1902: George Draper Dayton's six-story building opens, with Goodfellow's store as the primary tenant.
1903: Dayton buys out his Goodfellow's partners, renames it Dayton's Daylight Store, later the Dayton Co.
1904: Tearoom opens on June 1 on the store's fourth floor. The restaurant, done up in shades of white and red, was designed by Harry Wild Jones, architect of what is now Butler Square. "All manner of dainties are to be served in the most approved style," said the Minneapolis Tribune.
1909: Soda fountain opens in the new Downstairs Store (Dayton's genteel moniker for "bargain basement").
1913: In-store candy kitchen opens.
1926: Dayton family's Boulder Bridge Farm on Lake Minnetonka begins supplying the store with cream and milk.
1937: Tearooms relocate to the newly opened seventh floor and expand to include the Main Diningroom, Dinette, Lounge and Men's Grill.
1947: Sky Room, Men's Oak Grill and the Tiffin cafeteria debut on the newly opened 12th floor.