Category: Business

  • Asian Food Market replacing Cooper’s 

    Asian Food Market replacing Cooper’s 

    A grocery store is coming back to the longstanding home of Cooper’s Foods on West 7th. The Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal first reported Viengchan Oriental Market will be taking over…

  • Portions of Snelling Avenue closed through mid-August 

    Portions of Snelling Avenue closed through mid-August 

    Crews have begun reconfiguring Snelling Ave. between Montreal Ave. and Ford Parkway, with major traffic changes already beginning – and more coming over the next few months.  Lane closures began…

  • Lake Elmo Inn Owners to Open New Restaurant at Union Depot

    Lake Elmo Inn Owners to Open New Restaurant at Union Depot

    The award-winning restauranteurs behind Lake Elmo Inn are opening a new restaurant at Union Depot in St. Paul. Owners Chef John and Christine Schiltz and their team will launch 1881…

  • Residents, businesses petition to form new downtown improvement district

    Residents, businesses petition to form new downtown improvement district

    The St. Paul Downtown Improvement District (SPDID) announced that commercial and residential property owners are officially petitioning the City of St. Paul to create a new downtown improvement district (DID).…

  • Forepaugh’s nearing reopening

    Forepaugh’s nearing reopening

    If you’ve been near Irvine Park recently, it’s certain you’ve noticed the construction crews hard at work on renovating the Forepaugh Mansion at 276 Exchange St. The historic home operated…

  • Circus Juventas celebrates 30 years under the big top

    Circus Juventas celebrates 30 years under the big top

    Rachel Butler Norris’ parents didn’t have a typical job when she was a kid. When she was school-aged, her parents started an afterschool circus class in their community. “That was…

  • Cooper’s Foods to close at the end of June

    Cooper’s Foods to close at the end of June

    A cornerstone of the West End for over three decades, Cooper’s Foods, 633 West 7th, is closing its doors for good on June 27.  “It was a difficult decision, but…

  • Schmidt Rathskeller building sold

    Schmidt Rathskeller building sold

    The Minneapolis-St. Paul Business Journal reported last month that Schmidt Brewery’s Rathskeller building was sold for over $2 million to Molina Investment Group, a Minneapolis-based real estate firm. The building…

  • Keystone Community Services June 2024

    Keystone Community Services June 2024

    Join us for an Open House at the Keystone Community Food Center! Join Keystone Community Services as we celebrate the Keystone Community Food Center with an Open House Event on…