Openings & Closings
Every Lowry Hill News story tagged Openings & Closings.
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.
Opinion
Letter: Keep the Lakes in the Conversation
A resident urges that the health of the lakes stay a standing item on neighborhood agendas, not an afterthought once school budgets and development are settled.
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.
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.
Business
A new Lowry Hill gallery brings regional artists to Hennepin
The Lowry Hill Gallery, a contemporary art space founded by former Groveland Gallery director Andrea Bubula, opened in March 2026 at 1009 W. Franklin Ave. with shows by Minnesota and regional artists.
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.
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
Khazana Has Quietly Sold Imported Arts on Lyndale for 25 Years
Khazana, the by-appointment importer of Indian textiles, rugs and folk art that Anju Kataria has run for about 30 years, has anchored 2225 Lyndale Ave. S. since 2011.
Business
Cliché Builds a Loyal Following With Indie Style on Lyndale
Cliché, the independent boutique that championed local designers at 24th and Lyndale for nearly 16 years, closed in January 2020, and its co-founder Delayna Payne has since died.
City
Three Public Hearings Shaped the Park Board's Budget Before It Passed
The Minneapolis Park Board adopted a $160 million 2026 budget on Dec. 9, 2025, after two public hearings that let residents weigh in on the plan and its tax levy.
Business
Small Lot MN Bets on Locally Made Goods in a Cozy Lyndale Shop
A wine business called Small Lot operates at 2110 Lyndale Ave. S. on the Wedge's eastern edge, though its current retail concept could not be independently confirmed.
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
Trichome Lounge Joins Lyndale's Wave of New Cannabis Businesses
Trichome Lounge, the cannabis social club and nonalcoholic bottle shop that chef Patrick Scott Stanley-Moore opened at 3037 Lyndale Ave. S., is among the first venues of its kind in the Midwest.
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.
City
Uptown Businesses Welcome Hennepin's Return After Two Hard Years
Uptown business owners welcomed Hennepin Avenue's Oct. 31 reopening after roughly 18 months of construction that some said cut their sales by more than half.
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.
Business
Lyndale Businesses Brace for Construction Two Years Out
With Lyndale Avenue South reconstruction set to begin in 2028, merchants who watched the Hennepin Avenue rebuild fear a similar stretch of lost business along an already-softening corridor.
Neighborhood
A $24 Million Lyndale Avenue Makeover Splits the Neighborhood
Hennepin County's planned reconstruction of Lyndale Avenue South between Franklin Avenue and 31st Street has split the corridor over parking, bike lanes and construction disruption.
Business
The Wedge Co-op Remains a Steady Anchor on Lyndale Avenue
The member-owned Wedge Community Co-op has anchored 2105 Lyndale Ave. S. since 1979, and faces a looming Hennepin County reconstruction of the avenue.
Business
The Lowry Pours Its Last Coffee on Hennepin After 13 Years
The Lowry, the Blue Plate diner at 2112 Hennepin Ave., closed April 26 after 15 years, with its owners citing Hennepin Avenue construction, rising costs and city mandates.
Business
Unlimited Arts Anchors a Monthly Makers Market on Lyndale
Unlimited Arts, Apparel & Accessories, a streetwear shop at 1936 Lyndale Ave. S., hosts a free monthly Uptown Makers Market with food trucks and more than 20 artisans and vendors.
City
A Ribbon Cutting Caps a Transformative Year for Transit
City and county leaders gathered at Minneapolis College on Dec. 6, 2025, to mark the opening of the METRO E Line, the third bus rapid transit line Metro Transit launched in a single year.
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.
City
Reopened: How a Closed Beach Gets the All-Clear
A Minneapolis beach closed for high E. coli reopens only when a follow-up sample shows bacteria back within state standards, not on a fixed timetable.
Neighborhood
Inside the McGuire Theater, the Walker's Stage for Risk
The Walker Art Center's live performances unfold largely in the McGuire Theater, a 385-seat hall that opened with the museum's 2005 expansion and is built for experimental work.
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
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.
City
Rainier Summers Are Closing the Beaches More Often
The Lowry Hill Neighborhood Association's monthly Service Saturdays invite residents to walk the neighborhood and pick up litter on the third Saturday of each month.
City
What the Park Board Is Actually Testing For at the Beach
The Minneapolis Park Board's lake monitoring program, launched in 1991, tests beaches weekly for E. coli and now also for blue-green algae.
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
Elizabeth Quinlan's House and the Women Who Shaped Lowry Hill
The Elizabeth C. Quinlan House at 1711 Emerson Avenue South was added to the National Register of Historic Places on July 25, 2012, honoring a co-founder of the Young-Quinlan store.
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.
Business
Insomnia Cookies Picks Lake Street for Its Third Minneapolis Shop
The late-night cookie chain expands onto the corridor as it accelerates nationally.
Business
Havaana & Co. Signs Lease for Modest Streetwear Shop at Uptown Row
A boutique specializing in hijabs and dresses joins the 1221 West Lake Street development.
Neighborhood
City Awards $753,000 to Fill Empty Storefronts in Uptown and Downtown
Eight artists and entrepreneurs will turn vacant retail into a folk school, a recording studio and more.
Business
Uptown's Vacant Storefront Grant Tries to Lure New Tenants
A neighborhood grant aims to backfill ground-floor spaces in the special service area.
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