Another Minnesota dining institution has closed, following other beloved restaurant losses across the state. French Meadow Bakery & Café stopped serving customers at its Minneapolis location on September 14, 2026, ending a neighborhood chapter rooted in an organic bread bakery founded in 1985.
The Lyndale Avenue café was known for scratch cooking, fresh bread and meals that welcomed diners with different dietary preferences. A notice on the door later confirmed the closure. According to original reporting by the Minnesota Star Tribune, the shutdown followed a difficult ownership transition, and the operator attributed the decision to ongoing litigation.
How an organic bakery became a local institution
Founder Lynn Gordon launched French Meadow in 1985. The business identifies itself as the first certified organic bread bakery in the United States, an early commitment to organic ingredients that helped distinguish it from conventional bakeries…