{"id":16304,"date":"2010-12-15T06:07:34","date_gmt":"2010-12-15T12:07:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/?p=16304"},"modified":"2010-12-15T06:08:05","modified_gmt":"2010-12-15T12:08:05","slug":"a-genuine-city-crisis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/?p=16304","title":{"rendered":"A Genuine City Crisis"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>An overnight destroys<a href=\"http:\/\/www.twincities.com\/localnews\/ci_16861147?nclick_check=1\"> The Nook<\/a>, a Saint Paul institution:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Mike Runyon, co-owner of the Nook, said the fire caused &#8220;total devastation&#8221; to his business.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 330px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_zXjsucqFmOk\/RZdFG2BoHCI\/AAAAAAAAAA8\/5Z_d8gEJ_iQ\/s320\/nook4.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"320\" height=\"241\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Nook, in happier days<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;The whole place is burned down. You can&#8217;t do anything with it,&#8221; he said as a fire investigator worked through the remnants of the torched interior.<\/p>\n<p>Runyon said it appears a refrigerator-freezer unit in the bar&#8217;s kitchen had an electrical malfunction that sparked the fire about 4 a.m.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 460px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3084\/2564827495_5afbe5c942.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"338\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Proof that God not only exists, but loves us.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The bar, near Cretin-Derham Hall Catholic school at Hamline and Randolph avenues, is noted for offerings like the Juicy Nookie and the Paul Molitor \u2014 both burgers stuffed with molten cheese.<\/p>\n<p>Runyon and co-owner Ted Casper, both 30, have owned the space for 10 years and recently took over the Ran-Ham Bowling Center space next door.<\/p>\n<p>The fire did not damage the bowling lanes, Runyon said, but they will be closed for a day or two while the owners figure out their next steps.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We have 25 staff members. They&#8217;re all like family,&#8221; Runyon said. &#8220;So it&#8217;s a big blow. It&#8217;s right around Christmastime \u2014 that&#8217;s a big time for people to make their money.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>What is the Federal government going to do about this?<\/p>\n<p>Why does Barack Obama hate burger-eating people?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An overnight destroys The Nook, a Saint Paul institution: Mike Runyon, co-owner of the Nook, said the fire caused &#8220;total devastation&#8221; to his business. &#8220;The whole place is burned down. You can&#8217;t do anything with it,&#8221; he said as a fire investigator worked through the remnants of the torched interior. Runyon said it appears a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16304","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-st-paul"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16304","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=16304"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16304\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16307,"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16304\/revisions\/16307"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=16304"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=16304"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=16304"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}