Lake Street News
Brief
The Lake Street
Council's mission is to build a cohesive strategy to ensure the ongoing vitality
of the Lake Street Corridor business community.
The Latest on Lake:
We asked,
and they delivered. Among the deals to keep in mind in the Lyn-Lake area:
Uptown Savvy has a
big sale going. Buy one item, get a second of equal or lesser value for a flat
rate of only $20. Hurry because this one is limited time. Hair By Morgan is offering a
construction sale of 10% all products and jewelry, and further deals
ranging from $5 off a haircut to $100 off extensions. And look for Bryant Lake Bowl to
offer construction happy hours and Buck Off night on Wednesdays -- $1 bowling
and $1 beers.
Lake Street features prominently in
this year's Taste
50. At #21: "It’s hard to imagine a more delicious commute than
Metro Transit’s route 21, which runs the length of newly spiffy Lake
Street in Minneapolis, linking diners to Cafe Barbette, Bryant-Lake Bowl, jP
American Bistro, Fuji Ya, Me Gusta, the stalls inside both the Midtown Global
Market and Mercado Central, Ingebretsen’s, Town Talk Diner, Craftsman,
Longfellow Grill and many other notable stops." Getting their own individual
spots were Town Talk Diner at #16 for their chocolate-hazelnut waffle, and La
Loma at #34 for their tamales, which are available in the frozen foods
sections of grocery stores like Lunds, Kowalski's, and
Cub.
As of last week, Little Caesars is now open in the
Hi-Lake Shopping Center. They specialize in "hot-n-ready" pizzas,
which are ready to take out when you walk in the door and cost
$5.
Business is booming at the
Midtown
Sheraton. The last week of May, they had their first fully-booked
day, and they're already booked out for the weekend of 7/7/07. The Sheraton is
an important piece of Lake Street's revitalization, and we're pleased to see
them doing well.
Lake Street Calendar - Upcoming
Events:
June 8th & 9th:
Noche Hispana Tres, at Patrick's
Cabaret
8:00 PM, 3010 Minnehaha Ave.
Paulino Brener brings
together talented local artists for two nights where the common thread is
golden: la cultura hispana.
June 8th, 9th, & 23rd: Broadway Bound...and
Gagged, at Bryant Lake
Bowl
7:00 PM, 810 West Lake Street
"Brooke Murphy and Justin Leaf are Broadway babies in heat, exploring
perversions of your favorite show tunes."
June 15th & 16th: Bring On Summer! Cabaret, at Patrick's Cabaret
8:00 PM,
3010 Minnehaha Ave.
"Music, theater, dance, poetry, to bring on summer:
variety, in our salads, our gardens, and at the cabaret!"
June 16th: Swedish Midsommar Celebration, at The American Swedish
Institute
10:00 AM - 4:00 PM, 2600 Park Ave.
Celebrate summer with fiddling, dancing and festivity at the American Swedish Institute’s annual
Midsommar Celebration. This annual festival includes music, folk dancing,
colorful Swedish folk costumes, arts and crafts, a used book sale, food, games,
and family-friendly activities.
June 16th:
Lake Street Festival, presented by Latino Communications
Network
12:00 - 8:00 PM, corner of Lake &
Bloomington
The Lake Street Festival will honor all
the different Latino cultures by celebrating the contributions they have made as
entrepreneurs and business owners along Lake Street.
Through October:
Sacred Beauty: Treasures from Swedish Cathedrals and Churches, at
The American Swedish
Institute
2600 Park Ave.
A series of four related exhibits share the experiences of Swedish-American faith traditions. The first
is "Sacred Beauty: The Augustana Lutheran Tradition." It
includes metalwork, textiles, photographs, documents, furniture and more.
Upcoming Meetings:
June 6th: Public Hearing on Proposed Changes to Panhandling Ordinance
1:00 PM, 350 S. Fifth
Street (City Hall, Room 317)
The proposed changes to the Aggressive Solicitation Ordinance would add the following to the
existing locations and restrictions to verbally solicit donations (panhandle):
Within 10 feet in any direction from a crosswalk; On any park land or in any
park or sporting facility, including 50 feet of entry or exits thereto; At or
within 10 feet of gas station, liquor store, or convenience store property;
Solicitation in a group of 2 or more would be prohibited; Solicitation after
sunset or before sunrise, and half hour before sunset and after sunrise.
June 14th:
Longfellow Community Council Meeting on East Lake Street
7:00 - 8:30 PM, 3100 West
River Parkway (Minnehaha Academy Campus Room)
Join your neighbors, City Council Members, Metro Transit Police, Project Managers
and other City Decision Makers to share what is going right and what can be improved in the neighborhood
June 14th: Longfellow Business Association Meeting
8:30 - 9:30 AM, 4300 West River Parkway (Becketwood Cooperative)
Join LBA for Jim Davnie’s annual Legislative Update and a Minnehaha Avenue Revitalization Update with
Katya Pilling, from Seward Redesign
June 20th: Midtown Security Collaborative
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM,
2929 Chicago Ave. (Allina Commons - Conference Room 441)
Featuring three
speakers who will each focus on a different aspect of prostitution: law
enforcement, prosecution, and probation.
June 21st:
Lake Street Council Board Meeting
7:30 - 9:00 AM, 920 East
Lake Street (Midtown Global Market)
Get the latest news and updates from Lake
Street Council
Through the summer:
Cristo Rey Jesuit High School Information
Meetings
Wednesdays at 7:00 PM or by appointment
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.