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🍉 Mid-July rundown: Prairie Woodworking and Lowbrow Saints both moving, Asian Duck reopens
Closures, reopenings, major events, the Walzes at East Lake DQ, and much more.
🏍️ Honda Town winding down business after 56 years on Lake Street
Honda Town has listed its building for sale and plans to sunset the business once it's sold, marking the end of a run on Lake Street that has stretched across seven decades and three generations.
🎭 Inside the small world where Rick Polenek builds small worlds
A peek inside Rick Polenek's corner studio across from Longfellow Park, where he's designed theater sets for the past quarter-century.
🏅 Minnehaha Ave house goes locally viral after unearthing 110-year-old shop sign
A routine siding job revealed evidence of the house's heritage as a corner grocery store.
🗓 Whenever Wherever: July events calendar
A roundup of hundreds of events in Longfellow this month.
📻 Hymie's Records is closing
After 37 years on Lake Street, the eclectic shop will host a final sale on Saturday.
🥪 New food truck takes up residence in the Falls Liquor parking lot
A visit to the Savanah food truck, a new grab-and-go option for the 46th and Minnehaha area.
☀️ Mid-June rundown: Turquoise Vintage and Buds Seed & Supply both moving
Closures at Turquoise Vintage and Buds Seed & Supply, a packed weekend of events near Lake and Minnehaha, zoning disputes, history tours, fireworks, and much more.
🛠️ Twin Cities Maker moving to purchase former Minneapolis Seed Company building
The "makerspace" — which offers members a building full of tools and workshop areas — plans to move from Seward to 34th and Cheatham next year.
🍂 Some old-timey photos of the Winchell Trail
A colorized look at the scenic river trail in the early 20th century.
🚍 Lake Street's new "rapid" bus line opens Saturday
The long-awaited route offers faster and more frequent service from Uptown to Downtown St. Paul.
🏗️ New development planned for small lot at 28th and Lake
The planned "Lola Lofts" include 16 units of market-rate apartments and two ground-floor retail spaces.
🗓 Whenever Wherever: June events calendar
A roundup of hundreds of events in Longfellow this month.
🌼 May roundup
George Floyd retrospectives, poetry on 41st, a neighborhood angle on the Timberwolves series, summer movies, and much more.
🎪 Wonderland Amusement Park opened 120 years ago today
A detailed look at the 10-acre destination for high-tech merriment that once stood at 31st and Lake.
⚜️ Lagniappe and Du Nord Cocktail Room are closing
The closure marks the end of an eight-month run for the conjoined eateries that anchored the Historic Coliseum Building at 27th and Lake.
💃 Exploring the Minnehaha Dance District
The four studios clustered on Minnehaha Avenue are coming together for a joint daylong dance party May 31.
⚽️ Soccer field coming to former Odd Fellows site while it awaits redevelopment
Construction is underway on a soccer field at 27th and Lake Street, bringing some life to a prominent vacant lot that is still at least two years away from redevelopment. The semi-public field and event area is scheduled to open next month, one of several bursts of programming on vacant
☕️ Specialty coffee shop opening inside Okome House next week
Red Coral Coffee will open inside Okome House next week, operating during the daytime hours when the Japanese cafe is closed.
🌼 Mid-May Misc: Arya Cafe moving into former Cafe Ceres space
A new coffee shop on the way, a unique compound on the market, a full summer on the Lynette patio, DFL endorsements for city council, and much more.
🍺 Hop growing season is underway at 38th and Cheatham
The team of volunteers will meet weekly through the rest of the summer to tend the plot — and, just as much or moreso, hang out and drink beer.
👕 This year's East Lake Liquor t-shirt color is...
An exclusive sneak peek at this year's variation of the unofficial neighborhood uniform.
🥐 Laune Bread wants to buy your rhubarb
The locally-sourced bakery just finished using up the 1,007 pounds of rhubarb it bought from neighbors last spring.
🗓 Whenever Wherever: May events calendar
A roundup of hundreds of events in Longfellow this month.
🌷 April Miscellanea
A cats-only salon, traffic calming projects, construction at Minnehaha Academy, explaining the extra plane traffic, and much more.
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