Downtown Minneapolis Restaurant News

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maxbaby
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Re: Downtown Minneapolis Restaurant News

Postby maxbaby » February 5th, 2016, 4:20 pm

WHY THE EFF WOULD YOU EVER DRYWALL OVER BRICK!!! :evil: :evil: :evil:

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Re: Downtown Minneapolis Restaurant News

Postby Anondson » February 5th, 2016, 4:33 pm

Seriously.

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Re: Downtown Minneapolis Restaurant News

Postby seanrichardryan » February 5th, 2016, 7:24 pm

I'm actually a bit tired of the 'loft' look myself. They weren't tearing off drywall & concrete, they were taking off the original plaster finish.
Q. What, what? A. In da butt.

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Re: Downtown Minneapolis Restaurant News

Postby ztr421 » February 17th, 2016, 6:18 pm

The Brasserie Zentral Facebook page has a post about "what's next" with an email signup to be alerted to their next plans.

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Re: Downtown Minneapolis Restaurant News

Postby QuietBlue » February 18th, 2016, 9:15 am

I'm actually a bit tired of the 'loft' look myself. They weren't tearing off drywall & concrete, they were taking off the original plaster finish.
It's like when people used to put carpet over hardwood floors -- it was the style at the time, though nobody would do it now.

And yeah, I think that the loft style is going to look as dated as everything else eventually. Such is the nature of these things.

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Re: Downtown Minneapolis Restaurant News

Postby mamundsen » February 22nd, 2016, 3:37 pm

Not sure if this should be here or in the thread for the Commons or the Wells Fargo project or the Edition... This relates to so many of them.

"Dermot Cowley on Monday said he was preparing to sign a lease for 6,000 square feet on the first floor of the west tower. Cowley is the owner of O’Donovan’s Irish Pub in Minneapolis, Jake O’Connor’s Public House in Excelsior and Lola’s Lakehouse in Waconia.

Unlike O’Donovan’s and Jake O’Connor’s, the new downtown restaurant won’t have an Irish menu. Rather, it will be contemporary American cuisine."


http://www.bizjournals.com/twincities/n ... wells.html

I'm actually surprised this spot is going to a local owner. I would have thought it would go to a larger national chain, or maybe the Buffalo Wild Wings that we hear rumors about.

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Re: Downtown Minneapolis Restaurant News

Postby MattW » February 22nd, 2016, 5:16 pm

I haven't eaten at O'Donovan's But I have eaten at Jake O'Connor's, good food, good atmosphere. Should be a winner.

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Re: Downtown Minneapolis Restaurant News

Postby twinkess » February 23rd, 2016, 10:54 am

O'Donovan's has awesome potato soup.

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Re: Downtown Minneapolis Restaurant News

Postby grant1simons2 » February 24th, 2016, 11:12 am

http://members.kctruth.com/

Found out what has been under construction in the Flour Exchange building. Kind of a weird idea.

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Re: Downtown Minneapolis Restaurant News

Postby winterfan » February 24th, 2016, 11:46 am

http://members.kctruth.com/

Found out what has been under construction in the Flour Exchange building. Kind of a weird idea.
There was an article about this in the Strib last week:
http://www.startribune.com/kruskopf-com ... 368696931/

I don't get it. I really don't.

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Re: Downtown Minneapolis Restaurant News

Postby Didier » February 24th, 2016, 11:56 am

If it were to be a legitimate "truth bar", no Democrats would be allowed inside.

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Re: Downtown Minneapolis Restaurant News

Postby grant1simons2 » February 24th, 2016, 12:19 pm

Comment section never fails

But really this might be the most pretentious gimmicky thing to hit downtown in a while.

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Re: Downtown Minneapolis Restaurant News

Postby xandrex » February 24th, 2016, 3:10 pm

But really this might be the most pretentious gimmicky thing to hit downtown in a while.
I take it you haven't been in too many ad agency offices then. ;)

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Re: Downtown Minneapolis Restaurant News

Postby Tyler » February 24th, 2016, 7:34 pm

This is cool/stupid. It's the kind of thing that happens in real cities. Random dumb shit.
Towns!

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Re: Downtown Minneapolis Restaurant News

Postby robotlollipop » February 24th, 2016, 7:53 pm

Do members have to buy the alcohol? Do they have a beer/wine/liquor license? It sounds like an ad agency trying to make money off of their employees if that's the case. If it isn't the case, it's basically just a cool place for employees to have meetings while drinking a beer.

tab
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Re: Downtown Minneapolis Restaurant News

Postby tab » February 25th, 2016, 9:32 am

Reading the FAQ section on their website answers most of those questions.

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Re: Downtown Minneapolis Restaurant News

Postby sushisimo » February 25th, 2016, 10:19 am

This seems a bit too Mad Men meets Portlandia.

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Re: Downtown Minneapolis Restaurant News

Postby ztr421 » March 17th, 2016, 1:05 pm

Brut is opening in the old Sapor space in the North Loop. Pretty big deal chefs, too. It'll be nice to have that space active again!

http://www.startribune.com/brut-restaur ... 329161211/
The permits for the Brut build-out are starting appear on the city site, so this is finally underway.

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Re: Downtown Minneapolis Restaurant News

Postby grant1simons2 » April 6th, 2016, 11:26 am

Not too surprising, Foreign Legion is closing on April 16th
The replacement? Klein isn’t at liberty to reveal details. Rumors have been flying around the restaurant industry for weeks, however (and if they’re to be believed, it's an exciting development). We have calls in to key players. Stay tuned.
http://www.startribune.com/it-s-officia ... 374770351/

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Re: Downtown Minneapolis Restaurant News

Postby twincitizen » April 6th, 2016, 11:45 am

Same subject: http://mspmag.com/Blogs/Dara/April-2016 ... ion-Dunzo/

I generally loathe Dara's writing (and probably all pretentious food critic writing in general), but she pulled some pretty hot/snippy quotes out of the Kleins. Worth the read.


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