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With Twins game, downtown businesses are ready for the most action in a year


With Twins game, downtown businesses are ready for the most action in a year
Restaurants and bars are happy to see sports fans again 
April 7, 2021 7:56pm
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After shutting his downtown Minneapolis pub for the first few months of the pandemic, Dermot Cowley initially tried reopening last June. He called it quits after two weeks.
It was a ghost town down here, said the owner of O Donovan s Irish Pub, which is across the street from First Avenue and Target Center, and a block or so away from Target Field.
This week, Cowley and some other business owners are reopening for the biggest event downtown and likely in the state in more than a year: the first home game of the season for the Minnesota Twins. ....

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Downtown Minneapolis businesses torn: Project confidence or board up for Derek Chauvin trial?


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There are no boards covering the windows of Kevin Ni s sushi restaurant on Nicollet Mall. Not for now, at least.
While some of his downtown Minneapolis business neighbors are considering tacking protective plywood to their storefronts and sending staff home in anticipation of protests when former police officer Derek Chauvin stands trial for murder and manslaughter, Ni is planning to stay open as long as he safely can: Hopefully there won t be riots again. I m hoping people will calm down and do what they ve got to do without damaging others. … To board up a business is actually making downtown like a ghost town. We don t want to paint that picture. ....

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