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as sorry to hear.�t had closed. _ .: : ',. ppears...to` -have I't .was::defxnitel a °'The - ;.,
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She' sax city o xcxa s ;had:: no .:forewarnxn :that : , :: t:. la ed a role.
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P ntxnue . 'gust some :,, stuff I :can. t St. Paul location.
Wayne' Belisle,-. who :has addition . . :
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into' Late 2015 =talk. about.: "Originally ,unde.r the';
rants` in- New Brighton` X700
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:Access . to- Champps. Belisle said�-he`no, Ion- name •, '. Concourse 7� '
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was severel'.` : ] mlte ; .. ,. _ t , :. '`.
y d ger-.has ownership of tae the: title quxekly cha ed;
see Cfsampps on. a e 2
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of March' .pro er associated:.with. '.to, "Cham 's. A�ne.ri e
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was completely closed and is: not aware of its -Ioeations: to oilow".soon':
beaween: St :Paul and future:prospects. after.::
Highway 36. so crews _ `aGertain;Iy, we're .Champps became one:
could remove ,overpass disappointed . that :they of the_ first restaurants'
bridges. -:: closed,," said :Michael toadopt the `sports baT"`
Minnesota `Depar.t-, Thompson, Maplewood concept.: Amenities
went of Transportation: public works dxre:etor: such a .place .generally°
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has ..alread .:.announce
�' :d. "Everybody enjoyed tnclx ide:.:large 6Ievi ..:
motorsas 'can.. expect havxn them here• 'Cer- cion sets Ycall with:::
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lane closures throughout tainly : even <myself.' I : a 'sp.ortxng event. -.being, :
the: summer due -'to the -liked to :god 'NwL there b oadc;ast, as well �as
mayor reconstruction and grab :a` burger: ; hone :'music .and ,a� general bar:'
While Belisle could and there..It's a loss. for area.::
not give an exact' figure, ":the. city 'f Maplewood The c.o n-c,e p t h a s�'
he" said ah.e majority, and the community." grow.h wid''es:prea.d'
perhaps'. as: high as 80 Kansas .based '_ 4i •- in `.popularl'ty, :. `with`
percent, �of, his :patrons Ac q u i s i t: o n Carp • national- chaiin9 like:Buf--
accessed the restaurant owns . 3."5- Cha m,p ps , fal' ""Wild Wings.,,.- along
from the .interstate..He sires; ::.inc udi'ng,_ the mare. l.ocal;:.chains"
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said only about 20. per- .now -closed Maplewood such as Joe . Senser'.s :
cent came from .the., sur- :property. F&H filed: for :arriving :since then:.
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rounding neighborhood- Chapte:r ,11:.banr'iptcy
via Larpenteur Avenue•' i n: D e c e rn b e:r 2 Q 1.3 . Tim Fa h l i s can: b e"
;H a added th:a t I-lowever':ho.`-d.`reca reached at tfak:I ism.
Ch ampps :was:' -visible ' con-nectiori "was: found . �ittienews:com: or at:: fi5I
from 'the, freeway and , between the corporate 748-7814. .
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