Brit's Pub Reopens Its Doors After More Than Half A Year Shuttered

CBS Minnesota

March 18, 2021

MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — A popular downtown Minneapolis establishment is getting set to reopen.

At the beginning of March last year, Brit’s Pub was getting ready to celebrate its 30th year in downtown Minneapolis. Then, COVID-19 hit bringing a shutdown and restrictions. Months later in August, rioters and looters broke inside after false rumors circulated that police had shot a Black man on Nicollet Mall.

“The summer was going to be massive. There were lots of soccer tournaments happening which we do well. Which everybody knows,” said Shane Higgins, Brit’s Pub general manager. “They got in and damaged and set fire to this room. They were stealing bottles and smashing things, wrecking things/”

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