Grand Opening For Thr3 Jack
The much-anticipated opening of Thr3 Jack on the new Nordic Plaza is now set for Monday, October 7th. The bar/restaurant with high-tech golf simulators has been holding preview events this...
New Shop Opens With Contest for Free Sandwiches
The smell of fresh-from-the-oven bread is now wafting through the North Loop’s Fifth Avenue Market with the opening of an Erbert and Gerbert’s sandwich shop inside the convenience store. The grand...
Prince Welcomes You To The North Loop
The North Loop is about to have Twin Cities royalty welcoming visitors as they cross the Washington Avenue Bridge. A 30-foot mural of Prince jamming on his guitar is going up...
Cha-Ching! Why Rise Bagel Has Such An Old Register
The antique cash register on the counter of Rise Bagel in the North Loop can’t calculate change or swipe credit cards. In fact, it doesn’t even hold any cash. But it...
Work Begins On New Apartment Tower
For those wondering about the crane and other construction equipment being moved onto a surface parking lot on North 3rd Street, it’s in preparation for a new six-story apartment tower. About...
Tech Firm Moving Into The North Loop
Signs for Calabrio have gone up this week on the top and side of the new office tower nearing completion along 5th Avenue North near Washington Avenue. Calabrio is a fast-growing...
Tracks, Bricks Will Be Nods To North Loop’s Past
How old were the North Loop streets before the massive summer overhaul began? Let’s put it this way: crews have been finding horseshoes beneath the surface. Several of them. When the...
North Loop May Get Boutique Hotel
For quite some time, we’ve seen a sign posted by the old Commutator Foundry building on 1st Street, heralding the upcoming construction of a new office building next door. But now,...
“Rock and Roll Barber Shop” Opens
Floyd’s 99 Barbershop opens September 13th at 424 Washington Avenue North—the same building as Crisp & Green. It’s the newest in a chain of barber shops with posters and album covers...
Hey, Weren’t Those Streets Supposed To Be Brick?
Now that crews are finally laying down the first layers of asphalt on North Loop streets that have been torn up all summer, some residents are asking “weren’t these streets...