Four Twin Cities restaurants closed over the weekend. Why?

Plus: PWHL Minnesota officially has a name 🏒 [Plus: PWHL Minnesota officially has a name 🏒] View this email as a [web page]( [The Minnesota Star Tribune](   [Essential Minnesota logo] ESSENTIAL MINNESOTA [Essential Minnesota logo] ESSENTIAL MINNESOTA Good morning, Minnesota! I don't know about you, but these cooler mornings are doing wonders for my productivity 🍁 On to the news 📢 [Eder Campuzano] By Eder Campuzano TODAY’S TOP STORIES - [Two Minnesota natives, high-profile national activists, aim to shift fraught abortion debate]( - [‘This is not a bill’: How to decipher explanations of benefits and pay for your medical care]( - [Train advocates pining for an Amtrak Borealis extension to Fargo-Moorhead]( - [Five extra points: Aaron Jones used (too much), Daniel Jones confused and mixed reviews for Vikings offensive line]( - [Women-run group keeps watch on Minnesota cabins, lake homes while owners are away](   Bye bye, Barrio in St. Paul Tom Wallace/The Minnesota Star Tribune Four restaurants closed suddenly in the Twin Cities over the weekend, three of them the result of an eviction that created a domino effect for a popular Mexican-Vietnamese fusion chain. First, Barrio's St. Paul location shuttered with no notice on social media. Instead, a sign taped to the front door of the building it inhabited in Lowertown said its final night of business was Sept. 6. The tequila-focused restaurant and bar will still have a presence in downtown Minneapolis, Edina and at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport's Terminal 2. Meanwhile, an eviction notice for the northeast Minneapolis location of Vellee forced its owners to shutter two other locations — one in the downtown skyway and an extended pop-up in Brooklyn Park. Vellee owner William Xiong hopes to reopen the restaurants. He's started a crowdfunding campaign to raise $90,000 and pay back rent in order to do so. Joy Summers has the [details about the closures here](. [Read More](     GOING OUT - [Talking Volumes guest Edwidge Danticat on the ‘literary loves’ of her life]( - [Curious Minnesota: Where to find State Fair food favorites after Labor Day](   [Share this newsletter with friends]( Do you enjoy Essential Minnesota? Encourage your friends and family to [sign up](. You also can share it using the links below.   PWHL Minnesota finally has an official name The North Star State's pro women's hockey team officially has a name: The Minnesota Frost. The franchise revealed the moniker this morning, months after the team won the league's inaugural championship. Every PWHL team played without a nickname and mascot this year, instead adopting colors and playing under the name of the state or city where each is located. Jerry Zgoda [has the details about the new name here](. Angelina Katsanis/ The Minnesota Star Tribune MORE FROM THE MINNESOTA STAR TRIBUNE - [Native American Community Clinic support Indigenous community]( - [Task force works to reclaim Indigenous traditions]( - [Yuen: At this new Twin Cities pickleball camp, grown-ups discover their inner child]( Hey, REMEMBER WHEN WE TRIED TO NAME MINNESOTA'S PWHL TEAM? Mary Schwalm/Associated Press I believe a congratulations is in order. Back in May, we asked readers to name Minnesota's new pro hockey team. Ron Lubrant came right out of the gate with Minnesota Frost. He also suggested Tundra, Walleyes, Ice Brigade and the one of the most clever entries in our no-prize contest: "Minnesota Over Derrs." Other readers chimed in and said the team should be called the Northern Lights, Lady Slippers or the Marauders. We at the Minnesota Star Tribune also offered up our own list of potential nicknames, including: Superior, Agates, Valkyries, Whitecaps and Purple Reign. Alas, we were wrong and Lubrant was right. But there's no time to dwell on what could have been. Instead, let's set our sights on a second consecutive championship. 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