Falls Hardware on Minnehaha and 40th St. has been around about 100 years, I think. Craig Cox Hiawatha Who has spent a lot of money at Falls Hardware over the years.
on 7/9/03 3:55 PM, Dan Prozinski at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > All this talk about local businesses and old theaters has got me > wondering... what are some of the oldest operating businesses in > Minneapolis, big or small? Dayton's took down their sign (they weren't > really "Dayton's" anymore any way). Who's left/what's left? What little > hardware stores are still going and which one is the oldest? Is there a > little candy store left in the city? A soda fountain? What bar or > restaurant has been operating the longest? How about drug stores? > Burch's Pharmacy has been on the corner of Hennepin and Franklin for > close to 75 years and is quite a time capsule. Walk inside and it still > feels like a small town drugstore out of the '70s except that the > magazine rack is current and the clerk may be sporting a nose ring. They > even have a little Post Office sub-station for the convenience of the > neighborhood. What's left of Old Minneapolis? Maybe this list can > generate a little interest and a little business for our local business > veterans. > > Dan Prozinski > Cedar Riverside > (Home of the Viking Bar, established in the '30s, trapped happily in the > '60s) > > TEMPORARY REMINDER: > 1. Don't feed the troll! Ignore obvious flame-bait. > 2. If you don't like what's being discussed here, don't complain - change the > subject (Mpls-specific, of course.) > > ________________________________ > > Minneapolis Issues Forum - A City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy > Post messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest, and more: http://e-democracy.org/mpls ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------- Craig Cox Executive Editor Utne magazine/Utne Online 1624 Harmon Place Minneapolis, MN 55403 phone: 612/338-5040 (ext. 319) fax: 612/338-6043 [EMAIL PROTECTED] SUBSCRIBE NOW. CLICK HERE: http://www.utne.com/subscribe/ Get our FREE Utne Web Watch: The Best of the Alternative Web www.utne.com/webwatch TEMPORARY REMINDER: 1. Don't feed the troll! Ignore obvious flame-bait. 2. If you don't like what's being discussed here, don't complain - change the subject (Mpls-specific, of course.) ________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest, and more: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
