SAINT PAUL, Minn. — When the Lunds & Byerlys in downtown St. Paul closed, it left a hole.
“Beyond the food, it was a gathering place for downtown residents to meet each other,” said downtown resident Marge Romero. “When it left, it was such a vacuum.”
Romero has lived downtown for 27 years and frequently visited the now-closed Lunds, located across the street from Pedro Park…