MINNEAPOLIS — A local food entrepreneur and restaurateur is being challenged by a national brand, and he's ready for the fight.
Kamal Mohamed, who owns the Minneapolis restaurant Stepchld and helped his family launch St. Paul's Nashville Coop, has broken into the retail space with a sophisticated take on the PB&J. Gallant Tiger sandwiches are circular, handheld sandwiches that forgo grape jelly in favor of blueberry bourbon sage jam, salted strawberry jam or chai spiced pear butter, paired with single-ingredient peanut or almond butter and stuffed into two slices of sourdough bread.
"For most adults, it's a nice change of pace in terms of flavor profiles and also ingredients," Mohamed said. "Kind of what Justin's peanut butter did with Reese's is what we're doing in this space."
