Delegates will gather Saturday at the Target Center in Minneapolis for the citywide DFL convention, where if you want kosher or halal food, be ready to spend $70 for a pastrami sandwich, $60 for a schnitzel sandwich or $55 for a chicken kebab. <\/p>\n
Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party candidates for mayor and the park board will vie for the party\u2019s endorsement during the convention, with speeches from party dignitaries and statewide and congressional candidates.<\/p>\n
The race for mayor will be the highlight of the day, with Mayor Jacob Frey being challenged by nearly a half-dozen candidates<\/a>.<\/p>\n Only the most committed, often ideological Minnesotans are willing to give up a summer Saturday to attend a political convention all day, and possibly into the night. But while some of the candidates will boast about their democratic socialist bona fides, the kosher and halal food prices will be positively capitalistic. <\/p>\n Most of the other menu items will cost less than $20 (you can get a hot dog for $8) but the Target Center hires Holy Land restaurant to provide Halal meals and Prime Deli to provide Kosher meals, which must be ordered in advance.<\/p>\n