Lake Street News Brief
www.lakestreetcouncil.org 
May 1, 2007
 
The Lake Street Council's mission is to build a cohesive strategy to ensure the ongoing vitality of the Lake Street Corridor business community.
 
 
Lake Street Council's next business social is on Friday, May 11th at The Herkimer (2922 Lyndale Ave. S.), from 12:00 - 2:00 PM. Drop in at any time in those two hours. We hope to see you there!
 
Lake Street is Best of the Twin Cities
 
Last week, City Pages published its annual Best of the Twin Cities awards, and the Lake Street area raked in an impressive two dozen of them.
 
The Midtown Exchange project was recognized for Best Rescued Landmark. They said it "revitalized an urban neighborhood with a stunning array of multicultural, multi-use tenants." And of course, one very important part of the building is the Midtown Global Market. Several individual businesses inside were recognized individually for having the best of what the Twin Cities have to offer, including West Indies Soul for Best Soul Food, Holy Land for Best Middle Eastern Grocery, and A La Salsa for Best Mexican Restaurant.
 
Restaurants up and down the street were winners in various categories. On East Lake, Midori's Floating World Cafe won for Best Japanese, and Town Talk Diner was awarded both Best New Restaurant and Best Diner. Further west, Cafe Barbette had the Best Fries around, while pizza lovers could rejoice, with Lake Street wins for both Best Pizza (Galactic Pizza) and Best Gourmet Pizza (Pizza Nea).
 
And if that wasn't enough, there is much more to Lake Street than the food. Looking for good music? Hymie's Vintage Records is the Best Place to Buy Vinyl, and Cheapo Records the Best CD store for used CDs. If you'd rather make your own music, the VFW on Lyndale has the Best Karaoke around.
 
Looking for a good book? Magers & Quinn won for Best Bookstore for used books. A hair coloring? Jon English Hairspa's Seong Heui was awarded Best Colorist. A good place to get a drink? Stop into Chino Latino (Best Happy Hour) or Famous Dave's in Calhoun Square (Best Blues Bar). Take in a theatrical show? Jungle Theater won Best Stage Production for last year's showing of Last of the Boys.
 
All this and more, all on one street! And if you'd rather bike your way there, the Midtown Greenway got recognized, for Best Bike Trail.
 
Lake Street Calendar -- Upcoming Events:

May 4th & 5th: Kinetic Kitchen, at Patrick's Cabaret
8:00 PM, 3010 Minnehaha Ave. Sarah LaRose-Holland brings her Kinetic Kitchen to Patrick's Cabaret to close out National Dance Week. The Kinetic Kitchen presents new dance works in a showcases of choreographers.

May 5th: Midtown Farmers' Market Grand Opening Celebration
8:00 AM - 1:00 PM, 22nd Ave. S. & Lake Street
Featuring local sheep shearer Hank Brummer giving a shearing demonstration at
10:00 AM.

May 6th: In The Heart of the Beast Theatre's MayDay Parade
1:00 PM, Bloomington Ave. & 26th Street East
The parade goes down Bloomington to Powderhorn Park, where the Tree of Life Ceremony takes place. This year's theme is Somos Agua - We Are Water.

May 11th & 12th: Deeper Shadows, at Patrick's Cabaret
8:00 PM, 3010 Minnehaha Ave.
Deeper Shadows begins where December's Shadow Cabaret left off. The artists spent two weeks researching the shadows of the holocaust in Berlin and the surrounding area. The works in Deeper Shadows grew out of this trip as the artists probe a bit farther into the darkness.

May 12th: Obsidian Arts: Artists Dialoguing
4:00 - 6:00 PM, 734 East Lake Street Suite 220
Part of Obsidian's Afro Cuba: Cognoscenti program.

May 15th: 3rd Precinct Open House
11:00 AM - 2:00 PM, 3000 Minnehaha Ave. S.
Information displays on various MPD programs. Refreshments served.

May 17th: 5th Precinct Open House
5:00 - 7:00 PM, 3101 Nicollet Ave. S.
Come join Officers and staff at the annual 5th Precinct open house in honor of Law Enforcement Officers Memorial week.

Through May 20th: K2, at Jungle Theater
Various times, 2951 Lyndale Ave. S.
Two mountain climbers are trapped on the ledge of a threatening glacial wall 27,000 feet above sea level. It looks as if they will perish before the sun sets. What will they do?


Upcoming Meetings:


May 9th: LEDC Annual Meeting
5:00 - 8:00 PM, 1516 East Lake Street (Plaza Verde 3rd floor, Celebration Hall)
Learn what LEDC did the past year, and what it will do going forward. Includes a dinner with Latin food and a recognition ceremony for the outstanding members of the year. $20 per person. RSVP to Daniel Bonilla at 612-724-5332 or daniel@ledc-mn.org.

May 17th: Lake Street Council Board Meeting
7:30 - 9:00 AM, 919 East Lake Street (US Bank building)
The latest news and updates from Lake Street Council.

Through May: Cristo Rey Jesuit High School Information Meetings
Wednesdays 7:00 - 9:00 PM; May 12th and May 26th, 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
1010 East Lake Street (Next to Family Dollar Store)
Cristo Rey is recruiting 125 current 8th graders for enrollment in the 2007-08 school year, which includes work in their corporate internship program. For more information, contact Bill Johnson at 612-276-0140.