Brady Averill stopped by one night a couple weeks ago to chat with Al in his living room about his neighborhood. Her write-up is in the Downtown Journal.

Do not ask Al Franken where he dines in Minneapolis. He rarely does.

His idea of eating out is grabbing hot dish and baked beans at Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party dinners or savoring “the best, best pulled barbeque sauce” at Fulda High School while campaigning.

Don’t ask him where he hangs out in Minneapolis, either. He’ll make fun of you.

“I have gobs of time to hang out. In fact, I think if you had to describe my life in and around Minneapolis, it’d be just hanging out,” he said. “What do you mean? I never hang out.”

But the man has to eat. If he has a stomping ground here, it’s Hell’s Kitchen, he said. He likes the grub, the clientele and the service. And when his friends are in town, it’s where he takes them.

For the whole piece, click here.

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