What place has closed that you really miss?
Posted at 5:00 AM on April 1, 2011
by Eric Ringham
(127 Comments)
Filed under: Culture
Porky's drive-in restaurant, a fixture in St. Paul since 1953, will close on Sunday. Customers say they will miss not only the food but the memories and way of life that Porky's represents. Today's Question: What place has closed that you really miss?
Comments (127)
Wow, all these eating place memories are making me hungry. Does any one rememeber Doyles in Minneapolis, Minn where they had pork tenderloin sandwiches? Maybe they were located on Lake Street. They sound great about now too.
Wow! What a trip down memory lane. I no longer live in the Twin Cities, so some of my memorable places may still be open.
I really miss John's Place, upstairs on 6th off Hennepin. Fantastic Chinese food--Pepper Steak, Jow Gai Kew, Pressed Duck, Fried Wontons and Egg Roll. Howard Woo and Howard Chin were great restaurateurs. When John's closed in 1967 some of the cooks went to David Fongs and to The Nankin.
Better dining--Charlie's, McCarthy's, Harry's, The King's Inn, Gannon's, Eddie Webster's, Murray's, The Lexington and especially The St. Paul House in Shakopee.
U District--Vescios in Dinkytown, a pizza place (can't remember the name) about mid-block on Washington Avenue between Walnut and Oak, The Toddle House, Mickey's Diner on Snelling, The Triangle Bar and Mama Rosa's.
Barbecue--Market BBQ, Mama Lou's and The Buckhorn Cafe in Long Lake.
Drive-Ins and Cafes--Porky's (great icey chocolate shakes) Chicken in the Rough next to the miniture golf place west of Lake Calhoun on HWY 7, Dornats off E. Minnehaha Prkwy, Toke & Pellas on Arcade off Wheelock Parkway, The (Rain?) Tree on about 15th and Nicollet and The Forum Cafeteria.
Many great memories of times growing up in the Twin Cities. I was surprised both by how many names I remember and how many names I can't recall. Probably a symptom of being 70.
List of Twin Cities bars & restaurants that have closed since smoking bans were enacted here
Forum Cafeteria
Charlie's Cafe ( I knew the head chef)
Gray's Drug in Dinkytown
Yes and I also miss Marc's Big Boy and the Edgewater Inn on Marshall St in NE Minneapolis
I miss the Sun Drive Inn. I also miss Woolworth's downtown and also at Northtown in Blaine MN
Oh, the memories. I used to carhop at the afore mentioned Nelson's Drive-In/Restaurant in Richfield. That is what drew me to this site. Mention of their strawberry pie is what did it. I remember the "pie chef's" name was, I believe, Dieter. He also made a lemon cream pie but did not make all the pies.. Let's see, Dayton's, NorthStars (had season tickets in 72-73), Eddie Webster's (practically lived there), Fanny Farmer - 50th & France, The Lincoln Del's (in the family owned) 5-8 club (great hamburger baskets), David Fongs ( Bloomington), Flying cloud drive in and the big fruit stand nearby ( also owned by other family). Mpls. and Minn. in general. I was born and raised and lived there for 30 years and still miss it after another 30 years.
The Best Steakhouse on Hennepin, downtown Mpls. ("Texas toast, boobie?")
That popcorn place at the arcade next to Dayton's downtown Mpls. They always had the door open so you could smell the caramel corn and other goodies
The Nankin
Forum Cafeteria
Becky's Cafeteria
Charlie's Cafe
Harry's Cafe
The Fountain Room at Young-Quinlan
Dayton's
Norwest Bank
The Skipperette
Cooper theater
Will Hop Inn on highway 7
old Deephaven Drug
Frank's Nursery and Crafts
Ben Franklin at the 7-HI shopping center
I even mourn the loss of Kmart in Minnetonka to the Target across the street.
any small mom and pop store that closed - we miss you!
