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Business Journals
24-04-2025
- Business
- Business Journals
Maple Grove's Arbor Lakes Nupa Mediterranean Grill restaurant
After 16 years of success in Rochester, Nupa Mediterranean Grill is trying its luck in Maple Grove. Story Highlights Nupa Mediterranean Grill opens third location in Maple Grove. Restaurant has been in Rochester for 16 years. Nupa's menu features classic Mediterranean dishes made in-house. A Mediterranean restaurant is making its Twin Cities debut in Maple Grove 16 years after building a name for itself in Rochester, Minnesota. Nupa Mediterranean Grill is set to open next week at 11850 Elm Creek Blvd., suite 104 near the Village at Arbor Lakes shopping center. It's the restaurant's third location, building on two spots in Rochester that opened in 2009 and 2012, according to the Rochester Post Bulletin. 'We are finally coming to the Twin Cities metro! This has always been a dream of ours and we are beyond excited to serve you some of Rochester's best!' the restaurant wrote on Facebook in February. Nupa will be sharing a newly constructed building with a Starbucks location just off Hemlock Lane North. The team has been working on the project for eight months, co-owner Theodore Paizis told the City Council this week. The council gave the restaurant approval to sell wine and 3.2% beer. Nupa's online menu features classic Mediterranean fare: gyros and other pita sandwiches, hummus and spicy feta, Greek salad, meat plates, and desserts like baklava and tiramisu. All of the restaurant's sauces, dressings, soups and breadings are made in-house. The falafel is also handmade and the fries are fresh cut, according to a post from Nupa. The area has been home to a ton of restaurant activity recently. Nupa will share a parking lot with Grackle, a scratch American restaurant that took over the former Wahlburger's restaurant location when it opened late last year. At Rojo Mexican Grill, just across Elm Creek Boulevard, the once-venerated chain Chi-Chi's is planning its comeback ahead of a national revival. Also nearby, Northern Taphouse is taking over a former Red Lobster building. Further west, Maple Grove got its first Korean barbecue and hot pot joint with the recent opening of KPot Korean BBQ & Hot Pot.
Yahoo
14-02-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
ICE agents arrest workers in parking lot, Rochester restaurant says
The Brief ICE agents arrested two employees on Wednesday, Nupa restaurant said in a social media post. The arrests prompted the restaurant to close indefinitely. The arrests triggered a protest in downtown Rochester on Thursday. ROCHESTER, Minn. (FOX 9) - Nupa Mediterranean Grill in Rochester shut down one of its two locations on Wednesday after it said federal agents arrested two of its employees in the parking lot. The backstory In a post on Facebook, Nupa Mediterranean Grill said, in part: "Unfortunately, we had two brothers working that may have been working under false documentation. From our understanding, ICE never asked for any documentation and arrested them in the parking lot." The arrests spawned a protest involving a couple dozen people in downtown Rochester on Thursday morning. It is unclear how long the restaurant will remain closed. It said in a social media post that the brothers worked a lot of hours, and they did not have anyone to replace them. What they're saying COPAL MN, a nonprofit organization that helps Latine families, organized the rally. It said the arrests have ignited a sense of unease in the immigrant community. "They are receiving calls from the community, saying that ICE is present in some places in Rochester," said David Perdomo, a community organizer who planned the rally. "There is a feeling of fear in our community – fear of being detained or someone that they love being detained and left alone…." Big picture view The Trump administration has launched large-scale deportations of undocumented immigrants nationwide. It is unclear how many arrests have been made since President Donald Trump took office. In January, officials said agents averaged nearly 800 arrests per day. The owner of the restaurant could not be reached for comment. ICE did not respond to a request for comment.
