Ben Graves, CEO of Graves Hospitality Corp., has a diverse perspective on the hospitality industry. Graves operates nine hotels in the Twin Cities and several U.S. markets, plus has been
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The Minnesota Timberwolves released a statement Thursday morning announcing their sale to entrepreneur Marc Lore and baseball legend Alex Rodriguez had collapsed and the team “was no longer for sale.”
Pediatrician Michael Hobbs quit his job last April, leaving the independent practice Pediatric Services in St. Louis Park. His personal practice there included 2,000 patients. He now works out of
If we think about the stare down between Uber/Lyft and the Minneapolis City Council as a recent problem, we’re failing to grasp the economic forces and governance lapses that brought
Health care remains one of the great differentiators in this country. Between the well and the sick, the affluent and the poor, and strangely, between cities, often with little obvious
Tim Niver is owner operator of Mucci’s and Saint Dinette in St. Paul. One of the more outspoken restaurateurs in town, he also hosts the Niver Niver Land podcast, where
I can’t remember if I saw Jason DeRusha’s billboard on the freeway or on X, but the first thing that struck me was it didn’t have the normal branding and
The City of Minneapolis is getting ready to propose a regulatory body to oversee workplace labor standards, an effort which has put the hospitality industry, for one, on edge. Designed
The North Loop’s West Hotel development has been sitting, shuttered, since last summer when challenges with a lender brought the project to a halt. Despite rampant rumormongering in the development
Craft & Crew Hospitality has agreed to purchase Galaxy Drive-In in St. Louis Park from “eatertainment” auteur Steve Schussler, according to C&C co-owner David Benowitz. The restaurant had been listed
Back when we all went to offices, some of us stood up at 12:05 p.m., looked at a colleague, and said, “Feel like lunch?” And it was thus. Though most
The death of restaurateur John Rimarcik on Monday at 84 left a big question on the minds of the local restaurant community and food fans: what will become of his
On the last Tuesday in November, the Timberwolves had a marquee home game scheduled versus the ascendant Oklahoma City Thunder. The early season tilt held special interest because a win
Most owner-operated restaurants are not sold—they just close. Brand equity lies with the operators, who rarely even own the real estate the business occupies. When it’s time to move on,
It’s 5 p.m. on an uncharacteristically rainy summer Sunday at the Mall of America, so the mall is jammed. Or at least the food court is. Inside it, at Mason’s
Last issue, I authored a piece in our Agenda section about Uptown—specifically, attempting to get behind why Uptown remains so beleaguered while downtown Minneapolis rebounds (in a limited way). The
One of the more impactful young leaders in local journalism is calling it a day, for now. Mukhtar M. Ibrahim, CEO and publisher of the news org Sahan Journal, has
By now it’s well known that the city of Minneapolis and other downtown stakeholders are asking employers to return to the office at least two to three days per week