There's this massive list of MN closings just since smoking bans were enacted just a couple years ago..
http://cleanairquality.blogspot.com/2007/01/100-bars-and-restaurants-put-out-of.html
..good move Nicoderm funded nannies
http://cleanairquality.blogspot.com/2007/02/smoking-bans-good-public-policy-or.html
I am from way back but of course Dayton"s and a little place further on down the street past Young Quinlin"s called The Leaves Tearoom.
The Viking Bar on the West Bank. A great music venue and neighborhood meeting place.
What was the name of Burchs restaraunt in Hopkins,mn. before it closed.
I miss the Mann France Avenue Drive-in and the Flying Cloud Drive-in Theaters. I also miss Bernies Del on Minnetonka Blvd -- I think it was the only place in the world that had a jelly omelet. Then there's the Tastee Treet near 44th and France...
COMB on Lake Street, Anthonie's, and any number of wonderful used-book stores!
For some of us real oldsters here. I miss Charlie's Cafe Exceptional, my parents had their first date there and had a bet on the Miller's and Saints to see who paid for dinner. My in-laws use to go for drinks in the up stairs and it was our special occasion place for years. The last time I went there my Grandma took me out to dinner right before I took her to the Guthrie.
Another way oldie Mama Rosa's on west bank - I had many a great time there.
The Roadside Drive In Roseville and the Hobo Burger.
Dayton's and even Marshall Fields - good ole Midwestern retailers.
Lincoln Del and the Brothers (Lincoln Del lite) but who could forget their cranberry bars.
The Nankin one of my dad's and my favorites places to eat.
Helvatia Stables and Hans Senn in the City of Grant.
Han's Bakery
The Chuckwagon
Nicklow's
Tequilaberry's and the Vineyard
Andy's Garage in St Paul (the one in Midtown Market just isn't the same)
Grandma's (why do they only get one in Duluth?)
Heartthrob Cafe in downtown St Paul
Ben Franklin and Woolworth
Brookdale (like it was twenty or more years ago)
Dayton's (and even Marshall Field's)
Nora's
Circus Circus (a childhood favorite!)
Bandana Square (back when the Children's Museum was there!)
Dayton's, Dinkydale Deli,,the New Riverside Cafe, the Uptown Bar, movies at the Bell Museum theater.
I agree with Anthonie's......what a store, timeless. We need more stores like that........Men's and Women's clothing......way ahead of it's time, well mssed.......:(
World Theater -Downtown
Anthonie's Clothing
Viking Room--[Radisson]
The Dome Bar-Downtown
Coma-Harriet Trolty
Club Bar/ /Duffy's / Black Cat -bloomington
Rainbow and Hasty Tasty--[Henn/lake]
Country House / McCarthies------and West high School!!!!!!!!!!------------class of '46
The old Minneapolis Public Library with the Greene Shoppe Hambergers across the street.
Terrace Theater in Robbinsdale
Bungalow Restaurant in Crystal
Where has the "Classy" gone?
I guess our state parks.
BenFranklins five and dime's. I suppose their dollar stores now. Tony's Barber Shop in Excelsior - a dad and son operation. Dick's Barber Shop in Excelsior - cause they had a foul mouthed parrot - that our 5th grade teacher took us to see. Best field trip ever. Reids Drive in on Highway 41 near Excelsior - learned to love cheese burgers there. Medicated Movies in Hopkins - an upstairs , late night, laugh-your arse off re-run movie house. Cullahs Bar near Riverside and Cedar. They kept it simple. acutally Iliked the idea that towns were pretty self contained. .... Bar (check), Bank (check), Lumber Yard (maybe). Repair shop (Check), Barber (Check). Accountant (Check). Hardware Store (check). Grocery Store (check). Gas Station (check). Library (Check) - -- I actually liked the towns. and the idea of green space between them.
Miss the Hall Brother's Emporium of Jazz.
I miss the Hall Brothers Emporium of Jazz. On the river in Mendota Heights.
I miss Nikki's Cafe, the Loring, Daytons, Mud Pie, Auriga, and Burch Pharmacy.
If I want to get really nostalgic I can think back to eating at One Potato Two on Lake and Hennepin and then shopping at Save-Mart afterward.
