Highland Park : Buzz

Four local eateries landed on a list of restaurants that provide the best service in the United States.
 
Compiled by restaurant reservation service OpenTable, the list is based on reviews submitted by users of the website.
 
The quartet that rose above the others locally: Acqua Restaurant and Wine Bar in White Bear Lake, Capital Grille and La Belle Vie in Minneapolis, and Joan's in the Park in St. Paul.
 
"A huge part of what makes many of these restaurants great are the people themselves, working tirelessly to delight their patrons," OpenTable noted about the list.

The Twin Cities Bungalow Club is bringing PBS's "This Old House" expert Bob Yapp to the Twin Cities for a couple of home-related presentations on Feb. 20 at the Hillcrest Community Recreation Center in St. Paul, a Star Tribune story notes.  

"This Old House" is a long-running home improvement TV show that centers on remodeling projects.     

One of the sessions that Yapp will deal with, called "You Can't Live in a Museum--Or Can You?" has to do with making historic homes livable, while "respecting their architecture," the story states.  

The other session, "Getting Shellacked, or Innovative Woodwork Finishing and Refinishing," will go over how to safely and efficiently remove old paint and natural finishes from woodwork.