COVID Grant Money: 33 Minneapolis Restaurants Received Over $1M

MINNEAPOLIS — More than thirty restaurants in Minneapolis were awarded more than $1 million from the Small Business Administration's Restaurant Revitalization Fund, which was passed by Congress last year as part of a sweeping coronavirus relief package.

In Minneapolis, grants that topped $1 million were given to:

1. D'Amico Holding Company Inc. — $10,000,000.00
2. Blue Plate Restaurant Company Inc. — $9,835,921.00
3. Aero Service Group Inc. — $9,111,633.50
4. Cara Irish Pubs — $8,415,264.00
5. Double Black Diamond Inc — $7,610,213.00
6. Hell's Kitchen Inc — $5,000,000.00
7. Kelber Catering Inc — $5,000,000.00
8. Mintahoe Inc. — $5,000,000.00
9. crave hospitality moa — $3,874,039.00
10. Betty Danger's Country Club Inc — $3,240,156.12
11. Barrio Holdings LLC — $2,864,449.02
12. AMPA Inc — $2,502,803.29
13. MikLin Enterprises Inc — $2,481,665.00
14. Poor Man's Paradise Inc. — $2,270,440.45
15. crave catering llc — $2,087,810.00
16. CLIFF CORPORATION — $2,062,835.00
17. Jax Cafe Inc. — $2,053,747.10
18. Green And The Grain LLC — $1,927,502.00
19. Alma Tierra Holdings LLC — $1,889,369.00
20. KK2 LLC — $1,792,900.12
21. Empire Entertainment LLC — $1,596,944.93
22. Uptown Drink LLC — $1,596,668.35
23. Lush Enterprises LLC — $1,546,734.00
24. Lumber Exchange Event Center LLC — $1,472,531.00
25. carols calico kitchen inc — $1,448,897.53
26. Island Sash and Door LLC — $1,378,876.24
27. Masters Restaurant Associates Inc — $1,364,243.00
28. Barnhouse Corporation — $1,356,479.00
29. JD Hoyts Inc. — $1,333,092.00
30. Russell-Harris Enterprises Inc — $1,264,186.00
31. Miss Jimmy Inc — $1,256,821.00
32. BW Entertainment LLC — $1,167,119.75
33. Uncle Pearle LLC — $1,023,826.00

A total of $525,376,041 in funding was given to Minnesota restaurants. More than 4,305 Minnesota restaurants applied for the program, but only about 40 percent of applicants were awarded funds