MINNEAPOLIS (FOX 9) - After announcing earlier this year that the bar was in danger of closing due to a construction project , Stanley's Northeast Bar now says it will remain open after a decision by the Minnesota Department of Transportation (MnDOT).

Bar faces closure

The backstory:

In February, FOX 9 heard from co-owner David Benowitz that the bar could be forced to shut down due to a plan to make the intersection of University Avenue and Lowry Avenue safer.

Benowitz said that the Minnesota Department of Transportation was considering four plans for the intersection. Two of the plans included the state using eminent domain, which allows the government to acquire private property, to take over the building that houses Stanley's.

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Benowitz said if the building was take

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