A popular northeast Minneapolis bar and restaurant is no longer under threat of closure due to construction in the area.

A spokesperson for Stanley's Northeast Bar Room said Thursday the Minnesota Department of Transportation is no longer considering taking over the restaurant's location as it revamps University Avenue.

The project seeks to "increase safety and make University Ave. Northeast easier for everyone to travel on," MnDOT said. Some of the proposals included the agency claiming eminent domain and leveling Stanley's.

The intersection Stanley's sits on — Lowry and University avenues — has seen dozens of injury crashes over the last five years, and the co-owner of the restaurant said the building has been hit at least two dozen times.

"It's a wild intersection," Luke Derheim

See Full Page