Restaurant roundup: Why Italian Eatery is closing, Starling debuts in Edina, goodbye Fool Me Once

• The restaurant hasn't announced an official last day, but it will likely be in late May or June, he added.

In other restaurant industry news...

🪐 After less than a year in business, space cowboy-themed bar Fool Me Once in Lyn-Lake suddenly shut down this week.

• Owners have not formally announced the closure, but a GoFundMe started by the bar's former general manager said all staff were laid off with no notice.

🦆 Black Duck Spirits & Hearth, an "eclectic neighborhood restaurant" owned by the chef behind food truck Fare Game, will open in July in Northeast Minneapolis, per its social media.

⭐️ Starling, a new Edina restaurant from the team behind Butcher & The Boar and Parlour, is opening May 1 for lunch, dinner, and weekend brunch, per a release.

👋 Owamni is opening seasonal pop-up Wakpa Bar outside the restaurant on May 1 to replace the Tatanka food truck, according to a news release.

• Expect pre-colonial foods like bean dip with smoked fish, smoked turkey legs, bison birria tacos, crickets, and more.

👀 Lindsay Pohlad plans to open a new restaurant next to her existing spot The Grocer's Table in downtown Wayzata, Mpls/St. Paul Magazine reports.

• Eloise will be the "darker, intimate, moodier version of The Grocer's Table" and likely open in early fall, she said.