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Settergren Ace Hardware at 54th Street and Penn Avenue.
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Biz buzz // Hardware store helps with flood relief
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By Jake Weyer and Danielle Nordine
Hardware store helps with flood relief Settergren Ace Hardware at 54th Street and Penn Avenue teamed up with the Salvation Army in March and early April to organize a flood-relief fundraiser for people along the swollen Red River in northwest Minnesota and eastern North Dakota.
“We just want to help them out,” said storeowner and manager Mark Settergren, who was planning to join the sandbagging effort, but couldn’t free up enough time to leave the store.
Donations were put toward tools requested by the Salvation Army — things like shovels, rakes, bags, buckets, mops and more. Individual donations ranged from $20 to $100, Settergren said. The fundraiser ended April 3. ——— Mt. Fuji comes to Uptown
Maple Grove sushi and Asian cuisine restaurant Mt. Fuji opened a new branch March 31 in Uptown. The restaurant, at 2819 Hennepin Ave., will be open for lunch, dinner and late-night meals from noon-midnight on weekdays and noon–2 a.m. on weekends.
Featuring French style sushi, hibachi entrées, seafood and other traditional Asian cuisine, entrée prices range from $12.95 to $25.95. Sushi and sashimi rolls range from $4 to about $10. Appetizers and entrées include soups, stir-fried seafood, eel, tuna, salmon and shrimp sushi rolls and Asian noodles and rice.
Mt. Fuji offers a bar and take-out or delivery services, and also gives diners the option to watch the chef prepare their meals in the restaurant right in front of them.
During Mt. Fuji’s happy hours, visitors can enjoy appetizers and sushi rolls for under $5. Happy hours are 4:30 p.m.–6:30 p.m. and 9:30 p.m.–close Monday–Thursday, and 8 p.m.–close on Sundays.
For more information or to place an order for take out or delivery, visit www.mtfujimn.com or call 872-1778. ——— Savoy Pizza to replace Golooney’s
Golooney’s East Coast Pizza at 2329 Hennepin Ave. served its last thin-crust slice in March and will be replaced this spring with a Red’s Savoy Pizza.
Savoy is also a no-frills thin-crust pizza joint. It’s a staple in downtown St. Paul, where it’s been family-run since 1965. Savoy also has restaurants in east St. Paul and Newport, Minn.
Remodeling is underway at the corner space in Uptown and Savoy expects it to open May 1, according to a blog the company started to keep pizza fans up to speed on progress at the site. Check it out at www.savoyuptown.com.
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Sushi Tango will be the first major tenant in Calhoun Square to get a new space this month when the restaurant moves to a freshly remodeled spot above Famous Dave’s. The move is supposed to happen by the end of April.
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Café Cuba is coming soon to the former Betsy’s Back Porch space at Diamond Lake Road and Nicollet Avenue, according to a sign on the building. Betsy’s closed during the winter because of financial troubles.
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Tosca, at 44th Street and Beard Avenue in Linden Hills, will open for dinner and start serving wine and beer this month. It’s Turtle Bread founder Harvey McLain’s latest venture and it’s named after an opera.
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City declares snow emergency
UPDATED February 8, 2010, 1:27pm
By Cristof Traudes
With snow falling almost non stop since Sunday, the City of Minneapolis this afternoon declared a snow emergency.
Starting at 9 p.m. today, cars will not be allowed to be parked on either side of snow emergency route streets. From 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. tomorrow, cars should only park on the odd side of non-snow emergency route streets, and from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Wednesday, cars should only park on the even side of non-snow emergency route streets. Cars parked on the wrong sides of streets will be ticketed and towed.
To look up what streets are affected when, click here. More information is at ci.minneapolis.mn.us/snow.
