August 2016

With training camp finally wrapping up, the 2016 NFL season is right around the corner. We know, hard to believe, right? Regardless of how fast the summer season flies by, though, it’s time to gear up for another fun year of Vikings football. And if you’re not lucky enough to swing over to the brand new U.S. Bank Stadium this year to catch a game, here are just some of the best spots in town to enjoy a little Sunday afternoon pigskin: 

The Pourhouse - 10 S 5th St, Minneapolis, MN

Easily one of  Minneapolis’ largest sports bars, if you’re looking for a lively atmosphere, plenty of good food, and tons of tasty beer and drink options, The Pourhouse is the place to be to catch the reigning NFC North champs. 

Patrick McGovern's Pub - 225 7th St. West

There are countless ways to get in your daily exercise, but for some, there’s nothing quite like going for a long run or jog to get the blood flowing. Perhaps the real beauty behind running is that you don’t need a field, court, or countless pieces of equipment to enjoy a nice pleasant jog around some of Minneapolis’ most desirable neighborhoods. But unlike so many other cities across the country where you might have just one or two really good places to go for a quick run, local runners in Minneapolis are provided with an abundance or running trails and pathways that weave their way all through town, which all seem to offer rather scenic and picturesque routes that take full advantage of the awesome natural landscape that surrounds Minnesota’s largest

According to recent reports, the Red Lake Band of Chippewa Indians has acquired the Amble Hardware building located at 2109 Cedar Avenue South in Minneapolis with plans to develop an affordable housing project in its place. 

The building site is situated near one of Minnesota’s largest concentration of American Indians, not to mention just a couple hundred feet from the Metro Transit Blue Line light rail station along Franklin Avenue. 

As first reported by the Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal, the plan calls for demolition of the old hardware store building and the construction for a large mixed-use development that would include around 115 affordable housing units.

The project, which is being called Mino-bimaadiziwin (Ojibwe for "living the

Over the years, Minneapolis has been recognized by a wide-range of websites and publications as being one of the best cities for biking in the entire country. Along with a growing network of bike lanes and bike sharing programs, Minneapolis is also filled with an abundance of bike trails and pathways that help make riding here fun, easy, and convenient. 

Among those trails is the famous Midtown Greenway—a 5.5 mile long former railroad corridor that runs almost the entire length of South Minneapolis. Running parallel with Lake Street from basically the Mississippi River all the way over past Lake Calhoun, there’s usually plenty of great opportunities for potential home buyers to eventually live near the Midtown Greenway trail, which for anybody who