Minneapolis is Opening its Doors. Plus, a Northeast Café Fighting Back

About this episode

The episode discusses the return of Doors Open Minneapolis and features interviews with key figures in the Twin Cities food community.

Doors Open Minneapolis is back this weekend with 75 venues across the city unlocking their doors for free, giving you access to places you'd never otherwise get inside. Today we've got Heidi Swank, Executive Director of Rethos, walking us through where to go, how to plan your day, and some of the coolest new additions this year. Then we sit down with Stephanie March of Salt Cure Restaurant Recovery Fund and Melissa Borgmann of Café Marguerite to talk about the Salt Cure Restaurant Recovery Fund and how the Twin Cities food community rallied together in the wake of Operation Metro Surge. Plus, City Cast is hosting an event at Café Marguerite on May 12th. Come hang with us! And a quick sports update: the Wolves bandwagon is getting full. Jump on now. Learn more about the topics discussed in today's episode: City Cast at Cafe Marguerite The Salt Cure Restaurant Recovery Fund “This Is What It Means to Be Minnesotan” (ProPublica) Become a City Cast Twin Cities Neighbor Doors Open Minneapolis Learn more about the sponsors of this May 6th episode: Ordway Center for the Performing Arts Want to get in touch? Follow us @CityCastTwinCities on Instagram, or email us at…

People in this episode

Host: City Cast

Guests: Heidi Swank, Stephanie March, Melissa Borgmann

Topics covered

• Doors Open Minneapolis
• Twin Cities food community
• Salt Cure Restaurant Recovery Fund
• Café Marguerite event
• Minneapolis venues

Keywords

• Minneapolis
• food community
• Café Marguerite
• Rethos
• Salt Cure
• Doors Open
• event
• restaurant recovery

Sponsors

Ordway Center for the Performing Arts

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Rethos, Salt Cure Restaurant Recovery Fund

Places: Café Marguerite

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