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Neighborhood notebook
By Sarah McKenzie, Dylan Thomas and Jake Weyer
CARAG
Newspaper proposal withdrawn CARAG residents approved a motion to support the current management structure of the Uptown Neighborhood News in January, putting an end to a months-long discussion of a possible reorganization. CARAG Board of Directors Member Anna Matthes and Jill Bode, a CARAG representative to the newspaper’s managing board, requested in November that CARAG consider transferring management of the newspaper to them for several months. Matthes and Bode proposed they eventually take control of the paper, which they said was operating under an inefficient management structure. In January, Matthes also said newspaper managers had lost focus on community-building efforts, instead focusing on
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Green digest // Making Bryant a bike boulevard
By Dylan Thomas
Making Bryant a bike boulevardCARAG — If you bike, live or work along Bryant Avenue South take note: An upcoming public meeting is your chance to contribute to plans for a future bicycle boulevard. City planners expect to make changes to the street this summer that will make the north-south street more bike-friendly. Area residents have an opportunity to voice their opinions on some of those changes 7 p.m. Feb. 9 at Bryant Square Park, 3101 Bryant Ave. S. New pavement markings and signage to identify the bicycle boulevard are a given, but other elements intended to slow vehicle traffic and improve the safety of intersections will be put to a vote. Ballots will ask voters to rank new street features such as curb extensions,
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Crime reports
By Jake Weyer
Editor’s note: Alleged crimes against persons (assault, murder, etc.) will feature the + symbol. Note, this compilation of crime reports provides highlights of area criminal activity. It’s not intended to be a comprehensive overview of Southwest crime.
CARAG+ Jan. 26, 8:20 p.m., 3200 Emerson Ave. S.Officers were dispatched to a report of a robbery at gunpoint. The victim was a 26-year-old man and two suspects, who fled in a car, were involved. Police thought the robbery might be related to several others that have been reported recently in the area. EAST ISLESJan. 30, between 3:15 p.m. and 4:30 p.m., W. Lake St. and East Calhoun
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Biz buzz // Guse Green Grocer
By By Lana Walker and Jake Weyer
Guse Green Grocer opens at 46th & BryantWhen Tom and Terry Thomson, owners of the long-awaited Guse Green Grocer, put in an order for 40 pounds of organic bananas, their supplier commented that the order was too much for such a little store. When the following Monday morning rolled around, however, it seemed the supplier could eat his words. “I called him and said, ‘We only have five bananas left!’” Terry Thomson said. Located on the corner of 46th Street and Bryant Avenue, the grocery store celebrated its soft opening on Jan. 23 and 24. It didn’t have an advertising scheme or a grand event, but 400 eager customers showed up on day one and the weekend was full of positive feedback and neighborhood
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Schools notebook // Board recommends Johnson
By Dylan Thomas
School Board recommends Johnson to lead districtWhen it came time to name candidates who might replace Minneapolis Superintendent Bill Green, the School Board had only one person in mind: current Deputy Superintendent Bernadeia Johnson. School Board Chair Tom Madden, reading from a prepared statement at the Board’s Jan. 19 meeting, emphasized the importance of “stability” in a district rocked by a decade of enrollment declines, budget deficits and school closings. “The constant churn which has come to characterize Minneapolis Public Schools has taken a toll on our children, our families and our staff,” Madden said. He also said the district was “fundamentally on the right track,”
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Co-op loan drive short $100,000; deadline extended
By Jake Weyer
The Linden Hills Co-op needs $1.5 million in member loans to help pay for a move to the west side of the neighborhoodLINDEN HILLS — The Linden Hills Co-op arrived at its Jan. 31 loan-drive deadline about $100,000 short of the $1.5 million needed to help pay for a move from 43rd & Upton to the former Almsted’s Sunnyside Market site near 44th Street and France Avenue. That was close enough for Bob Olson, who owns the new site, to grant an extension for the drive and for the co-op to move forward with its plans, said spokeswoman Jeanne Lakso. “We’ll continue to collect loan agreements for at least the next two weeks and we’re fully confident we’re going to meet if not exceed our goal,” Lakso
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Kingfield unveils plans for new community gardens
By Jake Weyer
KINGFIELD — It’s hard to think about gardening in frigid February, when hoes, rakes and seeds are stowed away and snow blankets frozen plots, but green thumbs are buzzing right now in one Southwest neighborhood. Following up on years of resident interest, the Kingfield Neighborhood Association (KFNA) this spring will launch two community gardens, one on the Center for Performing Arts property at 3754 Pleasant Ave. S. and the second on another private lot at 3912 Van Nest Ave. The sites will serve as the first of four community gardens KFNA would eventually like to develop in the area. “Our goal is really to create a network of gardens and gardeners throughout the neighborhood,” said KFNA executive director Sarah
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