Happy birthday, Birchwood Cafe.
Co-owner Tracy Singleton (The Birchwood Cafe Cookbook) looks back on 20 years at her influential Minneapolis restaurant.
The Birchwood Cafe is celebrating its 20th anniversary next weekend. How time flies.
Especially for co-owner Tracy Singleton. The casual restaurant, a longtime leader in the local-sustainable-organic movement, can trace its roots to a small inheritance that Singleton received from her late grandfather when she was in her mid-20s.
“It was something like $10,000, which seemed like a lot of money at the time,” she said with a laugh. “It was like, ‘Wow, I’m rich.’ ”
Her responsible side was leaning toward buying a house. “But I also thought it would be fun to open a business,” she said, and probably a restaurant.
Published in: Star Tribune
By: Rick Nelson
Story Date: 2015-09-05T05:00:00+00:00
By: Rick Nelson
Story Date: 2015-09-05T05:00:00+00:00