Business News

The owners of CoCreatz, the community co-office sharing venture at Raymond and University avenues, in early September, permanently shut down their nonprofit enterprise, blaming the...

Fall brings hearty takeout, a new restaurant and big dark beers

Staff

29 Sep 2020

By Maja Beckstrom On sunny fall mornings, the sidewalk outside of Colossal Cafe on Como Avenue is full of people eating at 10 tables scattered...

Midway Chamber exec sees business challenges

Scott Carlson

29 Jul 2020

By Scott Carlson As the executive director of the Midway Chamber of Commerce, Chad Kulas has a front row seat in witnessing how the coronavirus...

Uncertain times for brewpubs, restaurants

Staff

29 Jul 2020

By Maja Beckstrom Jill Pavlak, co-owner of the Urban Growler Brewing Company in south St. Anthony Park, was looking forward to a record year back...

Local shops navigate the COVID-19 economy

Staff

29 Jul 2020

By Maja Beckstrom If you’re in the right business, you could be doing well in the new coronavirus economy. The Little Wine Shoppe in Milton...

Spring Café morphs into Dock & Paddle

Staff

30 Jun 2020

By Michael Kuchta The restaurant in Como Lakeside Pavilion opened June 5 with a new name—and at least one feature that doesn’t exist elsewhere, hard...

New office will be doggone close to work for this vet!

davehealy

18 Nov 2019

Building and site will feature solar panels, water diversion system By Dave Healy According to the U.S. Census Bureau, more Americans are working from home...

Going to the wall: Chroma Zone Mural & Art Festival transforms CEZ

Sarah CR Clark

24 Oct 2019

By Sarah CR Clark Driving down Prior Avenue, you may have been surprised to see a giant axe-wielding deer and a canoeing loon. The mural...

“Blocktoberfest” back for a second round

Scott Carlson

27 Aug 2019

By Scott Carlson A daylong celebration of the emerging transformation sweeping parts of south St. Anthony Park is making its second annual appearance. “Blocktoberfest,” an...

Crossroads for community: CoCreatz sets grand opening

Mindy Keskinen

19 Jun 2019

CoCreatz has quietly become an indispensable asset at the corner of University and Raymond avenues in St. Paul.

Senior housing project proposed for Lauderdale

Anne Holzman

19 Jun 2019

The city of Lauderdale is helping pave the way for Real Estate Equities (REE) to build at 114-unit senior housing complex on the old Lauderdale...

New Retailer Boreal Continuing Spirit of Bibelot

Aarohi Narain

19 Jun 2019

Co-owned by former Bibelot employees Peggy Merrill and Janet Haugan (who served as general manager), boreal debuted in May in the same commercial space held by Bibelot until earlier this year.

Finding their Niche; retail shop opens

Editor, Park Bugle

21 Apr 2019

By Scott Carlson Molly Breen and Alicia Lacy have found their Niche, literally and figuratively. The two women in late March officially debuted Niche, their...

Big Top Liquors cuts the ribbon on relocation

Editor, Park Bugle

19 Nov 2018

By Scott Carlson Big Top Liquors, one of the retail legacies of venerable grocer Sid Applebaum, has a new home. The family-owned business now occupies...

Market for craft brewing, distilling isn’t oversaturated—yet

Alex Lodner

26 Sep 2018

By Alex Lodner When the so-called Surly Bill became law in 2011, micro-breweries began selling pints of their own beer onsite, fanning the flames of...