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Yahoo
26-02-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Minnesota restaurant openings & closings for February 2025
A new Lebanese food venture in the south metro, a sustainability-focused restaurant in downtown New Germany and the continuing expansion of Mochinut were among the restaurant stories we followed this month. Here's a round-up of the latest openings & closings: Beirut Lebanese Street Food & Catering (14873 Robert Trail South, Rosemount): The second-generation owners of West St. Paul's former Beirut Restaurant have opened a new venture in their home community of Rosemount, carrying on the family-owned business' authentic Lebanese cuisine. Read more here. Caja Fried Chicken (520 North 4th Street, Minneapolis): The Graze Food Hall in the North Loop has a new, made-from-scratch fried chicken concept from the team behind Brasa. Read more here. The Fancy Farmer (150 Broadway Street East, New Germany): A century-old spot in downtown New Germany is home to a new restaurant. The Fancy Farmer serves organic coffee, breakfast, lunch and dinner, flatbread pizza, pastries, ice cream and more. Read more here. Game Time Sports Bar & Arcade (920 East Lake Street, Minneapolis): Midtown Global Market welcomed a new bar and arcade this month. Giant pretzels, hotdogs and other stadium classics are on the menu, while classic cabinet games, bubble soccer and darts are on the arcade floor. Read more here. Mochinut (6543 York Avenue in Edina and 74 Snelling Avenue in St. Paul): California-based chain Mochinut, which serves mochi donuts, Korean-style hotdogs and bubble tea, added two new Twin Cities locations this month. Read more here. World Street Kitchen (501 30th Avenue Southeast, Minneapolis): The popular Uptown restaurant, known for its celebration of global cuisine, has joined the line up at the Market at Malcolm Yards. Read more here. Bank Restaurant (88 S. Sixth Street, Minneapolis): The restaurant that has been a fixture in the Westin Hotel in downtown Minneapolis since 2007 has closed, with a steakhouse set to take its place later this year. Read more here. Dark Horse Bar & Eatery (250 East 7th Street, St. Paul): The beloved Lowertown area bar and restaurant closed this month after a decade in business. Read more here. The Dock (425 Nelson Street East, Stillwater): The longtime restaurant with cozy booths and a sprawling patio overlooking the St. Croix River said goodbye this month. Read more here. Foremost Brewing Cooperative (131 West Broadway Street, Owatonna): Another southern Minnesota brewery will soon close its doors. Read more here. Mr. Paul's Po Boys and Jams (3917 Market Street, Edina): The sandwich shop, located in the back bar of Mr. Paul's Supper Club, closed on Feb. 9, as did its stall at the The Market at Malcolm Yards. Read more here. Paulie's (15641 Grove Circle N., Maple Grove): The sports bar that opened in the former Rock Elm Tavern space in 2023 closed on Feb. 23. Read more here.
Yahoo
11-02-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Owners of former Beirut Restaurant open new Rosemount eatery
The second-generation owners of West St. Paul's former Beirut Restaurant have opened a new venture in their home community of Rosemount. Beirut Lebanese Street Food & Catering opened Monday, four months after Beirut Restaurant ended its 41-year run. John Khoury, and his wife, Madelaine Khoury, announced in July that their family-owned business' authentic Lebanese cuisine would carry on after the closure of Beirut Restaurant. "Thanks to the support of our incredible customers and loyal staff, we survived — actually, thrived! — during those trying years of 2020 and 2021," John Khoury wrote in July. "But alas, our time here in West St. Paul has come to an end. And, just so there's no confusion, it is all under our own terms, and with great joy and optimism, that we are evolving as a business and, more importantly, as a family." The new venture at 14873 Robert Trail South offers fast-casual counter service with a focus on catering, ready-made dishes and carry-out. John Khoury previously shared they have a long-term goal to open multiple locations in the Twin Cities and even nationally. Joe and Rita Khoury, John Khoury's parents, opened Beirut Restaurant in 1983. In his announcement in July, John Khoury reflected on his parents' success after they left "war-torn Lebanon and arrived in the United States with $50." "My parents found a small building on Robert Street that was up for lease, and they decided a Lebanese restaurant was what West St. Paul needed," he wrote. "Together, they transformed a former electronics store into a quaint spot that served food most people in the area didn't recognize and were hesitant to try." He continued: "My parents' stubbornness, work ethic and refusal to fail — and above all, responsibility for feeding, clothing and raising two small children — kept them going despite all the challenges they faced." John and Madelaine Khoury took over the restaurant in 2002 and are now stepping into a "new future" for Beirut, "one that allows us to reap the fruits of the hard labor the Khoury family has sowed over the last 40+ years," John Khoury wrote. Beirut Lebanese Street Food & Catering is open Monday though Saturday from 11 a.m. until 8 p.m.
