It’s two blocks away from the “official” Uptown, but there are many places that are known as “Uptown” locally that aren’t in the official area. Lyndale isn’t technically Uptown (4 blocks away), but everyone local thinks of it and all the places around there as Uptown.
Might have been iconic the first 10 or 20 years. Stopped there occasionally between 08-12 and it was slightly above average. Wasn't a bad experience at all. Good mostly because it was close to where I was living.
Everyone refers to wages as part of the reason they are closing but that is not really the case . Most places close before they are paying a living wage . Wages must rise to balance the economy , if people don't have money to spend then there is no economy . In The Twin Cities , if you are making less than $25 per hour you are below Poverty Level . A single person working a non-college degree job full time should be paying no more than 30% of their take-home pay for housing . Retail prices will continue to rise no matter what , it has always been that way . The real reason restaurants are closing is because people have to watch spending now and that means less traffic through the door , so if they raise prices too much less people will come in , they are caught in the middle . Big Chain restaurants will do better because they buy in bulk and get huge discounts for that as long as they are not a Franchise .
Nuhh. Uptown has struggled since 2015-2016 it was around 2015-2018 when the entertainment business in uptown started attracting the wrong crowds into uptown. 2020 was when uptown went bye bye forever because a combination of wrong crowd and lawlessness.
@@knowledge8039 It's you that don't know how tariffs work. But perhaps you'd care to educate us on how they work, since you're an expert in international trade?
Yep, for four years under Trump no businesses closed. Not one. Certainly not the McDonalds near Mar A Lardo, and none of Trumps golf courses or hotels. He charged us, the taxpayers, double the usual rates for Secret Service who was required to stay in his fleabag hotels.
That not even uptown but i could see how some people say that but closer to lake / Calhoun is uptown
It’s two blocks away from the “official” Uptown, but there are many places that are known as “Uptown” locally that aren’t in the official area. Lyndale isn’t technically Uptown (4 blocks away), but everyone local thinks of it and all the places around there as Uptown.
I love the story but Marion Veit.. “Will miss the Red Dragon Mai Tais…”
I’ve gotta check them out before they close!
Might have been iconic the first 10 or 20 years. Stopped there occasionally between 08-12 and it was slightly above average. Wasn't a bad experience at all. Good mostly because it was close to where I was living.
It was never about the food.
Everyone refers to wages as part of the reason they are closing but that is not really the case . Most places close before they are paying a living wage . Wages must rise to balance the economy , if people don't have money to spend then there is no economy . In The Twin Cities , if you are making less than $25 per hour you are below Poverty Level . A single person working a non-college degree job full time should be paying no more than 30% of their take-home pay for housing . Retail prices will continue to rise no matter what , it has always been that way . The real reason restaurants are closing is because people have to watch spending now and that means less traffic through the door , so if they raise prices too much less people will come in , they are caught in the middle . Big Chain restaurants will do better because they buy in bulk and get huge discounts for that as long as they are not a Franchise .
Uptown or the Wedge?
The mn government and mayor are not doing anything about it. America always owned more debts
So, how many iconic institutions in Uptown have closed now since 2020? The results of uninformed voting.
Nuhh. Uptown has struggled since 2015-2016 it was around 2015-2018 when the entertainment business in uptown started attracting the wrong crowds into uptown. 2020 was when uptown went bye bye forever because a combination of wrong crowd and lawlessness.
@@youtubeguest5494once they started building apartments for yuppies uptown became trash
All good things must come to and end. Only in this life not the next.
They're already struggling, and they know tump's tariffs will make things even worse.
Go back to the rabbit hole .You surely Don.t know how tariffs work.
@@knowledge8039 It's you that don't know how tariffs work. But perhaps you'd care to educate us on how they work, since you're an expert in international trade?
The results of uninformed voting.
Restaurants close all the time. Are you saying no businesses closed while Trump was in office?
Bidenomics.
Yep, for four years under Trump no businesses closed. Not one. Certainly not the McDonalds near Mar A Lardo, and none of Trumps golf courses or hotels. He charged us, the taxpayers, double the usual rates for Secret Service who was required to stay in his fleabag hotels.