The first half of our West St. Paul sit-down restaurant review, featuring Beirut, Blvd, Fireside, and FoodSmith.

The first half of our West St. Paul sit-down restaurant review, featuring Beirut, Blvd, Fireside, and FoodSmith.
Against the odds, new businesses are taking root in West St. Paul during the pandemic. We talk about the challenges and opportunities.
West St. Paul City Council learned about ranked choice voting and the coming Moreland Avenue reconstruction project in 2021, and also awarded small business grants to 21 West St. Paul businesses for COVID-19 loses.
Six months into the pandemic, we check in on how local businesses are doing. A few have closed, a few are actually opening, and a lot are adapting.
The longest meeting since January covered the proposed K-mart apartments, chickens, a conversion therapy ban, and cleaning up West St. Paul.
West St. Paul City Council has a full docket for Monday’s meeting, including public hearings on two separate proposed apartment projects, a change to the chicken ordinance, and a conversion therapy ban.