A year after Floyd unrest, a Minneapolis neighborhood emerges from ashes
Posted on AllSides May 19th, 2021
From The Center
ANALYSIS
Former customers might regard the empty dirt lot where the Indian restaurant once stood as a burial plot for an immigrant’s dream. In 2008, eight years after moving to Minneapolis and a dozen after arriving in America, Ruhel Islam realized the aspiration he had carried with him from his native Bangladesh. Defying the Great Recession, he opened Gandhi Mahal in the Longfellow neighborhood on the city’s south side, his path through the economic gloom lit with energy and optimism.
Mr. Islam’s restaurant soon gained a loyal following and citywide reputation...
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