Editor

Adam Platt

Adam Platt is editor of Twin Cities Business magazine. He has been with the magazine since 2011.

Phone: 612-336-9275

Adam Platt is editor of Twin Cities Business. He still writes and reports while also setting the overall editorial course of TCB coverage. He attended Macalester College in St. Paul, became a staff writer and media critic for the Twin Cities Reader, moved on to become the founding editor of Casino Executive, a Minnesota-based trade magazine, and then joined Mpls.St.Paul magazine in 1998, where he served as executive editor until joining TCB in 2011.

Staff’s archive

Café Ceres to Close

Café Ceres to Close

DDP Restaurant Group, led by renowned chef Daniel Del Prado, told employees and customers Thursday that its four Café Ceres coffee shops, all in Minneapolis, would close April 13, citing
Twins.TV Negotiations Down to Wire

Twins.TV Negotiations Down to Wire

[Editor's note: On Thursday, March 27, the Twins announced they have reached an agreement to air games with most major cable providers in the Minnesota market.] It’s a whole new
Deliver Us from Delivery

Deliver Us from Delivery

I was in New York City in January. And when I’m in New York, I like to visit hot new food concepts to see what’s heading to the provinces in
The DFL’s Dark Gifts

The DFL’s Dark Gifts

On Feb. 11, MinnPost’s Peter Callaghan revealed that the Walz administration was deep into finalizing a compact with Minnesota native bands over cannabis production/sales. The implication was that they would
Inside Life Time’s Pivot to Luxury

Inside Life Time’s Pivot to Luxury

On St. Patrick’s Day 2020, Bahram Akradi, founder, chairman, and CEO of Life Time, sat in his corner office surveying the company’s Chanhassen campus. The parking lots were empty, the
Cold Enough to Leave

Cold Enough to Leave

It’s about to get very cold, or at least cold by recent standards. Sometime this month many of us will ask ourselves why we live here in January. Which got
Amtrak Borealis: The Hype Is Real

Amtrak Borealis: The Hype Is Real

When Amtrak’s new Borealis train from St. Paul to Chicago debuted in May, early ridership data were so strong it set off waves of attention. Borealis became the transportation fashion
The Road Diet

The Road Diet

It’s been a summer of overwhelming levels of roadwork, especially in the city of Minneapolis. Linden Hills, 50th and France, Hennepin Avenue in Uptown, Hennepin Avenue by Loring Park, Hennepin
Essay Tested

Essay Tested

College admissions have evolved into one of the costliest, more byzantine exercises of the teen years. More teens are applying to college than ever and applying to more colleges per
Can the Roy App Fix the Gophers?

Can the Roy App Fix the Gophers?

In the last half-decade, college athletics has been upended by lawsuits and court rulings that have pushed the NCAA to allow student-athlete compensation from outside entities (known as Name-Image-Likeness or
Analysis: Selling the Twins

Analysis: Selling the Twins

I was listening to Henry Lake on WCCO last night. He was taking a listener call about the Pohlad family’s announcement they intend to sell the Minnesota Twins after 40