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City of Edina • 4801 W. 50th St. • Edina, MN 55424
Contact: Debbie Townsend, Communications Coordinator
Phone 952-826-0396 • dtownsend@EdinaMN.gov • EdinaMN.gov
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Red River Kitchen Coming to Braemar Golf Course
Edina, Minn., May 16, 2018 – Red River Kitchen will open a restaurant inside the Braemar Golf
Course Clubhouse this summer, operating the banquet space there and providing food and
beverages on the City’s golf courses.
A five-year leave with options for two additional five-year terms was approved by the Edina City
Council Tuesday, May 15. Red River Kitchen plans to start service with its food truck at Braemar
Golf Course and to Academy 9 golfers as soon as possible.
Red River Kitchen is known for its farm-to-table food featuring American cuisine, pub fare, barbecue
and international comfort foods. The menus always include vegetarian, gluten-free and kid-friendly
options. It operates the food truck and has a seasonal restaurant in St. Paul. It’s owned and operated
by the same people behind Republic, Bar Brigade and the newly opened Spring Café at Como Lake.
The proposal from Red River Kitchen was one of four the City received to replace the former Tin
Fish restaurant.
“They were the ones who, by far, had the best proposal,” Braemar Golf Course General Manager
Joe Abood said. “The proposal that they put in was very specific to Braemar. It listed so many things
they wanted to do here. They definitely want to be involved in the community and make the
restaurant here a community destination.”
The new restaurant will be known as Red River Kitchen at Braemar. In addition to the sit-down
space, the company will operate the banquet area of the Clubhouse, counter service, beverage carts
and service to all the patios, decks and new multi-use lawn area opening by the Clubhouse. Red
River Kitchen also will serve the Academy 9 Clubhouse and Braemar Golf Dome. The company
plans to offer or assist in special events, such as viewing parties of PGA and LPGA Majors.
The City of Edina will receive 6 percent of gross sales until the Championship 18 Course, which is
under construction, opens in Spring 2019. Once that course opens, the City will receive 12.5
percent of gross sales April 1-Sept. 30 and 10.5 percent during the off-peak months, according to the
lease. In addition, Red River Kitchen will pay for its share of common area maintenance and utilities.
Red River Kitchen is in the process of obtaining a liquor license and will offer beer, wine and spirits.
Services will be rolled out to Braemar Golf Course visitors over the next several weeks.
For more information, visit redriverkitchen.com or contact Abood at jabood@EdinaMN.gov or 952-
903-5754.
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