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Good day, Wayzata. This is Wayzata Scoop: the local newsletter that makes the transition from Halloween candy to holiday cookies feel seamless.

In today’s Scoop:

• James Beard Pastry Chef Opens Third Buttered Tin Inside Plymouth Coborn's 🍪

• Lake Minnetonka Gets Hollywood Treatment in Minnesota-Made Film 🎥

• Free Holiday Lights Recycling Nov. 18-Jan. 30 (Don't Use Curbside Bins!) 🎄

• Five-Month Highway 55 Closure Ends (Station 73 TRIP Continues in 2026) 🚧

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📢 TALK OF THE TOWN

The Buttered Tin's Plymouth Expansion: Where Groceries Meet James Beard Pastries

When a James Beard-recognized pastry chef opens inside a grocery store, that's not your average supermarket cafe situation.

The Buttered Tin is bringing its St. Paul-born bakery and restaurant to Plymouth early next year, settling into Coborn's first Twin Cities store at The Boulevard development (I-494 and Bass Lake Road). But this isn't a generic grocery store takeover – Coborn's built a 69,000-square-foot "grocerant" concept called Market & Table, and The Buttered Tin gets its own dedicated space with about 80 indoor seats plus an outdoor patio. It's the bakery's third location after Lowertown St. Paul and Northeast Minneapolis.

Expect the same counter-service breakfast and lunch lineup, fresh bakery items, espresso, coffee, and afternoon/early evening beer and wine service that made the first two locations work. Everything made from scratch, because founder Alicia Hinze (also a Food Network "Cupcake Wars" winner) doesn't do shortcuts. Coborn's didn't just lease space to anyone – they specifically sought out The Buttered Tin for food quality, mission alignment, and community connection.

The timing works: Coborn's Market & Table launches early March, positioned as a "modern, convenient, and welcoming space" with elevated food offerings for the northwest metro. Translation: not your parents' grocery store experience. The Buttered Tin will be open daily 6 a.m. to 7 p.m. at 6130 Sycamore Lane.

Plymouth's getting a James Beard-caliber bakery inside a next-generation grocery store. That's an upgrade.

Opening early March at The Boulevard (I-494 and Bass Lake Road). Daily 6 a.m. to 7 p.m.

Minnesota Native's Lake Minnetonka Film: Hollywood Comes Home

When a Minnesota-born actress with decades of Hollywood credits writes a love letter to Lake Minnetonka, you get a movie filmed at McCormick's, The Lobby, and someone's actual house in Wayzata.

Marisa Coughlan wrote, produced, and stars in "Blue-Eyed Girl," a midlife coming-of-age story about a daughter returning from California when her father gets sick, reconnecting with sisters and her first love. Think less teenage angst, more post-40 reinvention – the kind of life stage Coughlan says gets overlooked despite being prime territory for reflection and second chances.

The cast includes serious names: Beau Bridges (who Coughlan describes as "everyone's dad" energy), Eliza Coupe, and Sam Trammell. Bridges signed on first, bringing exactly the warm, masterful presence the role needed. The LA crew arrived skeptical about Minnesota, then spent a week realizing what locals already know – this place is legitimately beautiful.

Filming happened at recognizable Lake Minnetonka spots because Coughlan wanted authenticity. The community delivered, letting the production film in homes, bars, and even lending cars. It's the kind of local support that makes independent films possible, and Coughlan hopes it helps revive Minnesota's film scene, which has been quiet since the early 2000s despite having real talent here.

"Blue-Eyed Girl" screens this weekend only at Mann Theatres in Edina and Plymouth, then hits streaming services Nov. 21. Lake Minnetonka gets its Hollywood closeup, Minnesota style.

Weekend screenings at Mann Theatres (Edina and Plymouth). Streaming Nov. 21.

Plymouth's Holiday Lights Recycling: Where Tangled String Lights Get Second Lives

Before you throw your dead holiday lights in the garbage (or worse, the curbside recycling bin where they'll wreak havoc on processing equipment), Plymouth has a better option.

The city's offering free holiday lights recycling from Tuesday, Nov. 18 through Friday, Jan. 30 at the Recycling Drop-Off Site (14900 23rd Ave. N). Collection boxes are available 24/7 – just look for the marked boxes and don't toss lights in the regular recycling containers. This is specifically for string lights and extension cords, any bulb type including LED, working or broken doesn't matter.

What they won't take: pre-lit Christmas trees, light-up lawn fixtures (candy canes, reindeer, inflatable monstrosities), fiber optic lights, or other light-up décor. Just the strings and cords that tangle recycling equipment and make processing workers curse whoever threw them in curbside bins.

Because here's the thing: holiday lights, electric cords, wires, plastic bags, and anything else with strings or strands absolutely cannot go in curbside recycling. They jam equipment, cause damage, and turn recycling facilities into mechanical nightmares. So either use Plymouth's drop-off, toss them in garbage (not ideal), or use Hennepin County's year-round drop-off facilities at hennepin.us/dropoff.

Two and a half months to properly dispose of your tangled holiday light failures. Use the box, save the equipment, feel slightly better about consumption.

Nov. 18-Jan. 30 at Recycling Drop-Off Site (14900 23rd Ave. N). 24/7 access, marked collection boxes.

Highway 55 Reopens After Five Months (Just in Time for 2026 Construction Elsewhere)

Good news: Highway 55 between West Medicine Lake Drive and Revere Lane is finally open after five months of closure. Bad news: this is only year one of a two-year project, so don't get too comfortable.

The road reopened to traffic following the lengthy closure, with only minor ongoing work through November that won't require additional closures. So you can resume normal routes without detours or that sinking feeling every time you approach the construction zone. Plymouth thanks impacted residents, businesses, and motorists for patience during what was essentially half a year of traffic disruption.

But here's the context: this is part of the Station 73 TRIP project, which started this year and continues through 2026. Next spring, construction shifts to South Shore Drive, County Road 73, and Old County Road 15. The silver lining? Highway 55 will stay open during 2026 construction, so at least you won't be detouring around the same stretch twice. More details coming spring 2026 before work begins.

Questions or concerns can go to the project hotline at 763-251-1010 or [email protected]. Full info at the Station 73 TRIP project webpage, because two-year infrastructure projects require dedicated websites apparently.

Five months down, one construction season to go. Highway 55 is back, other roads are next.

Highway 55 open now. 2026 construction hits South Shore Drive, County Road 73, Old County Road 15. Details at station73trip.com.

📖 QOTW (QUOTE OF THE WEEK)

"Do not wait to strike till the iron is hot; but make it hot by striking." - William Butler Yeats

🌪️ WEATHER WATCH

Tuesday's dropping to 24° with showers – that's not rain, that's just winter being passive-aggressive.

Wed 19 44°/37° Cloudy ☁️ | 💧6%

Thu 20 46°/27° AM Clouds/PM Sun ⛅️ | 💧13%

Fri 21 47°/28° Mostly Sunny 🌤️ | 💧7%

Sat 22 52°/34° Partly Cloudy ⛅️ | 💧8%

Sun 23 52°/32° Partly Cloudy ⛅️ | 💧7%

Mon 24 50°/37° Mostly Sunny 🌤️ | 💧7%

Tue 25 44°/24° Showers 🌧️ | 💧40%

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