North End Neighborhood News and Events

The North End is primarily a residential neighborhood with easy access to shops and restaurants along Rice Street and other small retail areas. The North End is home to many schools, parks, and recreation centers making it a family-friendly neighborhood. The 18-mile Gateway Trail that connects Saint Paul to Stillwater begins in the North End. Oakland Cemetery, Saint Paul’s oldest formal cemetery features rolling hills and woods, eclectic and historic architecture, and gravesites of famous early Minnesotan business and political leaders.

(Description from livemsp.org)

For detailed demographic information, see the neighborhood profile from Minnesota Compass.

SOUL FOOD MN | Soul Food Heaven: Comfort food in St. Paul's North End

By Cheo Smith, TC Daily Planet

Michelle B and Eddie Addams. Photos by B FRESH Photography.

Soul Food Heaven is a classic soul food establishment, nestled next to a small supermarket in St. Paul’s North End. Having only been open since October of 2012 hasn’t stopped the restaurant from becoming known as the place to get soul food in the Twin Cities.

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Double Dragon Foods: Good eats, touchy staff

By Stephanie Fox, Global Groceries

At Double Dragon Foods, at the corner of Maryland and Rice in St. Paul, I encountered something I’ve never previously experienced in any ethnic grocery store: hostility.

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Open Saint Paul: What would be the most appropriate change to the boundary between District 6 and District 10?

By Staff, Open Saint Paul

Boundary study: District 6 and District 10

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OPINION | St. Paul's Como Park neighbors combine leaf raking and community conversation in Como Curb Cleanup

By Janna Caywood, Park Bugle

You might not think that cleaning up leaves in the Como neighborhood has anything to do with citizenship and democracy. But in truth, the Como Curb Cleanup—to be held Oct.

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Getting healthy in church: St. Paul and Minneapolis Shiloh congregations use spirituality as stepping stone to health

By Berline Pierre-Louis, TC Daily Planet

Go Red Sunday in 2010 was part of the Health and Wellness Ministry's emphasis on heart health. (Photo courtesy of Shiloh MBC)

Pastor Steve Daniels Jr. fondly remembers a childhood in West Point, Mississippi, growing up in the church and surrounded by plenty of southern cooking.

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