Today is Thursday, April 3, the 93rd day of 2025. There are 272 days left in the year.

Today in history:

On April 3, 1996, Theodore Kaczynski (kah-ZIHN’-skee), also known as the Unabomber, was arrested at his remote Montana cabin by FBI agents.

Also on this date:

In 1860, the first Pony Express mail delivery rides began; one heading west from St. Joseph, Missouri, and one heading east from Sacramento, California.

Related Articles

Today in History: April 2, Pope John Paul II dies at 84

Today in History: April 1, US forces invade Okinawa during World War II

Today in History: March 31, Bruce Lee’s son accidentally shot to death on movie set

Today in History: March 30, Reagan shot in assassination attempt

Today in History: March 29, ‘Terra-cotta Army’ discovered in China

In 1882, outlaw Jesse James was shot and killed in St. Joseph, Missouri, by Robert Ford, a member of James’ gang.

In 1936, Bruno Richard Hauptmann was electrocuted in Trenton, New Jersey, for the kidnap-murder of 20-month-old Charles Lindbergh Jr.

In 1944, the U.S. Supreme Court, in Smith v. Allwright, struck down a Democratic Party of Texas rule that allowed only white voters to participate in Democratic primaries.

In 1948, President Harry S. Truman signed into law the Marshall Plan, designed to help European allies rebuild after World War II and resist communism.

In 1968, civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. delivered what was to be his final speech, telling a rally of striking sanitation workers in Memphis, Tennessee, “I’ve been to the mountaintop. … I’ve seen the Promised Land. I may not get there with you. But I want you to know tonight that we, as a people, will get to the Promised Land!” (The following day, King was killed by an assassin’s bullet at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis.)

In 1973, the first handheld portable telephone was demonstrated for reporters on a New York City street corner as Motorola executive Martin Cooper called Joel S. Engel of Bell Labs.

In 1974, an outbreak of tornadoes began hitting wide parts of the South and Midwest before jumping across the border into Canada; 148 tornadoes caused more than 300 fatalities in what became known as the 1974 Super Outbreak.

In 1996, a U.S. Air Force jet crashed as it approached Dubrovnik, Croatia; all 35 people on board were killed, including U.S. Secretary of Commerce Ron Brown.

Today’s birthdays:

Conservationist Jane Goodall is 91.
Actor Marsha Mason is 83.
Singer Wayne Newton is 83.
Singer Tony Orlando is 81.
Singer-songwriter Richard Thompson is 76.
Actor Alec Baldwin is 67.
Actor David Hyde Pierce is 66.
Actor-comedian Eddie Murphy is 64.
Celebrity chef Cat Cora is 58.
Olympic skiing gold medalist Picabo Street is 54.
Actor Jennie Garth is 53.
Actor Adam Scott is 52.
Football Hall of Famer Jared Allen is 43.
Actor Cobie Smulders is 43.
Singer Leona Lewis is 40.
Actor-comedian Rachel Bloom is 38.

What would the ultimate St. Paul dining day look like?

I think a few places I visited this week would certainly make that list. (I’d love to hear your ideas, too: Send them my way at eat@pioneerpress.com.)

Next week’s Dining Diary column will focus on lunches — but this week, we’re visiting some new spots and classic favorites for breakfast, dinner and, perhaps the most important meal of the day, dessert.

Breakfast: Bagel and lox at Razava

I celebrated my birthday last week, which of course called for a day of good food — and where else to start but Razava Bread Co.? The 4-month-old Grand Avenue sourdough bakery has quickly become one of my favorite spots in the city.

The interior design gives off the vibe of a European sidewalk cafe, and the savory, Caesar-inspired house schmear elevates the bagels and lox to new heights. (When Razava opened, I wrote that the herbaceousness of the cream cheese “rocks with the lox,” which might be the best thing I’ve ever come up with. Not to brag. But hey, it’s my birthday — I can do whatever I want.)

Razava Bread Co: 685 Grand Ave.; 763-338-0853; razavabread.co

Dinner: Pot roast tacos at The High Hat

The chipotle pot roast tacos are a standout item on the new dinner menu at The High Hat, a Southwestern-inspired Cathedral Hill cafe that opened for breakfast and lunch in 2023. The tacos, as served March 23, 2025, contain roasted sweet potatoes, peppers and onions. (Jared Kaufman / Pioneer Press)

The High Hat, the delightful Southwestern-inspired Cathedral Hill cafe that opened almost two years ago for breakfast and lunch, has at long last added dinner service. And as the sun goes down outside, it’s fun to watch a space that’s bright and cheery in the mornings (formerly home to Bon Vie Bistro/A Piece of Cake) become an evening lounge that’s moodier and swankier but still approachable as ever.

