El Meson closes
| Longtime Lyndale mainstay El Meson, Closes Their Doors. |
| Longtime Lyndale mainstay El Meson, Closes Their Doors. |
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| Jeffrey Thompson for MPR |
| Papa's Restaurant and Deli owners earlier this year |
The downtown Minneapolis party bar Bootleggers has announced its intention to close, after the city of Minneapolis threatened to pull its license, the Star Tribune reports. 
The party will have to move elsewhere -- though probably not to Envy
The Prohibition-themed, multi-level bar at 323 First Avenue was one of two downtown bars (Envy is the other) that had been in hot water with the city for various infractions. Here's what Bootleggers was accused of, and what will happen to the location now.
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| Craig McNitt for St. Paul Classic Cookie Co. |
| Cookie baking is on hold for the time being |
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| Tony Nelson |
| Grand Avenue just got a little sadder |
| Packing up the patio, Mill City Cafe says goodbye. |
After 34 years of running his old-fashioned bakery and almost three years of trying to sell it, Tschida Bakery owner Brian Anderson is finally hanging up his flour-covered apron and retiring, reports the Pioneer Press.
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| Emily Utne |
| Jack's closing |
| Ciao Risotto |
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