The Uptowner, a little bitty restaurant across from The Lex (on Grand and Lexington) in St. Paul. Served "the Cajun breakfast "- hashbrowns, andouille sausage, with nicely runny eggs on top - maybe cheese, I forget. To die for. Weekends there would be a line halfway down the block...
I miss Northwest Airlines and their red tails (and loud engines) roaring and soaring overhead.
Oh yeah...Moby Dick's...
I miss riding downtown (St. Paul) on the bus with my mom to go shopping, and having something to eat at the lunch counter at Woolworth's before heading home. A cup of hot chocolate, or a piece of cherry pie to celebrate President's Day.
I am still mourning the loss of Dayton's.
Excelsior Amusement Park
Miss the restaurants Auriga, Azur (really before its time), and the New French. The latter at its beginning made the Twin Cities not 'fly over land.'
And I mourn the Morning Show. Wonderful non-mainstream music and artists.
And WCCO RADIO, Good Neighbor To The Northwest.
And I cannot even imagine what life will be like when Garrison Keillor retires.
Monday night jazz implosion in the Clown Lounge. This little gem in the basement of St. Paul's famous Turf Club put on the best jazz show in St. Paul and Minneapolis, and the people were wonderful.
Brookdale, when it was full of shops and fun to visit (Baskin Robins, Hickory Farms, etc.)
Pam Sherman's bread and soups
The Nankin
Dave Moore and the "old" WCCO-TV, before we got into the celebrity of Don Shelby and ratings tricks
DAYTON'S, DAYTON'S DAYTON'S DAYTON'S at all locations - Macy's isn't even close!
Okay, for all my nasty comments about grammar and spelling, I am cyberly inept. Managed to lose my deathless words about--would you believe Gray's Drugstore in Dinkytown. We'd sit in the "soda fountain" facing the big window and watch all Dinkytown pass by, and run out to waylay our friends and/or roommates...
And the original Guthrie Theatre.
And on the subject of theatres, the big ornate downtown movie theatres. With balconies. Those theatres were an integral part of the whole going-to-the-movies experience. Obviously I am the OLDEST person on this page.....
Oh! And Farrell's at Rosedale Mall!
Shakey's in Clumbsy Heights
Sun Drive In on Central Ave NE, later known as Liccardi's.
Nan's
The Nankin
def. the Uptown
and yes, Dayton's
What? No one has mentioned the old Met Stadium or Sports Center. Homes of the Purple People Eaters, North Stars, and real tailgating.
Bayport Cookery
Confluence (in Prescott)
and the Nook - although that one's only temporarily closed due to a fire.
I can't say I "miss" any place. Life moves on, and I accept and move with it.
However, I get nostalgic for Timothy O'Toole's on Excelsior. I had my first beer there. Well, my first legal beer anyway.
I miss the "free" exhibits at the Science Museum of MN. Pricey exhibits like King Tut, Titanic, and Bodyworlds have replaced cool things like "The Chinasaurs" and "Grossology" that used to be included in the price of admission.
So many things...
The York Steakhouse at Ridgedale done up in medieval decor, The Nankin downtown, the Matzo Ball soup at the Lincoln Del, but most of all, the child care center in the old downtown Daytons. It was run by a nurse, had all the best toys, and a giant elephant slide. I loved it there, and my mom could shop in peace.
The Boulevard Movie Theater in South Minneapolis. Became a Hollywood Video but, not surprisingly, that went belly-up a few years later. Thankfully the old marquee is still there to remind us how we let middle-class, character-rich establishments evaporate from our landscape.
More votes for the Nankin, the Lincoln Del and Ruminator Books. Also, Queen Anne Kiddy Land although I'm too big to ride the ponies now.
My grandfather baked mile high pies for DeLaria's in Sothdale - gorgeous.
Does anyone have any pictures of the mom and pop stores at 25th and 27th Avenues S in Minneapolis?. It was a heckuv corner.