The standout for me were the chipotle pot roast tacos, with tender slow-cooked beef, onions, peppers and roasted sweet potato on really good corn tortillas. The beef was juicy as all get-out, and although the sweet potatoes got a bit lost, the grilled pepper and onion blend gave the dish a nice savory kick without making it too spicy. My dining partner and I also enjoyed the flavors going on in the Peruvian chicken sandwich, with smoked gouda cheese balancing out the zippy, garlicky ají amarillo sauce. (The dinner menu is a bit light on plated entrees, and I think this dish could also work well — or perhaps better? — in that format.)

As for sides, most — like plantain mashed potatoes and pureed black beans — are served a la carte, and some listings on the main menu could work as either appetizers or shared sides. We went that route and split the perfectly cooked and well-seasoned street carrots, topped with plenty of crumbly cheese.

On the breakfast menu, one perennial favorite beverage is the Muse latte, with orange, caramel and cinnamon. For dinner, they’ve adapted it into a fun dessert: an almond-cinnamon sponge cake soaked in orange and honey, with a great salted caramel sauce and a coffee whip. Don’t skip!

Open for dinner from 5 p.m. to 11 p.m. Thursdays–Mondays (till midnight Friday/Saturday). As always, open daily for breakfast/lunch 8 a.m. to 2 p.m.

The High Hat: 485 Selby Ave.; 651-528-7941; thehighhatmn.com

Dessert: Pasteis de nata and ginjinha at Estelle

The Portuguese dessert pasteis de nata, an egg custard tart shown March 30, 2025, is a mainstay on the dessert menu at Estelle in St. Paul. (Jared Kaufman / Pioneer Press)

Last week and this week, Pioneer Press food editor Jess Fleming (aka my boss) has been leading readers on an amazing trip to Spain and Portugal. If you didn’t snag a spot on the trip this time, not to worry: We have Portugal right here in St. Paul, too, at Estelle.

The Pica Pau appetizer at Estelle, served March 30, 2025, contains tender chunks of beef with pickled vegetables and a delightfully savory broth. (Courtesy of Alyssa Kaufman)

I love Estelle for dinner — their new Portuguese pica pau appetizer is amazing; a beef-and-veg situation served with a little bit of savory broth that makes me want to lick the bowl — but they also have one of my favorite simple desserts in town, egg tarts called pasteis de nata.

The bar team at Estelle also makes a classic Portuguese sour cherry liqueur called ginjinha in-house, and I think the tartness of the drink pairs beautifully with the molten richness of the egg custard. It’s just bliss. Head to the bar, even solo, and treat yourself this week. You deserve it.

Estelle: 1806 St Clair Ave; 651-330-9648; estellestp.com

P.S. If you want to travel with Jess in the future, she’s leading a 13-day trip to Ireland next spring! More info online.

NEW YORK – “Costly Turnover Night” was not an official entry on the Madison Square Garden promotional calendar, but that ended up being the theme of the evening anyway.

In a game where both teams were fighting for vital playoff points and both team suffered from self-inflicted issues, the New York Rangers scored last, grabbing a 5-4 overtime win over the Minnesota Wild and bolstering both teams’ tenuous playoff positions in the process.

Marco Rossi tied the game early in the third period but Vincent Trocheck scored early in overtime as the Wild settled for one point for the second game in a row.

The Wild now move into seventh place in the Western Conference standings, tied with idle St. Louis, which has won 10 in a row.

Filip Gustavsson, busy all night, finished with 34 saves for the Wild, while Marcus Johansson had a goal and two assists, but Minnesota failed to overtake idle St. Louis for the seventh spot in the Western Conference standings. The Wild sit in the eighth and final playoff spot in the west with six games to play.

Rangers goalie Igor Shesterkin had 20 saves for the home club, which moved into a tie for the final Eastern Conference playoff spot with the win.

The Rangers had not played since Saturday and had the fresher legs early, testing Gustavsson repeatedly with 11 of the game’s first 12 shots. New York also took the game’s first penalty, and with the Wild using their five forwards man advantage unit, a Rangers turnover found Marcus Johansson unobstructed with the puck. He fed Nyquist at the side of the net, also uncovered, and Nyquist popped a low shot past Shesterkin on the stick side.

For Nyquist, it was his first goal since being traded to the Wild in early March. He had last scored for the Predators on Jan. 25.

The Wild’s lead went away when Gustavsson made a stick save on a long-range shot by Urho Vaakanainen, only to have Rangers defenseman Braden Schneider fire the rebound home. But the visitors answered barely two minutes later via Faber’s eighth goal of the season, on a shot from the blue line that beat the New York goalie between the knees.

Minnesota was out-shot 18-7 in the opening period but emerged with the lead. But the Rangers’ shooting gallery continued unabated in the middle frame, with Minnetonka native K’Andre Miller tying the game for New York by sending a low angle shot off Gustavsson’s right shoulder and into the top corner of the net.

After the Rangers took their first lead on a misplay in the Minnesota crease, Matt Boldy went to the penalty box for roughing and New York threatened to extend their advantage. Instead, it was the visitors taking advantage of a misplay this time, and Johansson’s wrist shot beat Shesterkin for Minnesota’s first shorthanded goal of the season.

