This may be the storefront that was included in the gas station at 7916 Minnetonka. Its stores were included in ads for Texa-Tonka Shopping Center.
1952: Grossman Television
1953-59: Evenson Paint and Wallpaper. Grand Opening September 25-26, 1953. This store moved across Texas to the Texa-Tonka Shopping Center, probably in 1962 when the building was razed and the current 7916 Minnetonka building was built to replace it and the gas station.
1963 – 1965: House of Handbags (7924)
1978: Classic Yarn Center (7924)
2931 TEXAS
On the Texas side was an office or two:
Dr. Harvey Gilbert opened his dental practice at 2931 Texas Ave. at Minnetonka on March 13, 1952.
Chicken Aloha advertised at this address in 1956.
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VOLO AT TEXA TONKA
7920 is the address given to an apartment building built in 2024. It includes a 101-unit, four to five story multimafamily building on the northeast corner of Texas Avenue and Minnetonka Blvd. and an 11-unit, two story townhome building on the north half of the site. This property had belonged to the Fine family, and was used for overflow parking, particularly when Penny’s grocery store was located at the corner of Texas and Minnetonka.