SHAKEY’S PIZZA
This building was built in 1967 as Shakey’s Pizza Parlor and Ye Public House, very popular during the baby boom years. Was it owned by Val Wood?
Shakey’s last appearance in the Park directory is 1989.
PAESANO’S
A subsequent occupant may have been Paesano’s.
ALASKA
In 2008 it became Alaska.
MINNESOTA TIMBERLODGE
In 2009 or 2010 it became Minnesota Timberlodge, a restaurant that was not successful at its location at Excelsior and Highway 100 in the 1980s.
SHELLY’S WOODROAST
Shelly was Sheldon Jacobs. The first Shelly’s Woodroast opened in November 1987 in Downtown Minneapolis and closed in July 1990. He opened the restaurant in St. Louis Park in October/November 1989. This, much larger, restaurant, could seat 156. It featured a northwoodsy decor and a special woodroast oven designed by Shelly. Business was good the first few months, but construction on Highway 12 bit into profits. In 1994, Shelly won a lawsuit against the Palomino Restaurant, forbidding it from using the phrase “wood roast,” which he had trademarked. He had also sued Kenny Roger’s Fried Chicken. The company went public in 1994.
The restaurant was closed on August 7, 1998, after an outbreak of shigellosis. The illness is caused by eating or drinking contaminated food or water, and can be treated with antibiotics. About 130 customers of Shelly’s got sick, and the illness affected other restaurants and attendees a the Goodhue County Fair. The State Health Department finally traced it to parsley from Mexico in December 1998. It reopened after the crisis seemed to have passed.
In September 1998, Shelly was forced to closed the restaurant and turn all of his assets over to a creditor. It was able to reopen on June 8, 1999, under new ownership and management.
SHELLY’S
In December 2000, the name of the restaurant was changed to just Shelly’s.
SHELLY’S WOODFIRE GRILL
At some point the name was changed again, to Shelly’s Woodfire Grill.
The restaurant closed in 2012.
This property, as well as the Bennigan’s next door, were demolished on December 20, 2016, to make way for a Lincoln dealership.
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