Restaurant roundup: Nokomis House, new Giordano's; Official Fried Chicken

The restaurant, at 5401 Chicago Ave., is from the team behind La Tapatia in Roseville and La Madre in downtown Minneapolis.

• This one won't serve Mexican food, but there will be Mexican twists on the menu, according to the Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal.
• Expect an August opening.

In other restaurant news…

🍻 The restaurant group that bought the former Wild Mind Artisan Ales in South Minneapolis was issued a city permit to remodel the brewery into a restaurant with a full kitchen and bar.

• A company spokesperson said the brewpub will open next year.

🍕 Giordano's is now open in Mall of America, which is the Chicago deep dish pizzeria's second Twin Cities location. (It would have been the third if not for the closure of the Uptown restaurant in 2020).

🍗 Official Fried Chicken, which has stands at U.S. Bank Stadium and Target Field, will open restaurants in the former Hangry Joe's locations in Edina on Monday, followed by Inver Grove Heights and Woodbury a week later, per the Biz Journal.

🍰 The former executive chef at Edwards Dessert Kitchen in the North Loop is opening a bakery at 54th and Lyndale in Southwest Minneapolis.

• Operator Jasmine Weiser Kaysen hopes the new spot, called Clementine, will open this fall, the Star Tribune reported.