Oct 3, 2024 - Food and Drink

Restaurant roundup: Meteor's Halloween bar, Du Nord's new cocktail room, Sugar & Salt shuts down

Audrey Kennedy

Illustration of competing restaurant neon signs. — Illustration: Allie Carl/Axios

Momo Egg Drop, a national chain serving Korean egg sandwiches, opened its first Minnesota location inside Dinkytown restaurant Bober Tea & Mochi Dough last week.

🚫 Sugar & Salt, the Uptown cafe and ice cream shop formerly known as La La Ice Cream, will close its doors Friday, Oct. 4, it announced on social media.

Ownership cited "lack of city support...parking and general fears some folks have of exploring Uptown" as reasons for the closure.

🍸 Local distillery Du Nord's long-awaited cocktail room is now open on Lake Street. Its New Orleans-themed companion restaurant Lagniappe is expected Oct. 11, per the Minnesota Star Tribune.

👻 Halloween pop-up Black Lagoon has returned to acclaimed Minneapolis bar Meteor. Expect a variety of themed alcoholic beverages, non-alcoholic options and a "dark, alluring atmosphere."

☕️ Bichota Coffee, a locally roasted specialty coffee company will officially open Oct. 13 at George Floyd Square, per its social media.

The name means "sexy, flirtatious [and] self-confident."

😋 Signs have gone up for Albi Kitchen, a restaurant in Loring Park that will serve "Halal food, sweets and beverages," per its website.

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Restaurant roundup: Meteor's Halloween bar, Du Nord's new cocktail room, Sugar & Salt shuts down

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