Weeks After Death Of Executive Chef, Forepaugh's Closes In St. Paul

MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) -- After decades in St. Paul, a restaurant is shutting its doors.

Forepaugh's announced on Facebook it officially closed on Saturday.

The restaurant has been inside a Victorian mansion on Exchange Street since 1976.

New management took over in 2007 and renovated the space.

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The restaurant's ownership, food-service company Taher, is offering jobs to every Forepaugh's employee who wants one.