html
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Vinai makes Condé Nast Traveler’s best of 2025 list
Minneapolis Hmong restaurant Vinai has been ranked by Condé Nast Traveler as one of 2025’s best new restaurants in the world. Full story: https://www.bizjournals.com/twincities/news/2025/04/23/vinai-best-new-restaurant-world-2025-conde-nast.html
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New food at Target Field in 2025: Vinai, pickle pizza and more
The Twins unveiled the newest food and beverage offerings for the 2025 season ahead of Thursday’s home opener at Target Field. Full story: https://www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/news/new-food-drinks-target-field-twins-2025/
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Minnesota’s Hot New Restaurant Now One of the World’s Best
Spoon and Stable is located in Minneapolis and was featured on Best Thing I Ever Ate. The Nook is located in St. Paul and was featured on Diners, Drive- Ins, and Dives. Holy Land is located in … Full story: https://kroc.com/ixp/719/p/minnesotas-vinai-times-worlds-best-list/
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Vinai is one of Time magazine’s ‘World’s Greatest Places’ for 2025
It’s the latest accolade for Vinai, chef Yia Vang’s ode to his family’s Hmong cooking, and a boon to artist Thomas Dambo’s sprawling exhibit. Full story: https://www.startribune.com/vinai-restaurant-minneapolis-time-magazine-worlds-greatest-places-2025/601235145
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Minnesota restaurant, sculpture display named on Time’s ‘World’s Greatest Places’ list
Chef Yia Vang’s Vinai and Thomas Dambo’s “Alexa’s Elixir” installation are drawing attention outside of the state. Full story: http://www.bing.com/news/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&aid=&tid=67d306e0d06e471d9433e8208dae9bf8&url=https%3a%2f%2fbringmethenews.com%2fminnesota-lifestyle%2fminnesota-restaurant-sculpture-display-named-on-times-worlds-greatest-places-list&c=5293932017731253176&mkt=en-us
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Minneapolis restaurant makes Time’s ‘World’s Greatest Places’ list for 2025
Vang’s restaurant, Vinai, has landed on Time’s annual travel list of 100 of the “World’s Greatest Places.” When he realized the email was legitimate, “I kind of got emotional,” Vang told the Minnesota … Full story: https://www.startribune.com/vinai-restaurant-minneapolis-time-magazine-worlds-greatest-places-2025/601235145
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Hmong cuisine is having a moment — make that a movement — thanks to these three Minnesota chefs
The Grilled Lamb Heart on Oct. 17, 2024, at Vinai, Chef Yia Vang’s Hmong restaurant, in Northeast Minneapolis. (Anthony Souffle/The Minnesota Star Tribune) … Full story: https://www.startribune.com/vang-hmong-cuisine-is-having-a-moment-make-that-a-movement-thanks-to-these-three-minnesota-chefs/601215564
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Chef Yia Vang’s new restaurant nominated for James Beard Award
Chef Yia Vang’s new restaurant, Vinai (pronounced VEE-nye), is gaining national attention and is nominated for a James Beard Award. It was already named one of the best new restaurants by the Star … Full story: https://www.kare11.com/article/news/local/kare11-saturday/chef-yia-vangs-new-restaurant-nominated-for-james-beard-award/89-a1b30ec4-0172-4314-a275-09dc0b1e7f99
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Chef Yia Vang’s new restaurant nominated for James Beard Award
It was already named one of the best new restaurants by the Star Tribune. Vang says Vinai was named after the refugee camp Ban Vinai where Yia’s parents met and he was born, and it serves as a … Full story: https://www.kare11.com/article/news/local/kare11-saturday/chef-yia-vangs-new-restaurant-nominated-for-james-beard-award/89-a1b30ec4-0172-4314-a275-09dc0b1e7f99
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Chef Yia Vang is Esquire’s chef of the year
In addition to his Vinai restaurant being named to the New York Times ‘ Restaurant List and Eater’s list of best new restaurants, Esquire has named Vinai one of its best new restaurants. It also named … Full story: http://www.bing.com/news/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&aid=&tid=6750906ffa7640e88557670dd79396ac&url=https%3a%2f%2fbringmethenews.com%2fminnesota-lifestyle%2fchef-yia-vang-is-esquires-chef-of-the-year&c=2634394426524007307&mkt=en-us
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It’s the Year of Yia: Vinai Racks Up More National Accolades
Plus BCA finally confirms detail in Winston Smith’s death, hurting colleges attempt to go big, and a Target Center tragedeigh trifecta in today’s Flyover news roundup. Full story: https://racketmn.com/its-the-year-of-yia-vinai-racks-up-more-national-accolades
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At Vinai, Open-Fire Cooking Pays Respect to the Hmong People
At Vang’s Minneapolis restaurant Vinai, the open-fire cooking can take the form of the Vinai feast, in which flame-grilled meats and seafood — along with rice, noodles, and vegetables — are laid out … Full story: https://www.eater.com/2024/11/13/24295681/vinai-open-fire-cooking-hmong-chef-yia-vang-minneapolis
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Eater picks Vinai for Best New Restaurants in America
Vinai, the newly opened northeast Minneapolis restaurant from chef Yia Vang, has got another national recognition. Full story: https://www.bizjournals.com/twincities/news/2024/11/13/eater-best-new-restaurants-in-america.html