Checking out

Posted at 5:51 PM on September 2, 2008 by Bob Collins (2 Comments)
Filed under: Economy, The political conventions

With only five delegations staying in the city, and everyone else being bussed out of the Xcel and over to party town, some downtown St. Paul businesses are giving up on the idea that there's any economic benefit for them out of the Republican National Convention.

One large eatery in Town Square, which specializes in closing immediately after the lunch rush normally, had tried staying open until the supper crowd left. Today, they gave up the ghost and shut it down after lunch.

Comments (2)

I ate at that particular eatery for the first time yesterday; it was the first lunch hour I've been around it without huge crowds...

Posted by Mac Wilson | September 2, 2008 7:18 PM

Did we eat there?

Posted by Cheryl | September 3, 2008 8:45 PM

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