I miss Winfield Potter's in St. Anthony Main (THE best cheesy mushrooms ever) and the Saigon on 38th & Grand in Minneapolis (THE best Vietnamese egg rolls ever.)
blackies bakery and the terris dollar theater
I miss the MN Orchestra's Day of Music - sponsored over the years by Daytons, Marshall Fields and Macy's - it was a great, eclectic free to the public music festival and a highlight of my summer.
I also miss Sherlock Holmes in Minnetonka - great English microbrewery back before microbreweries were "the thing" - great restaurant, and an authentic, friendly pub atmosphere!
Sorini's on Snelling and University, best deep dish pizza I've ever had, WCAL, and the Morning Program with Dale and Jim Ed Poole.
Sorini's on Snelling and University, best ddep dish pizza I've ever had, WCAL, and the Morning Program with Dale and Jim Ed Poole.
Cooper and Terrace movie theaters (I worked at the Theater before it closed and loved that job!) New movie theaters have nothing to hold a candle to those classic theaters of old.
And the Morning Show on MPR.
CRC Coffee just closed last Friday... a victim of a tough winter and a year of road repair on Lyndale. Owner Hurl Everstone not only served up a mean espresso, but was able to get anyone on bike for a reasonable price. CRC brought together a neighborhood and created a welcoming cycling community in Mpls... you can check him up at carsrcoffins.com
I miss Cafe Wyrd (1991-2000) located in Uptown Minneapolis. Anyone in the area's GLBT community surely remembers it!: http://www.facebook.com/cafewyrd
The Loring.
before the incorporation of 'clubbing' and all downtown 'clubs' since 2000-yuk and sports bars...and stadiums...bleckkkkkk
I miss the Warehouse District when it included the New French, Urban Wildlife, Cafe Solo, Sister Fun, Maravonda's, there was parking down by the river-less "lofts" and I mostly miss Global Village and it's owner (sweet woman) on the West Bank.
Cedarfest!
before the incorporation of 'clubbing' and all downtown 'clubs' since 2000-yuk and sports bars...and stadiums...bleckkkkkk
I miss the Warehouse District when it included the New French, Urban Wildlife, Cafe Solo, Sister Fun, Maravonda's, there was parking down by the river-less "lofts" and I mostly miss Global Village and it's owner (sweet woman) on the West Bank.
Cedarfest!
I miss Nan's Restaraunt in NE Mpls. It was a great place and played a huge part of my childhood in NE.
before the incorporation of 'clubbing' and all downtown 'clubs' since 2000-yuk and sports bars...and stadiums...bleckkkkkk
I miss the Warehouse District when it included the New French, Urban Wildlife, Cafe Solo, Sister Fun, Maravonda's, there was parking down by the river-less "lofts" and I mostly miss Global Village and it's owner (sweet woman) on the West Bank.
Cedarfest!
Mud Pie, an excellent vegetarian restaurant on the 25th block of Lyndale Ave S. It had the best lentil soup and awesome atmosphere.
Ruminator Books/The Hungry Mind. When St. Paul lost this high quality independent book store and its author events, we lost part of our city's soul.
Bernies Deli in St Louis Park.
I mourned for months when Theatre de la Jeune Lune closed. It was one of my favorite theatre spaces and theatre companies in the Cities, and probably of all time. I was delighted to learn that Serrand and Epp, and now Nathan Keepers, are still working together.
However, I also miss Pandora's Cup, which inhabited the space now occupied by Duplex Restaurant on Hennepin Avenue and W 25th St. It was a lovely little café with a terrific atmosphere, but the best part was that it was open until about 2am, which no other coffee shop of that kind in town can boast about. But that was back in college, when I could stay out into the wee hours of morning and still get to class at 8am...
Snap Pizza on Johnson Street NE. There are very few places for good take out pizza in Northeast. Pizza Nea and Punch are great for dine in, but their pizzas are cold and mushy by the time you get home. And you can go to Broadway if you like thin crust, but you'll pay for it. For pan style, there's nothing that I know of. Snap was really tasty pizza for a good price.
Becky's Cafeteria -- on Hennipen just north of Franklin.
