Longfellow Gardens
Originally from upstate New York, Robert Jones arrived to Minneapolis in 1876. He got a delivering meat, managed to scrape up $500 and bought a fish market on Hennepin Avenue. Jones was known “The Oyster King” after he took out an ad in the St. Paul Pioneer Press with an illustration of himself as a [...]
Memorial Day Buffet at the Mendota VFW
On Memorial Day I met a friend for a bike ride. We rode Minnehaha Parkway to the river, followed East River Road to 35E over to Mendota Heights and followed a gorgeous river trail that took us right downtown Mendota. By then we were ready to stop for a beer. Axel’s was closed, Lucky’s was [...]
