Funkier Feel Than Old Peter’s Grill Build (and fill up) a couple thousand new Downtown Minneapolis condos in the last decade or so, and what happens next? All those new residents fan out looking for groceries, recreation, and new places to eat on weekends. Like the new Whole Foods on Hennepin at the north end...Read More
Saturday Night at Sebastian Joe’s (For a Little While) Once upon a time, there used to be a couple spots for ice cream in Minneapolis’ Uptown neighborhood. Now, it seems there’s just one: Minneapolis quasi-institution Sebastian Joe’s, just west of Franklin and Hennepin (personal favorite: “Nicollet Avenue Pothole”). Or, at least it seemed that way earlier tonight,...Read More
THAT Was Obvious I just grabbed lunch at the Uptown Lund’s (daily special: meatloaf with 2 sides for $5.99), but couldn’t find the total on the receipt the cashier handed me (it looked like the receipt had been cut off). Puzzled, I asked the cashier, who told me to check the back. Voila! Lunds’ receipts are now double-sided....Read More
From Desert to Oasis — in 5 Years Once upon a time — like 2008 — downtown Minneapolis residents had to choose between limited, overpriced corner convenience stores, and jumping in their car to go to a “real” grocery store in the ‘burbs. Today? Lunds has two stores — north and south — bracketing downtown, and a...Read More
No More Door Dings? “Murphy’s Law for parking lots: never park next to a car in worse condition than yours.” –Ross Kaplan I have no idea if local grocery store chain Byerly’s in fact came up with the idea — but that’s where I first saw it, a few weeks ago: a double stripe between...Read More
