Loons Landing Brewery, a new establishment preparing to enter the Twin Cities beer scene, plans to put down roots in the south metro.
Crooked Pint Ale House plans to open a new location in Savage.
Red’s Savoy Pizza is coming soon to the Southwest metro area. The pizza company, which first opened its doors in St. Paul in 1965 has been expanding since the 2000s. It’s two newest locations are in Shakopee and Chanhassen.
Pondering things that go well together, one's mind might wander to peanut butter and jelly, or salt and pepper.
The dream of any entrepreneur is to see a good idea grow from a seed into something bigger than they could’ve dreamed. That’s exactly what happened to Technology Village, Prior Lake’s business accelerator program, which has transformed from a mentorship program and 2,000 square feet of offic…
Kim Negaard has spent the last several years building a business within her home.
Amazon MSP1 in Shakopee, the company’s largest fulfillment center in Minnesota, celebrated its fifth anniversary on July 27.
Cherne Industries recently completed a move of its headquarters and manufacturing operations — its first in more than 60 years — to a newly constructed, 130,000-square-foot facility in Shakopee, according to a news release.
A local resident received an award June 22 for one of the "Top 100 Tech Innovators and Influencers Award" by Prism Events, Inc. at the MGM Resorts International in Las Vegas.
Vacant land on the northeast corner of Highway 13 and 126th Street in Savage is set to be transformed into a Holiday Station Store, according to plans approved by city officials this month.
The Ramsey County Attorney’s Office has charged Victoria man Sang Cam Ky with 21 felony counts of filing fraudulent or false sales tax returns, according to the Minnesota Department of Revenue.
A new Chipotle Mexican Grill opened in Shakopee’s west end Tuesday, and it has a drive-thru pickup lane called a Chipotlane.
Eight-year-old Clint Wolcyn walked among tables of sports cards, eyeing a Paul Molitor rookie card selling for $100. His grandfather, who played professional baseball in the 30s, had taken Wolcyn to his first card show.
Don Bittner filled his high school schedule with all the cooking classes in the catalog. When he took an aptitude test measuring students’ likes and dislikes against those of various professionals, his results lined him up with the characteristics of a baker.
Brian Podgorski used to spend every Sunday morning walking the streets of a local farmers market. He and his then-girlfriend, Nikki, spent their first days as a couple sipping coffee, chatting with vendors and offhandedly talking about how fun it would be to someday become vendors themselves.
Shakopee resident Alyssa Diioia always lived an active lifestyle before suffering a bulging disc in her back years ago.
Dollar General has opened a store in Shakopee.
Nearly 30 years ago, Al Lindback was in his 20s and drawing his first tattoos before he had a single tattoo on his own body.
On April 28, the dining room at Taco Loco was somber. A customer said goodbye to co-owner and manager Josue Mendez, thanking him for the time he’s spent in town. The dining room was full of customers wanting to enjoy the Mexican food for the last time. Cars filled the parking lot of a buildi…
Jordan-based Bluff Creek Boutique opened a second location in downtown Shakopee on April 17.
Christine Castro, Executive Chef and General Manager at O’Brien’s Public House in Shakopee, surveyed her empty restaurant on Tuesday, March 16 — the day before St. Patrick’s Day — as she helped her bartenders stock the bar. In the kitchen, hundreds of pounds of corned beef were being process…
The local immigrant entrepreneurs behind a newly-launched clothing and lifestyle brand will soon begin selling their designs at Mall of America.
A vacant property in downtown Savage is being eyed for commercial redevelopment.
Chef and television star Guy Fieri's virtual restaurant chain, Flavortown Kitchen, is now open in Minnesota.
The newest bakery in town has been years in the making, but Ashley Minh — daughter of Sabbai’s Donut Hole owners Sothy and Ohnarith Minh — said it was all worth it.
Almost three years after its sudden shutdown, Golf Zone in Chanhassen is officially coming back under new ownership and is set to open in March.
Waconia-based Melchert Hubert Sjodin law firm, or MHS, is welcoming a new partner with lawyer and litigator Travis J. Adams, Esq.
The last year has been challenging for many local businesses, but Shakopee Chamber of Commerce President and CEO Angie Whitcomb has been there to ride it out with them, as she has been since April 2010 when she first stepped into the role, and arguably throughout her entire career thus far.
A new Chipotle restaurant with a “Chipotlane,” a digital order drive-through system, will be coming to Shakopee this summer, according to a spokesperson for the company.
Funding for the Metro Millers stadium, a proposed minor-league baseball stadium in Shakopee, is “on hold” due to the coronavirus pandemic. But the goal is still to open the arena by 2022 “assuming the vaccination goes as planned,” according to Steve Becher, CEO of the Metro Millers.
Anyone who has lived in Shakopee knows their city is growing by the day. And even though 2020 was the year of exceptions, this year, many major developments are still pressing on with plans to build in Shakopee. Here are some developments to keep an eye out for in 2021.
When Devi James moved from her home country of Guyana to Queens, New York as a 17-year-old, she could no longer crack the windows open in January to smell the sea.
Local restaurant owners felt better prepared returning to takeout service last month under Gov. Tim Walz’s four-week dining restrictions, having already adapted their kitchens for to-go orders during a months-long shutdown earlier this year. But that doesn’t make the financial toll any easie…
Jake De St Hubert has never been one to shy away from a challenge.
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Editor's note: This story was written before Governor Walz announced new restrictions barring all in-person service at bars and restaurants.
Tom Wood, an Edward Jones financial advisor in Shakopee, was recently awarded the Zeke McIntyre Pioneer Award, which recognizes new financial advisors who achieve high levels of success early in their careers with the financial services firm, according to a news release.
Italian eats are now available for take-out under Whiskey Inferno’s new “ghost kitchen” operation.
Brandie Itman got into baking seven years ago, when her husband was laid off from his job two weeks after their first child was born.
Inside the shop, it’s almost like the pandemic never made headlines.
A new mango blonde beer is for sale at Shakopee’s Brewhall to remember Shakopee resident Jenn Eckers, who passed away April 6 from ovarian cancer.
The OPUS Group began construction on a 130,000-square-foot warehouse building that will house the offices, warehousing and distribution center for Cherne Industries, a plumbing product manufacturer, in Shakopee.
Don and Lauri Bittner were on an evening walk along First Avenue last year when they noticed the former Shakopee Bakery building was for sale.
After closing down in 2019, there’s a new plan for part of the old Gedney pickle plant — one of the largest hemp grain processing facilities in the nation.
After closing down in 2019, there’s a new plan for part of the old Gedney pickle plant — one of the largest hemp grain processing facilities in the nation.
Atop the third floor of an office building on Main Avenue in Prior Lake, Lucy Stange and Mikaela Donelan are patiently waiting.
The city of Shakopee will pass about $200,000 in federal relief funds onto small businesses, the city council decided Tuesday night.
The city of Shakopee was awarded a $458,600 cleanup grant to help with the redevelopment of contaminated land and buildings at the Riverfront Bluffs development.
Local businesses struggling during the pandemic can get assistance from Scott County and the state of Minnesota under two new programs.
The Amazon warehouse in Shakopee has had 88 confirmed cases of COVID-19 among its 2,500 associates as of June 22, according to the Minnesota Department of Health.
