Nina’s Cafe

Posted by Adrienne on March 20, 2007

I know my blog says Minneapolis, but of course St. Paul is part of this project too. Since I have not spent much time there, I wanted to explore a bit. How I happened upon Nina’s started with Garrison Keillor. He describes his favorite local coffee shop in his new book Homegrown Democrat and it sounded like a good place to visit, the epitome of a neighborhood shop. Asking around I figured out that it was Nina’s, on the corner of Selby and Western in St. Paul but that was all the information I had when I drove across town to find it. I had never even been in that area before and, upon arrival, I was entraced to find that it was steeped in history.

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In the Works…

Posted by Adrienne on March 12, 2007

Nina’s Cafe in St. Paul is almost finished, then Cars-R-Coffins (in my neighborhood) is next on my list. In the meantime, if you have not already discovered it, check out the Twin Cities’ own Action Squad website. Their urban explorations of the secret decaying parts of our city have kept me fascinated for the past few weeks.