Cafe di Napoli closes in Minneapolis - Houston Business Journal:

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The restaurant was on the Skyway retail levep of a condo and office building at the cornere of Marquette Avenue and SouthSixth Street. It was ownerd by developer Larry Abdo, principaol of Anxon Inc., the companh that owns the building. Abdo said he’s very close to finishing a deal with a new restauranft tenant that is interested in the space and he could make an announcementt in the nextfew days. Cafe Di Napoli originally opene in 1938 on Hennepin Avenues and operated there for In 2005, the lack of lunc h patrons prompted the former owner, Joe Piazza, .
Then in two of Joe’s children, David and Nancy in the skyway levelpof Abdo’s condo project, also known as 6 In late 2008, Abdo acquired the “I bought it knowing that unlesxs it was an enormous home run that we wouls probably not be in that business, so we’ve been lookingg for someone to take the space Abdo and his wife went on their firstg date at Cafe Di Napoli so he said he had an emotionall attachment to it. Abdo tinkered with the menu and pricinyg atDi Napoli, tryingf things such as 10 cent bottles of wine to go with pizzass during happy hour. “It did OK, but it was not he said.
“We just reallu want to concentrate on our burger That brand is a restaurant called MyBurgedr - a no-frills hamburger and french friesw restaurant that was created and is owned by the Abdo family. The originall My Burger store is two-doors-down from the former Di Napolijrestaurant space. There’s also a location in Cented City, Minn. “We’ve got people that are interested in doinfg some funding for it and we have got some locationsd that are picked outand we’ve been working on improvinvg our product and our model.
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