Mission American Kitchen, 'power lunch capital of downtown Minneapolis,' closes after 17 years

Citing the "nonviable cost structure of doing business downtown," the restaurant in IDS Center has ceased operations.

March 9, 2020 at 2:56PM
The year in review project looks at several highlights from the year 2004 and will break down the best of the year. Anoush Ansari seats a customer in an already full Mission American dining room.
In this file photo from 2004, Anoush Ansari seats a customer in an already full Mission American dining room. (Star Tribune/The Minnesota Star Tribune)

Mission American Kitchen and Bar, the self-described "power lunch capital of Downtown Minneapolis," is now closed.

According to a sign on the window of the shuttered IDS Center restaurant, Mission owners were not able to work out new lease terms with the building owner.

"Given the increasingly nonviable cost structure of doing business downtown, we for many months, attempted to earnestly negotiate terms of a remodel and sustainable lease for Mission," read a sign posted outside the restaurant on Monday morning. "After 17 years of faithful service in the IDS Center, we regrettably report that we were unsuccessful in achieving workable terms and have decided to close the business, effective immediately."

The closing follows a spate of restaurant closings in downtown Minneapolis in 2020, including the nearly 20-year-old Ike's Food and Cocktails and relative newcomer McKinney Roe.

A sign posted outside of Mission American Kitchen in IDS Center. (Hannah Sayle/The Minnesota Star Tribune)

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