Funding to rebuild riot-damaged Twin Cities businesses is at turning point
Insurance claims are largely payed out, while money from the state is just starting to flow to businesses.
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Insurance claims are largely payed out, while money from the state is just starting to flow to businesses.
6 Twin Cities food industry leaders sum up the year that was 2020 By Rick Nelson and Sharyn Jackson • Star Tribune December 16, 2020 — 11:04am Text size Copy shortlink: The year of the pivot Robb Jones, co-owner of the Minneapolis dive bar Meteor, used the bar's Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) money to purchase a hot dog roller and launch a food program during the first shutdown. That wasn't the bar's only reinvention. It toyed with opening a car wash in the parking lot, created a cocktail tasting menu, started selling slushie ...
'Unfathomable' loss: Reflecting on Twin Cities restaurants we lost in 2020 From four-star restaurants to skyway favorites, the losses have taken a toll. December 18, 2020 — 1:24pm Text size Copy shortlink: It was the end of April, we were barely a month into the pandemic and the news on the restaurant front was sobering. More precisely, it was a bombshell: Eric Dayton, co-owner of the Bachelor Farmer, announced that his restaurant — which had been idle since March 17, when Gov. Tim Walz had shut down all indoor dining — was ...