Mill Valley Kitchen, operated by the same owners as Benedict’s Morning Heroes, is renovating the former Pescara’s space in downtown Rochester at 150 South Broadway Ave.
A popular “modern diner” that focuses on breakfasts, lunch and brunch is to open late this year as part of the redevelopment of the former Norwood Inn in North Mankato.
Effectively immediately, lunch services are temporarily suspended. 3:00 pm, Apr. 22, 2021 ×
Due to staffing shortages, Longtrees Woodfire Grill is temporarily suspending its lunch services.
Abby Rakun, who owns the restaurant with her husband, Chef Mike Rakun, said that after a busy first week, they simply do not have the staff in place to “provide first-rate service and top-notch food” for both lunch and dinner.
She said effective immediately, the restaurant will open at 3 p.m. for happy hour and dinner services will begin at 4:30 p.m.
“This is not a choice any business wants to make, however it is the right choice in order to do what we set out to do, and that is to provide quality food and service,” Abby Rakun said in a news release sent out Thursday afternoon. “We’ve trained an amazing staff and they are doing everything they can to offer prompt, knowledgeable, above and beyond service, but the reality is that we just don’t have enough employees t