I moved to Minneapolis from New York City in the summer of 1970.
I had a 'thing' about the upper Midwest -- about living out here, that is.
I came for what turned out to be a short lived job at MCAD -- I stayed on no matter.
The ladies in the college's front office took me to Becky's about a day or so after my arrival --tho' I had heard of it from a friend that had lived here and moved on.
It was the first place I ate out at in the city. I was instantly struck by its very high co-efficient of "Toto-icity" -- I knew I was no longer in the Bronx or Brooklyn any more.
I went so often over the years and placed the same 2 requests with the piantist (or organist) that eventually whenever I walked in I'd be sashaying to the strains of either The Anniversary Waltz or The Theme from Exodus.
Oh! for a Becky's popover!
I deeply miss Theatre de la June Lune! I miss their amazing company and I miss the excellent theatre space that they created in the Warehouse District. I miss their Opera's and their social commentary. I miss the remarkable physical theatre and humor.
I a grateful that the many of the company artisits are creating new work in the cities and all over the world.
Steve Epp and Dominique Serrand have a new show coming up in April, at the Southern Theatre, called, Come Hell or High Water...I hope this is a sign of steps to create a new company. I can't wait to see the show.
The Waikiki Room was in the Hotel Nicollet, not the Curtis. Great umbrella drinks!
I miss Theatre de la Jeune Lune more than I can say...even though various cast members still appear around town, the place and assembled troupe were very special.
Scandia bakery at 34th Ave South and 50th Street. Great doughnuts and a nice, little neighborhood bakery. However, I love the new bakery, 3 Tiers that took the space.
All the mom and pop stores in every downtown across the country.. Thanks Wal-mart, your plastic crap from overseas is a real value! All it cost us was our middle class!
The door of opportunity.
The path to the American dream.
The floodgates of compassion.
Liberty's arms of welcome to the tired, the poor, the huddled masses yearning to breathe free.
Tony Glover's radio show on KDWB.
Don Vogel- the Round Mound of Sound.
The Cooper and Nile theaters.
Dave Moore.
The Coffeehouse Extempore'.
Free parking in downtown Minneapolis in the World Theater lot.
The Table of Contents!
The Nankin in the City Center building in downtown Minneapolis. I have so many fond memories of going there with the grown-ups for a ladies day out. We'd ride the bus downtown and end our shopping trip with a meal there.
The Improper Fraction in Stadium Village at the U of M. Once a great peanut bar, now a parking lot.
Even though it has been 25 years since it closed, I miss Caesar's Tavern on Cedar Avenue, it had been the place "where everyone knew your name" for me.
The original Dakota Bar and Grill in St Paul... so many stirring memories from the premier midwestern Jazz Venue. Never been the same since Lowell moved it west to the Mall. The intimacy with both artists and staff were the stuff dreams were made of... "CHEERS" paled in comparison to that Bandana Square bar. Really.
Sherlock's Home in Minnetonka. Delicious English ales and British pub fare.
The Waikiki Room at the Curtis Hotel (I think) in late 60s. It was dreamy at the time, especially in the dead of winter. Today it might be considered kitsch, making it ultra cool all over again.
Duffy's
A great venue for live music, although controversial when booking national acts. Really enjoyed playing beach volleyball out on the patio.
The Leaning Post in SLP and The Pacific Club in Mpls - great happy hours. The "Pac" Club as it was known was sort of our version of Studio 54, only not quite so scandalous.
DAYTON'S!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
and The Cooper Theater
Dayton's!! Dayton's!! Dayton's!!
I believe any woman over the age of 40 is wistful about the loss of a truly great department store - our beloved Dayton's!
We miss it!
* Pronounced 'Hay-ft' btw.
Hoeft Appliance closed in St. Paul last fall. It was the only business I was aware of that used my family name.
DAYTON'S!
The Uptown Bar and Grill: A great, local music venue. Usurped by the oh-so-cultural REI and Mac store.
It is absolutely disgusting that the Apple store tries to portray itself as a cultural hub, when they drove out an actual one.
