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Burnsville French restaurant is finished Chateau Lamothe closes, moves catering business to St. Paul’s West Side
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Burnsville will be missing a little European flair next year. Chateau Lamothe owner Doris LaMott Hoel closed the FrenchAmerican restaurant on Dec. 23 to pursue catering full time in St. Paul’s West Side, a neighborhood known
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LaMott Hoel has moved her catering business, Fun Foods Catering, to the Neighborhood House in the Paul and Sheila Wellstone Center on St. Paul’s West Side. for its rich Hispanic culture. “I have a passion for catering,� LaMott Hoel said. “As a caterer, I get to ... create a memory of a lifetime. That’s special for me.� LaMott Hoel’s catering business, Fun Foods Catering, will be based out of the Neighborhood House kitchen in the Paul and Sheila Wellstone Center, and will likely open at the end of January. Although the West Side neighborhood’s economic and ethnic profile is strikingly in contrast to Chateau Lamothe’s location in Burnsville, LaMott Hoel said she is confident she will face few challenges. Rather, she said, she believes the center will pro-
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Fun Foods Catering moved to the Neighborhood House kitchen in the Paul and Sheila Wellstone Center at 179 Robie St. E. in St. Paul. Website: cateringisgood.com
vide stability for her catering business. The Neighborhood House provides services for low-income families such as a food shelf, while the center’s banquet halls cater to small businesses, corporations, nonprofits and individuals of varying incomes. LaMott Hoel came across the space a few months ago while catering an event at the center. She noticed that the center was seeking a full-time caterer to lease the industrial kitchen. “It’s an amazing space that I couldn’t pass up,� she said. “ ... It will be nice that we won’t
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Chateau Lamothe owner Doris LaMott Hoel closed the French-American restaurant on Dec. 23 to pursue catering full time.
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