Minneapolis, MN
New Longfellow restaurant Lynette is built on deep-rooted success
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The building just needed to cooperate. What was expected to be a quick turn ended up being a monthslong process of removing walls and uncovering the secrets they held, one being outdated wiring. “We wanted to save as much as we could, but ultimately … I think we only have one wall that remained,” said Travis Serbus-White.
Lynette would take neighborhood service a step further and be open all day. Breakfast would include coffee and pastries; lunch could be lingered over on the patio facing the garden center across the street. And the dinner menu needed to strike a balance between young families and romantic evenings out. They needed a chef who could handle a lot.
Luckily, there was one who lived in the neighborhood. Brian Sharpe came from CōV, the popular Edina restaurant. “They were talking to me about volume,” Sharpe said. He was deft in handling the surges of a spacious suburban eatery that also has regulars with high standards. Creating three separate menus that would meet the neighborhood where it was at didn’t phase him one bit.
(Joy Summers/The Minnesota Star Tribune)
With design help from Studio Grey, Melissa Siers-Rients and Billie Serbus-White created a soothing space: tartan-wrapped bar chairs, gold fixtures, a wide-open room with a pastry counter tucked into the front, and dining spaces with chairs and booths that could function for small groups, families with squirmy kids or adults who want to linger and catch up. “The goal was English cottage meets New Orleans,” said Ben Siers-Rients.
As with any restaurant opening, there were plenty of last-minute details to pull together.
“There’s a lot of weight to carry with a restaurant,” said Siers-Rients. “I liken it to working out. Doing a squat — you start out with a bar loaded down with weights and you’re going to fall. You’re going to get hurt. But, start with the bar, add a little weight, a little more and suddenly it’s like, yeah, I can carry that.”
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Minneapolis, MN
Man in his 20s killed in Minneapolis shooting Tuesday
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Minneapolis, MN
Minneapolis homeless encampment near school leaves residents worried
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Minneapolis neighbors cry foul over encampment
Residents are saying a neighborhood that once felt like home has morphed into an open drug market and a haven for drug dealers among dozens of people experiencing homelessness – all near a school bus route.
MINNEAPOLIS (FOX 9) – This school year families living at the Mino-Bimaadiziwin Apartments are worried about their children’s safety, with residents saying a neighborhood that once felt like home has morphed into an open drug market and a haven for drug dealers among dozens of people experiencing homelessness.
Encampment problems
“Our kids can’t even go outside,” father Devon Smith told FOX 9 on Tuesday. “You don’t want your children to be exposed to that, and see these different things, to see these people in this form. I can look to the left and see them in tents with guns, sticking needles in their arms and necks.”
Smith says he’s been calling the city government, police, and politicians, but hasn’t received responses.
“They haven’t addressed us, they haven’t told us anything, and we’re living among this,” Smith says. “School just started today, school buses have to drive past [this].”
At their school bus stop alongside the tents, on Tuesday, Endonnis Lookingelk says she was approached by a man trying to sell her fentanyl, as she held her baby in her arms.
“It’s scary to come outside. We see these people shooting in their arms and legs using in plain sight,” she said. “I don’t come outside. I’m never outside. I don’t let my children come outside.”
City response
Council member Jamal Osman says his office is aware of the burden on residents, and has also received calls from the school system. Now he’s asking Mayor Jacob Frey to take action.
But Osman admits change has been slow to come as the Minnesota Department of Transportation (MnDOT), Hennepin County, and the city of Minneapolis work together on a plan.
“This is not acceptable, and we continue to deal with it,” Osman said. “But it’s a process, where we have to make sure the dignity and respect of unhoused folks, or even people with addiction, are met.”
“This issue of homelessness and addiction in our neighborhood is not going to go away. We’re all in this together, including the residents,” Osman finished.
The city of Minneapolis sent FOX 9 this statement:
“Encampments do not provide safe or dignified housing. They create health risks for people living in them, as well as in surrounding neighborhoods. The City’s homeless response team is coordinating with a number of government partners and service providers regarding this encampment, which is not on City property.”
Minneapolis, MN
New concessions planned for Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport’s Terminal 2
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A major overhaul is planned for restaurants and shops at Terminal 2 at the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport.
A request for proposals has been released by the Metropolitan Airports Commission (MAC) for eight new venues at the smaller of MSP’s two terminals. The new venues will replace existing businesses or open within new space created through a $263 million terminal expansion that began this summer.
The MAC’s desired concepts include a local full-service restaurant, two national quick-service restaurants (such as burgers and fresh salads/sandwiches), one bar, three coffee shops (one located outside security) and a news and convenience store.
Brian Ryks, MAC’s chief executive officer, said in a news release Tuesday this is the first opportunity in a decade for local and national restaurateurs and retailers to pitch “new concepts, flavors and brands” at Terminal 2.
“We are focused on refreshing our concessions lineup to ensure we continue to provide quality food and retail offerings of varying price points, and innovative spaces and technology that meet growing passenger demands,” Ryks said.
Home to Minneapolis-based Sun Country Airlines and six other domestic and international airlines, Terminal 2 had its busiest month ever last March, serving more than 711,000 passengers and supporting 4,588 airline operations, MAC said.
The request-for-proposals for eight units will cover 14,000 square feet throughout the terminal. Two are new concession spaces within the Terminal 2 expansion project, which will add two airline gates and other facilities on the north end of the terminal by early 2027.
MAC officials are looking for a balance of local and national concepts for food and retail, as well as concession operators with experience operating in a high-traffic environment, said interim Vice President of Revenue Development Isabella Rhawie.
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