Just a symptom of the gradual suburban douch-ifying of Uptown. Why have something unique, when it can be just like Woodbury?
Lee Ann Chin's buffet in downtown St. Paul
Connor's Bakery & Deli at 54th & Penn in SW Minneapolis.
This goes way back to the middle of World War II, a place me and my buddies went to all for the best french fries & catsup the world has ever seen.
The place:: The Hasty Tasty at Pillsbury & Lake St in Minneapolsi
The Town Talk Cafe on East Lake Street, BEFORE it was a bar. Two sisters, Vicki and Barb Link, owned it and made the best diner breakfast I have ever had. Barb was the talker, and Vicki owned the grill. After a time or two there, you were a regular, and they knew what you ordered and started it as soon as you were in the door.
The eggs were to die for, fluffy and tender. The pancakes were as big as your head and divine. There was always a breakfast special that, even with coffee and juice, would put you back only about 5 dollars. I was never too broke to eat there. I asked Barb once how the pancakes were so good, and she said "Vicki mixes everything up from scratch and weighs it all out on a scale". They never cut corners on ingredients, and it showed in the line of people waiting for a seat, even in the most frigid winter (you froze if you were seated right by the door, but no one ever complained).
As I recall, Barb and Vicki always wore shorts, even in the winter (with pantyhose), and Barb usually had her hair up in a high pony tail. It was a tiny, tiny place with about 8 stools and a micro-booth at the very end. You sat wherever you could and everyone talked to everyone else... you couldn't help but meet your neighboring diner because the place was so small. After my daughter was born, we went in and plopped her right on the counter in her carseat, and everyone cooed and exclaimed over her while Barb poured me a mug of much-needed coffee.
I miss the Town Talk even now. I liked the restaurant that replaced it, and was really happy they kept the name and the old sign, but it never felt as genuine and welcoming as the old Town Talk. I hope the sisters made a bundle on their little cafe and are retired somewhere in a sunny place, where other people make them a breakfast almost as good as the ones they made us.
I miss going to see Honeysuckle Rose every Friday night at the Aster Cafe in St. Anthony Main. They ended that standing gig a few years back. It was a great way to relax with the family.
Minnesota Valley Humane Society, Burnsville.
The Uptown Bar, saw a lot of great local acts there and even preformed once myself. It was sad to see such an historic uptown bar get replaced.
I still have all of my pint glasses displayed in my kitchen.
Southtown Theatre
Saw all the major great movies there:
Star Wars, Empire Strikes Back, Return of the Jedi, ET, Superman.... all the greats.....
I still can imagine the layout of the place.
Wally McCarthy's Oldstown USA car lot. Even though it was tacky it was still a Minneapolis classic. With the flags and banners and HUGE signage, it was the iconic car dealership. (Complete with a short, bald, cigar puffing, slick talking used car salesman)?
Breakfasts at the Uptown Bar, meat pies at the Rotisseria next to Calhoun Square.
Brotherson's meat market at 36th and Bryant in south Minneapolis. It was just so great to have that kind of quality and service in our neighborhood.
Azia, at 26th & Nicollet. Great menu, served until the wee hours.
The New Riverside Cafe. I still long for breakfast and lunch there. All vegetarian, very granola, worker-owned: sounds like a fairy-tale, doesn't it? I remember the scones, the Free Trade coffee that was a quarter for a refill (on the honor system, of course!), and the plate of rice and beans that may well be my choice for a last meal. How can I miss it when it's been gone for so long?
The Bungalow in Crystal, MN. It was one of classiest restaurants in the northern suburbs in the early 60's. Our family went once a week and as a young child I developed a taste for lobster tail and Wisconsin frog legs there. My mom would always order a Grasshopper or a Gold Cadillac after dinner. Once a year they had a wild game dinner and by the time I was 13 I had tried moose, bear, elk, deer, goose, duck and pheasant. I'm a "foodie" today, and perhaps this place is where it all started for me.
