Lowertown plans for new bars, bakery, and restaurants

By Emily Weiss Fri., May 25 2012 at 12:28 PM

Categories: News

A new Saints stadium could mean much more than just hot dogs

It's a Saturday morning after a successful trip to the St. Paul Farmers Market. You got your fresh flowers, snap peas, and bunches of basil, but now you've worked up an appetite and are craving a sit-down breakfast that doesn't leave grease on your spoon. Sorry, Mickey's -- not always in the mood to smell like a French fry for the rest of the day.

Right now, there aren't many places to find that in Lowertown. Key's is a classic, of course, but you should expect a pretty long wait on weekends. There's Black Dog Cafe, which is great for coffee, but the breakfast menu is pretty limited, and the bakery at Faces at Mears Park doesn't open until 2 on Saturdays. But come fall there may be more options, not only for downtown St. Paul bakery and breakfast, but more bars and restaurants, too, reports the Pioneer Press.

The very, very preliminary discussions about the possibility of building a new St. Paul Saints stadium in Lowertown have hopeful restaurant owners and entrepreneurs submitting proposals left and right. Here's a rundown of the businesses that may be on the horizon if it all works out.

- Bin Wine Bar owner Rebecca Illingworth adding a rooftop restaurant to the Park Square building, and other restaurateurs are putting in bids for the space on the ground floor of that same building.

A D'Amico restaurant, with rooftop (see a theme?) seating and adjacent parking ramp. This building would overlook the proposed stadium site and include a wedding venue and spa.

A sports bar going in at the ground level of this same office building at Sixth and Wall Street. Rumor is the building owner wants to get Saint's co-owner Bill Murray on board and make the bar Caddyshack themed.

A new bakery and cafe on East Seventh Street from pastry chef Alicia Hinze of Cupcake.

What would you like to see more of in Lowertown if the stadium proposal goes through?

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JonnyBeGood

The more beautiful patios the better - I'd like to see the Art and theatre scene expand in downtown saint paul.

Nolukwluv

how about 2015 after the light rail and 52 mess is all done..traffic and construction in dt saint paul is torture enough for those of us who live here and have to get around

Nate

I'd like to see a well done country bar. I'm not personally into country, but (especially if there is a Saint's stadium, Lowertown would be wise to suit the style of every drunk. Not to mention that it gives those folks in Hudson or Stillwater a great reason to come to St. Paul on days that don't include the Saint's.

BagelBiatch

whoa whoa whoa. Golden's Deli is right off the Farmers Market and has some of tastiest breakfast food in the Twin Cities. And they use local and organic products. And their coffee is delicious. Not just good -- DELICIOUS. Plus they feature huge prints by artist Rhea Pappas, whom you just featured in "100 Creatives". What more could you want, CP?!? Hot Dish fail.