Rotten news: After this month, Dairyland – the great emporium of burgers, chicken sandwiches and scratch-made frozen custard – will no longer operate at 3rd Street Market Hall (275 W. Wisconsin Ave.).
That isn’t by choice, says co-founder Kurt Fogle. Dairyland and its sister business Mid-Way Bakery were asked to leave by the market hall’s operators, he says.
The businesses’ last day will likely be June 28.
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“We told our staff yesterday, and they’re all troopers,” says Fogle. “We built this thing together, and [they] will stick with us to the end.”
Dairyland and Mid-Way Bakery were the market hall’s first signed tenants in spring of 2021 and have anchored the space since its opening in early 2022. Fogle’s business partners include his wife/pastry chef Katie Fogle and his longtime friend/fellow chef Joe McCormick.
The two businesses will be replaced by Bebe Zito, which has three locations in the Minneapolis area. The business serves burgers, chicken sandwiches and small-batch, hand-crafted ice cream. It may open this summer.
As for the future of Dairyland, Fogle, who’s also a culinary instructor at MATC, says it’s very much unclear: “We don’t have the resources to open another restaurant, but we’ve survived a lot to make this thing hang around, and we’re gonna try.”
