A long-standing former eatery in Eden Prairie is now a pile of rubble.
Crews worked Wednesday, Dec. 6, to tear down the Bakers Square restaurant, 928 Prairie Center Drive, near the Lunds & Byerlys supermarket.
The building is being torn down to make way for a new branch of Chase Bank. Chase Bank has 13 branches or ATMs in the Twin Cities, including branches in Richfield and St. Louis Park.
The restaurant has been vacant since early last year, when American Blue Ribbon Holdings, the parent company of Bakers Square and Village Inn, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection after closing 33 locations.
Vicki Roberts • Dec 9, 2021 at 7:33 am
Bummed. Far better community asset would have been for Panera to open in that site. It’s unlikely they will reopen at EP Center bc a drive-thru there is impossible. In general, Paneras did OK during the Covid shutdowns due to their drive-thrus remaining open. I (and many others) sure hope Panera finds a workable location in EP.