Bloomington = Foodie Desert NOT Dessert

What the heck is going on here?  We live in the 4th largest community in the state of Minnesota and we can't develop our suburb to have decent opportunities to eat.  We are suffering from a total lack of culture and interest!!!

You may be surprised but I have actually talked to different powers that be in Bloomington and as soon as you get into a discussion regarding the development and culture of our fine city they talk about ....wait drumroll ...THE MALL OF AMERICA!  Really, so you think that everyone that lives in Bloomington will go to the mall to have a night out with friends?  NOT going to happen.

Please excuse my rant, we need to see our community as a series of neighborhoods that make up the great city of Bloomington. THE MALL OF AMERICA is not our neighborhood that is like the people of Kissimmee, FL going to Disney World for a cup of coffee. It my be a location close to our home yet that does not substitute for a place that people can gather, like parents of the Jefferson Hockey Team or the families of the Kennedy Show Choir.  Where do they go?  Recently central Bloomington got a Willie McCoys restaurant and it shows up on Facebook daily as a place that people saw old friends, hung for a burger or grabbed a beer.  Who in our town can help us develop as a community and make it our community?

Thank you for listening and I would love your feedback!