A Running List of Small Business Destroyed by Riots

More than just buildings…

Rioting has consumed dozens of neighborhoods in small, medium, and large cities across the United States, resulting in the loss of life, livelihoods, and property.

Perhaps nowhere has the damage been more intense and sustained than Minneapolis-St. Paul, where George Floyd died in police custody.

While the vast majority of protesters have remained peaceful, some people feel steps like non-violent protest and political activism have been ineffective and that they have nothing less to lose.

The violence has damaged nearly 500 businesses in the Twin Cities — dozens irreparably. Here are those hardest hit.

(H/T Star Tribune)

In Minneapolis

7 Mile Fashion (total loss — destroyed by fire)

7-Sigma, Inc. (total loss — destroyed by fire)

ACE Cash Express (total loss — destroyed by fire)

Addis Ababa (total loss — destroyed by fire)

Agencia Elektra (total loss — destroyed by fire)

Atlas Staffing (total loss — destroyed by fire)

Bismillah Grocery & Coffee (total loss — destroyed by fire)

Bling-Bling Beauty Supply (total loss — destroyed by fire)

El Nuevo Rodeo (total loss — destroyed by fire)

El Sabor Chuchi (total loss — destroyed by fire)

Fatima African Hair Braiding (total loss — destroyed by fire)

Floras Hair Designs (total loss — destroyed by fire)

Gandhi Mahal Restaurant (total loss — destroyed by fire)

Hexagon Bar (total loss — destroyed by fire)

Integrated Staffing Solutions (total loss — destroyed by fire)

Lake Street Tabacco (total loss — destroyed by fire)

LEVELS MPLS (total loss — destroyed by fire)

Midtown Corner Housing (total loss — destroyed by fire)

MIGIZI (total loss — destroyed by fire)

Minnehaha Lake Wine & Spirits (total loss — destroyed by fire)

Mirasol Express (total loss — destroyed by fire)

MoneyGram (total loss — destroyed by fire)

Olympic Cafe (total loss — destroyed by fire)

Paraiso Lounge (total loss — destroyed by fire)

Physician’s Group (total loss — destroyed by fire)

Quality Tobacco (total loss — destroyed by fire)

Rongo’s Auto Service (total loss — destroyed by fire)

Score Sports Bar (total loss — destroyed by fire)

Seafood to Go (total loss — destroyed by fire)

U 2 Nails (total loss — destroyed by fire)

Uncle Hugo’s and Uncle Edgar’s bookstores (total loss — destroyed by fire)

In St. Paul

Bole Ethiopian Restaurant (total loss — destroyed by fire)

Lloyd’s Pharmacy (total loss — destroyed by fire)

Sports Dome (total loss — destroyed by fire)

This list doesn’t contain the names of businesses owned by large multinational corporations. Dozens of fast-food restaurants, gas stations, convenience stores, banks, Post Offices, and even schools have sustained varying degrees of damage. By the Star Tribune’s account, nearly 500 have been targeted in Minneapolis-St. Paul so far. We decided to focus on those owned by people living in those two communities.

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