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Business, Housing & Zoning Committee

The Business, Housing & Zoning (BHZ) Committee approves applications from Minneapolis businesses. These include new and renewal applications.

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May 12, 2026
Indeed Brewing Company

Place

Minneapolis City Hall, Room 380
350 South 5th Street
Minneapolis, MN 55415

Time

1:30 p.m. or shortly thereafter

Requirements

This application must meet all City rules for approval. That may include checks on zoning, health, background, and finances.

Comments

You’re invited to share your thoughts or send written comments. You can do that in three ways:

Business license application overview

We are seeking feedback on Indeed Brewing Company’s request for a permanent expansion of premises. If approved, they plan to expand their outdoor patio located on private property into the existing parking lot.

Applicant details

Name (legal entity): Indeed Brewing Company LLC
Address: 711 15th Ave NE. Suite 102
Phone: 612-843-5090
Zoning District: BFC6/Corridor 6 Built Overlay District. PR1/Production Mixed Use District
Neighborhood and Ward: Logan Park

License details

Current license(s): On-Sale Taproom, No Entertainment and Sunday Sales. Off-Sale Malt Liquor-Growler. Sidewalk Café.
Requested license(s): Permanent Expansion of Premises
Interior seating: 122 Exterior seating: 294, private patio, sidewalk cafe
Proposed hours of operation: Interior:  11 a.m. – 12 a.m.
Exterior hours: Private patio: 11 a.m. - 11 p.m., Sidewalk cafe: 11 a.m. - 11 p.m.

Type of entertainment

No Live Entertainment means only background music is allowed, like radio, TV, jukeboxes, or recorded music. No live shows or performances are allowed. The business plans to offer background music.

May 12, 2026
Café Harmony

Place

Minneapolis City Hall, Room 380
350 South 5th Street
Minneapolis, MN 55415

Time

1:30 p.m. or shortly thereafter

Requirements

This application must meet all City rules for approval. That may include checks on zoning, health, background, and finances.

Comments

You’re invited to share your thoughts or send written comments. You can do that in three ways:

Business license application overview

We are seeking feedback on Café Harmony’s request for an On-Sale Liquor license. If approved, they plan to upgrade the current On-Sale Wine licence to On-Sale Liquor license.

Applicant details

Name (legal entity): Harmony Coffee LLC
Address: 501 1st Ave NE. Suite B
Phone: 612-281-1332
Zoning District: BFT30/Transit 30 Built Form Overlay District. CM3/Community Mixed Use District A
Neighborhood and Ward: Nicollet Island-East Bank. Ward 3

Type of entertainment

Limited Entertainment includes literary readings, storytelling, live solo comedians, karaoke, amplified or nonamplified music by a disc jockey or any number of musicians, group singing by patrons of the establishment, with no patron dancing. The applicant intends to provide streaming of electronically reproduced music and a DJ playing vinyl records at a volume of 80db or less at all times.

License details

Current license(s): On-Sale Wine with Limited Entertainment
Requested license(s): On-Sale Liquor, Limited Entertainment with Sunday Sales
Interior seating: 32
Proposed hours of operation: Interior: 8 a.m. – 1 a.m.

April 7, 2026
El Ranchito Taqueria 

Place

Minneapolis City Hall, Room 380
350 South 5th Street
Minneapolis, MN 55415

Time

9:30 a.m. or shortly thereafter

Agendas and final locations are listed on the meeting calendar 48 hours in advance. Check the day and time of the meeting for Committee of the Whole.

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Requirements

This application must meet all City rules for approval. That may include checks on zoning, health, background, and finances.

Comments

You’re invited to share your thoughts or send written comments. You can do that in three ways:

Business license application overview

We are seeking feedback on El Ranchito Taqueria LLC request for a license for On Sale Liquor with Sunday Sales and General Entertainment. If approved, they plan to add liquor, wine and beer to their current menu as a full-service sit-down restaurant serving Mexican food with the ability to provide Karaoke, Mariachi, Dj, and live musicians for special events that would allow for patron dancing.

Applicant details

Name (Legal Entity): El Ranchito Taqueria LLC
Address: 1821 Lake St. East, Minneapolis, MN 55407
Phone: 651-497-7229
Zoning district: BFC6 / CM2 
Neighborhood and ward: Powderhorn Park Ward 9 

License details

Current license(s): Food License
Requested license(s): 
On Sale Liquor, General Entertainment with Sunday Sales, 2 a.m. license
Interior seating: 120 Exterior seating: N/A
Proposed hours of operation: Interior:  Monday-Thursday 9 a.m.- 10 p.m. and Friday- Sunday 9 a.m.- 1:30 a.m.  Exterior hours:  N/A 

Type of entertainment 

General Entertainment means all kinds of entertainment, including music and dancing by customers. The business plans to offer a venue that has small TVs and background music.

The restaurant will provide:

  • Karaoke
  • Mariachi
  • Dj
  • Live musicians for special events that would allow for patron dancing.

Contact us

Phil Cotterill

Community Planning & Economic Development 

Phone

612-673-5980

Address

Public Service Building
505 Fourth Ave. S., Room 220
Minneapolis, MN 55415

Business Licenses & Consumer Services

Address

Public Service Building
505 Fourth Ave. S., Room 220
Minneapolis, MN 55415

Office hours
8 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Monday – Thursday

9 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Friday

Minneapolis 311

Phone

311 or 612-673-3000

Relay service

612-673-3000

Hours

7 a.m. – 7 p.m.
Monday – Friday

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