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If you have shopped the GoHome store in Uptown, you have a connection with Prince. The Business Journal is reminding us that back in the early 90’s, this space used to be the New Power Generation retail shop owned by the late singer, and the current shopkeepers kept the purple door as an homage to him. Prince had three New Power Generation locations – Minneapolis, Los Angeles and London – and sold Prince-related merchandise, souvenirs and movies. GoHome moved into the space in 1996. Most interesting is that Prince had a phone inside the store that would play unreleased songs for customers to pick up and listen.

Pizza Out – Tacos In

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Buffalo Wild Wings has decided to not expandrtaco-logo2 their Pizza Rev locations here in the Twin Cities, and included a $600,000 write-off in their annual report for the acquired franchise licenses.  They will keep their two locations in Hopkins and Edina open for now.   There has been five national fast-casual pizza chains enter this market since 2014, creating tough competition for all.  Buffalo Wild Wings has a minority investment in this LA based chain.

However, their R Taco (formerly Rusty Taco) restaurants appear to be doing well, and Buffalo Wild Wings is expanding this concept around the country.   Buffalo Wild Wings announced in February that they were expanding the R Taco presence and at the time had 11 locations including the Twin Cities, Dallas, Denver and Omaha.  Texas, Oklahoma, Missouri and Iowa are target states for R Taco, for both franchise and corporate operations.  R Taco locations are 1,800 to 2,500 square feet location, serving breakfast, lunch & dinner with craft beers and margaritas.