Serena Maria Daniels is an editor for Eater, Midwest region, responsible for coverage in Chicago, Detroit, and the Twin Cities. She’s a longtime Detroiter, by way of the West Coast and has been a journalist since 2006.
Five years ago, when it became clear that restaurants would close for the unforeseen future to slow the spread of COVID, longtime Twin Cities restaurateurs Isaac Becker and Nancy St. Pierre took even more drastic measures in March 2020 by keeping their four restaurants closed until vaccines became available.
Three of the pair’s restaurants — 112 Eatery, Bar La Grassa, and their newest spot, Snack Bar — reopened in the summer of 2021 while their popular Lowry Hill steakhouse Burch Steak and Pizza closed permanently. Customers never let it go, bombarding the couple with requests about Burch’s potential return…