Greater Uptown & Nearby
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Neighborhood
The State of Uptown, Explained: Closings, Cranes and Cautious Hope
Uptown's Red Cow served its last burger June 1 after a decade on Hennepin Avenue, the latest closure on a corridor where a $3 million land deal is also setting up a 228-unit apartment tower.
Business
Lyndale's Vintage Shops Rank Among the City's Best
Vintage, a resale shop in the castellated former White Castle at 3252 Lyndale Ave. S., has helped turn a stretch of south Lyndale into a thrifting destination dense enough to draw Billie Eilish through the door.
Business
The Small Businesses Keeping Seven Points Alive During the Wait
A handful of small businesses keep the former Calhoun Square lit and open while Doran Companies prepares to demolish the southern half of the Uptown block and build apartments.
Business
Open & Shut: Tracking Uptown's Latest Comings and Goings
Uptown lost The Lowry and Red Cow this spring, but Karmel Market, Moona Moono and a vintage shop in an old White Castle moved in at the same time.
Business
How One Hennepin Shop Owner Survived the Avenue's Long Rebuild
Hennepin Avenue reopened in October 2025 after about a year and a half of reconstruction, and the businesses that survived now face a second test: winning back the customers the construction drove away.
Neighborhood
City Sets Aside $150,000 in Business Aid for Uptown's Corridors
Minneapolis set aside $150,000 in its 2025 budget specifically for Uptown businesses, split between district-wide support and one-on-one coaching for individual shops.
Business
Uptown's Dining Scene Watches a Wave of New Twin Cities Openings
A run of 2026 Twin Cities restaurant openings, from Indigenous barbecue on Franklin Avenue to an upscale East African restaurant at Lake and Nicollet, points to where new operators are choosing to land.
Neighborhood
Vibrant Storefronts Enters Year Two With New Uptown Tenants
The city's Vibrant Storefronts program added a recording studio, a folk school and six other creative tenants for its second year, with two of the new spaces on Hennepin Avenue and West Lake Street in Uptown.
Neighborhood
A Latino Developer's Viva Project Aims to Revive Burned Lake Street Lots
A Colombian-born developer plans a seven-story building with about 100 homes and ground-floor retail on a block of East Lake Street that has sat vacant since it burned in 2020.
Business
The New Uptown Cafe Closes on Hennepin, Ending a Sister Concept
The New Uptown Cafe, a spin-off of the Uptown Diner, closed at 3008 Hennepin Avenue, the owners announced January 10, 2026, after nearly four years.
Neighborhood
Uptown Isn't Dying, Boosters Argue — It's Morphing
Hennepin Avenue reopened in October 2025 after two years of construction, and Uptown's fortunes now turn on whether new housing and a rebuilt street can offset a run of high-profile closings.
Neighborhood
Uptown Adds Safety Ambassadors to Help Revive the District
Minneapolis added as many as eight community safety ambassadors to Uptown starting Nov. 8 as part of a wider effort to draw shoppers and businesses back to the corridor.
Business
Holiday Markets Give Uptown Makers a Seasonal Storefront
Winter craft fairs and pop-up markets give Minneapolis makers without a storefront a place to sell directly to gift-shopping crowds.
Business
A New Vintage Shop Takes Over Lyndale's Old White Castle Fortress
Justin Schaefer's vintage shop opened Oct. 8 in the castellated former White Castle at 3252 Lyndale Ave. S.
Business
A Neighborhood 'Passport' Steers Shoppers to 24 Local Spots
The Lyndale Neighborhood Association launched its first shop-local passport in July 2025, bundling 24 businesses across the Lyndale and Kingfield neighborhoods into a single program of deals and weekly prize drawings.
Neighborhood
After the Ribbon-Cutting, Uptown Businesses Wait for Customers to Return
With Hennepin Avenue reopened after 18 months of construction, Uptown business owners are split on whether customers will return.
Neighborhood
For Uptown Businesses, Hennepin's Reopening Brings Relief After Two Hard Years
Hennepin Avenue reopened Oct. 31 between Lake Street and Douglas Avenue after a roughly $36 million rebuild that added protected bike lanes, wider sidewalks and part-time bus lanes.
Neighborhood
A Grassroots Push Tries to Draw New Businesses to Lake and Hennepin
The Uptown Association is trying to recruit 30 to 40 new businesses to a two-block radius at Lake and Hennepin, paired with a new Thursday farmers market that drew more than 35 vendors.
Business
Same Operator's Edina Grill Closed Months Before Its Uptown Exit
Blue Plate Restaurant Co. closed two longtime restaurants in 2025: the Lowry in Uptown on April 26 and the Edina Grill at 50th and France on Sept. 18.
Business
Italian Eatery and Sister Spot Un Dito Both Close in South Minneapolis
Italian Eatery and its sister spot Un Dito closed in south Minneapolis in 2024, and the space has since reopened as ie by Travail.
Business
Doran Buys Seven Points Parcel, Plans 228 Apartments in Uptown
Doran Companies paid about $3 million for part of the Seven Points center in Uptown and plans a five-story, 228-unit apartment building.
Business
Terzo Closes Permanently After a 'Devastating' Flood
The Broder family will not reopen Terzo, its Italian restaurant and wine bar at 50th and Penn in Minneapolis, after a February water main break flooded the building.
Business
Pizza Shark Closes in Uptown, Blaming Endless Construction
Pizza Shark closed its shop at 2210 Hennepin Ave. S. in Uptown, citing the Hennepin Avenue reconstruction that tore up the corridor for about 18 months.
Neighborhood
City Opens Bidding for the Former Lake Street Kmart Site
The Minneapolis City Council awarded Trellis exclusive rights to build the first phase of the New Nicollet redevelopment at the former Kmart site at Lake Street and Nicollet Avenue.
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