Reviews for Minnesota Ice Arenas

The average rating for Minnesota Ice Arenas based on 2 reviews is 5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2017-04-18 00:00:00 Hunter Sylvester This book makes me yearn for the old days. Most books like this make you feel nostalgic, either because you remember those places or because you wish you could go see them, but this one made me actually *yearn* to go back and eat in all of these restaurants. Many of them were too fancy for me, but it still would be fun. I enjoyed the pictures of menus, and being able to see what kinds of foods each place offered and how much they charged, but I wish that every restaurant had a picture of the outside, too, so we can see what the architecture and neighborhood looked like back then. One thing I want to note is that the second-longest chapter is "Northwest's Favorite Places," which is restaurants NOT in Seattle... except the Space Needle restaurant. I'm very confused: if these are *Seattle's* historic restaurants, why is the second-longest chapter restaurants that are in the rest of western Washington and Canada, *not* Seattle? And if it's supposed to be places Seattle people like to go outside of Seattle, why does it then include the Space Needle, which *is* in Seattle? I don't understand. That chapter -- with the exception of the Space Needle -- could have been cut or greatly reduced, then the chapters about places actually *in* Seattle could have been expanded.

Review # 2 was written on 2011-01-10 00:00:00 Cuyler Nez Simplistic and disjointed. Was really disappointed with how the book handled the overtly racist imagery on the facade of a north Seattle restaurant' it was pawned off as a case of the owner considering it a cute marketing gimmick to attract children. This sort of thing shouldn't be treated as a cutesy anecdote without censure. Why even tell this bit at all unless you're going to call out his ignorance? Is it part of the classically over-used "oh, he meant no harm" strategy? Because he did cause harm. Actively. I know local history tomes aren't always held to the highest standards, but the failure to acknowledge the gross grimness of racist caricature and trying to spin it lighthearted? I found it pretty offensive and it hampered my enjoyment of the rest of the book.