Prefabbed suburban vanilla!! Love that description...finding Block E to be
a dismal failure in adding anything of color to the city...I miss old
Hennepin
also. It would have been nice to have kept lower Hennepin from years ago
it had some great buildings and of course, the library on 12th!! Oh
neighborhood
Peoples Republic of Minneapolis
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Subject: RE: [Mpls] Hooters to Block E?
The objection to this particular business
Mike Nelson makes excellent points about Block E. I, too recall fondly the
old Block E, before it became a parking lot and ultimately the new
monstrosity as it now stands. That block had character! Now it looks
prefabbed, and suburban vanilla.
As to Hooters going in, I think it's a perfect fit.
Looks like a Hooters will open in February according to today's Star
Tribune. It will be interesting to see if this suburban chain restaurant
will make
a go of it downtown when others have failed. Will the guys flock to this
establishment even if they can't smoke? Here is the link:
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Subject: [Mpls] Hooters to Block E?
Looks like a Hooters will open in February according to today's Star
Tribune. It will be interesting to see if this suburban chain restaurant
will make
a go
I did enjoy CM Goodman's quote that Hooters is just so tacky.
This is Block E we're talking about...right?
Richard Carney
St. Paul (still waiting for the ESPN Zone to open)
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The objection to this particular business being in Block E is pretty silly.
Yeah, it's tacky to have a bar whose main claim to fame is its waitresses in
short shorts and tight t's, but within two or three blocks of Block E you have
two heterto-male-oriented strip clubs (the Skyway Lounge and,