What looked like a Mats Zuccarello goal that would’ve given Minnesota a 4-3 lead was reviewed and negated due to goalie interference, with no argument from the visitors bench. Instead, the Rangers took a lead into the second intermission when the puck slipped away from Marco Rossi at the blue line, springing Artemi Panarin on a breakaway, and ending with Panarin’s team-leading 34th goal of the season.

But the opening shift of the third period saw Miller cough up a puck in the defensive zone, and Boldy pounced, feeding Rossi to tie the game once again. Minnesota killed a brief 5-on-3 Rangers power play to keep the game tied in the latter half of the third.

Wild defenseman Declan Chisholm, who had been out of the lineup for five of the last six games, initially due to injury, returned on Wednesday, taking the place of Jon Merrill in the lineup. Chisholm caught up to Rangers star Mika Zibanejad on a first period rush to the net and swatted the puck away.

The Wild’s three-game East Coast road trip concludes on Friday with a visit to UBS Arena on Long Island, where the New York Islanders await. The Wild beat the Islanders 6-3 on Feb. 8 in St. Paul. Game time is 6:30 p.m. CT.

Related Articles

Busy schedule suits the Wild just fine at this time of the season

No pouting allowed, as getting to three goals is elusive for Wild lately

Matt Boldy’s late goal salvages a point for Wild in New Jersey

Newark is where it all began for Wild coach John Hynes

Progress, but still no set return date, for Wild’s Kaprizov and Eriksson Ek

 

CHICAGO — Carlos Correa raised his hands in air as he ran towards first base and did so again once he reached the bag, a show of relief after some tough at the plate luck to begin the season.

Prior to his third-inning single in the Twins’ 6-1 win over the White Sox on Wednesday, Correa was 0-for-18 to start the season despite scalding the ball in many of those at-bats. Even in his first at-bat of the day, Correa struck the ball at 104 miles per hour off the bat to no avail.

He kept coming up empty.

“No frustration, just relief,” he said. “I didn’t know what to do any more. The first swing felt amazing. When I got that one, it was just have fun with the guys.”

And they sure wanted to have fun with him, too.

In the dugout, his teammates teased him, raising their hands up as if to signal for the ball, which teams do when a player records a memorable hit, like his first, and they want to keep it.

“Yeah,” Correa said. “I was expecting that.”

He didn’t have to wait quite as long for his second hit.

In his very next at-bat, Correa hit a double to left. He came around to score on a Byron Buxton double. And now, he said, it’s time to “start rolling.”

“I know Carlos put his arms up to the skies and was pretty excited for the first knock. Truth is, Carlos has had about as quality of at-bats as anyone on our team to this points,” manager Rocco Baldelli said. “I was amazed that he hadn’t had a hit yet. It actually didn’t make any sense because of how good he actually has looked.”

Twins wait it out

Pablo López didn’t know what to do with himself as the rain delay stretched on and on before Wednesday’s game, so he did something he never does: he took a nap.

The Twins starter, who had to deal with a rain delay before his first start of the season as well, figured he wasn’t going to hear word about a start time for hours, so he did his best to get some relaxation in, dozing off during the 3:20-minute rain delay that preceded the game. The series finale began at 4:30 p.m. instead of the scheduled 1:10 p.m. start.

“I was going insane,” the Twins’ starter said. “Ironically enough, the time goes slow, but also fast at the same time. Like I didn’t realize by the time we had a game time, I had been there for six hours already.”

Byron Buxton, who hit a home run and double in the game, got in a little rest, too.

“I got some of these towels and I sat in this chair. I covered up and I went to sleep. First time ever because I don’t take naps when we’re playing,” Buxton said. “Had a little extra juice in there from that nap.”

Some players played cards, some listened to music and others watched baseball on the clubhouse televisions. Correa had some other plans.

“Talk a lot of smack. Get ready for the game. Talk some more,” Correa said. “Eat. Hang around. Get ready for the game. Then just go play. It was a long day.”

Briefly

Randy Dobnak cleared waivers and accepted his assignment to Triple-A. Dobnak was designated for assignment on Monday. … Joe Ryan, who gave up one run in five innings in his season debut, will start on Thursday opposed by Astros righty Hunter Brown. … Radio announcer Kris Atteberry called Wednesday’s game alongside Justin Morneau with Cory Provus in Milwaukee for Bob Uecker’s celebration of life event. Provus worked alongside the legendary Brewers announcer before coming to Minnesota. Provus had intended on leaving after the game, but the rain delay made that impossible. With Atteberry on television, Dan Gladden handled the radio broadcast solo.

Related Articles

Twins salvage series on rain-soaked day in Chicago

Twins get in the win column with five-run sixth inning

Torpedo bat draws interest among Twins hitters — but just one taker so far

Twins’ offense has to ‘adjust quick’ after slow start

Twins suffer ugly blowout as season-opening losing streak reaches four