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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.

The Cedar Lake Regional Trail is whole again after nearly seven years, with the last closed stretches of the Cedar Lake and Kenilworth trails reopening over the winter of 2026 once Southwest Light Rail construction cleared the corridor.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

One of the nation's most celebrated art festivals comes back to its Uptown home in 2026.

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.

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.

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.

Winter craft fairs and pop-up markets give Minneapolis makers without a storefront a place to sell directly to gift-shopping crowds.

Donation drives are folding into the area's gatherings.

With Hennepin Avenue reopened after 18 months of construction, Uptown business owners are split on whether customers will return.

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.

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.

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.

The final stretch of the Kenilworth Trail reopened March 25, 2026, closing the last gap in a largely car-free bike route between the southwest suburbs and downtown Minneapolis.

Doran Companies paid about $3 million for part of the Seven Points center in Uptown and plans a five-story, 228-unit apartment building.

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.

A pop-up art market sets up along Lake Street for a summer afternoon.

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.

The late-night cookie chain expands onto the corridor as it accelerates nationally.

The free mural and graffiti festival celebrates Twin Cities culture each July.

A boutique specializing in hijabs and dresses joins the 1221 West Lake Street development.

A new full-service grocery moves into Yusuf Corner, upgrading the corridor's global food scene.

Eight artists and entrepreneurs will turn vacant retail into a folk school, a recording studio and more.

A neighborhood grant aims to backfill ground-floor spaces in the special service area.

Michael Lander's alternate concept for the Seven Points block argues the city can do better.

After a decade on Hennepin, the gourmet-burger room will close when its lease runs out.

A women- and Asian-owned seafood boil makes the leap from delivery-only to a room of its own.

The Korean-inspired coffee shop and boutique has become a rare bright spot on Hennepin.
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