I miss local video rental stores. Every one of them within 10 miles of me it seem has shut down in the past year. It was just convenient to be able to go to an actual place, pick up a video, bring it home and watch it the same day.
The Wig and Bottle on Marshall and the Edgewater Inn nearby.
The Nankin, downtown Minneapolis on Hennepin.
Dayton's! It was the best in service and products for years and no other department store is quite the same.
Ralph's Corner Bar in Moorhead, MN. It had been a bar for almost a century and served the best burgers and fries, but it couldn't begin to meet new building codes and was demolished to make way for a new bridge across the Red River.
The Hungry Mind Bookstore on Grand in St. Paul.
I miss the Nankin and their Wanderer cocktail!
Firefly at 51st & 14th Ave S. Yum.
St. Martin's Table. The tip monies went for hunger projects and the food (vegetarian) was fantastic.
Woock's Resort on Ten Mile Lake in the 1960s. It had everything: docks, boats, cabins, and a little store that sold jawbreakers and popsicles.
Many movie theaters and drive-in theaters. Specifically the Mann-France Avenue Drive-In Theatre (on the northwest corner of France Avenue South & 494), the Mann-Southtown Theatre (where Bruegger's Bagel & Starbucks are in Southtown...Lord knows we all need more Bruegger's & Starbucks); and the Cooper Theatre in St. Louis Park. The movie-going experience in a cineplex is just not the same as in a theater with a 'large' screen.
National Camera Downtown Minneapolis- closed just this past week and now there are no more pro photo stores in Minneapolis where you can get film developed.
The Dinkytowner. I had so many good times in that grunge basement bar!
Baskin Robbins! All that once existed in the metro area (Dinkytown, Edina, North Minneapolis, Downtown St. Paul, Brookdale, Hwy 12 & Hwy 101, Ridgedale, Eden Prairie Center, Burnsville, Uptown)
The Cooper Theater!!
Palm's Bakery on the corner of Dakota and Lake Street next door to the St. Louis Park High School. They had the best of everything Swedish and Scandinavian. Generations of students ate their old fashioned chocolate covered donuts and custard filled long johns before their school day began. Those were the days...
I miss the old train station in downtown Minneapolis where the Federal Reserve building now stands. It was a big beautiful reminder of the magic of train travel.
I miss the Dinkytowner bar and night club. With the absence of the basement bar not much draws me to the Dinky Town area any longer. Sure there is music at the Varsity and Kitty Cat Klub, but there was something about the very random acts you would see at the Dinkytowner.
Shaky's pizza on the corner of Larpenteur and Snelling.
I miss Dayton's Department Store. It was the best and nothing compares. No one did it better.
"The real Minnesota Radio circa 1985-2000."
Don Vogel. R.I.P.
Growing up in Brooklyn Center lots of little family owned restaurants have closed in the past. I miss walking to restaurants like The Chuckwagon Grill, Little Brooklyn and even old chains like Marc's Big Boy.
The real Minnesota Radio circa 1985-2000.
Nelson's Family Restaurant in Richfield on Nicollet Avenue.
I miss the strawberry pie and The Mr. Big hamburger.
Before my time, Nelson's was a drive in kinda like Porky's. Kids would drive up and down Nicollet Avenue and Nelson's was one of the hangouts. They always had great pie.
It's too bad to see Porky's go, but when a city and a street are no longer friendly to people with auto mobiles, you can't stay in business.
I've driven by on a Saturday night to show my son what fun it was, problem is, in the last few years, St Paul doesn't want cars cruising, so the turnout has been low.
With University being ruined, what will happen to the cool cars cruising down Snelling as part of the MSRA show in June?
My son is 15, and he knows to appreciate a chrome bumper, tail fins, big block V-8's, and Detroit muscle.
Oh, back to restaurants, Nelson's was more than a restaurant, it was part of Americana.
Sidney's
Lincoln Del. When I felt a cold coming on, I'd get a bowl of their chicken matzo ball soup to chase it away.
The American mind.
Puerta Azul. So many things on the menu that you cannot get anywhere since.
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