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MINNEAPOLIS, MN - After raising $255,669 in a massively funded Kickstarter, 2013 Eater Young Gun Mike Brown is throwing open the doors to Travail and its sister concept The Rookery in Robbinsdale, MN tonight. Eater Minneapolis reports that Travail — which closed for renovations last year — will be serving a set tasting menu each night. Interestingly, no reservations are accepted. (Read More)

MINNEAPOLIS / ST. PAUL, MN - Travail Kitchen & Amusements will open the second incarnation of the hot Robbinsdale restaurant, along with companion eatery/cocktail bar The Rookery, on Feb. 4. (Read More)

Yesterday, Robbinsdale restaurant-in-progress Travail invited backers from their epic Kickstarter campaign out to the construction site for their new incarnation as Travail and the Rookery. Along with giving backers a peek at the new digs, the Travailians also handed out their 2014 Sexy Chef Calendar, which was one of the Kickstarter rewards. (Read More)

MINNEAPOLIS - ST. PAUL, MN - Birchwood Cafe successfully closed out its crowdfunding effort, raising more than $112,000 that will enable the Minneapolis farm-to-table restaurant expand and improve its infrastructure. (Read More)

MINNEAPOLIS-ST. PAUL, MN - Travail Kitchen & Amusements closed its month-long Kickstarter fundraising effort Thursday night, raising an eye-popping total of $255,669, more than three times what the restaurant sought. (Read More)

As we type this the screen reads 92 minutes to go! We continue to be blown away by your support and enthusiasm for the work we do. THANK YOU!  We have been pretty busy since we launched this kickstarter (sorry for the lack of updates). We missed you... (Read More)

Time to check in once again with a Travail Kickstarter update. Week after week, after epic week, the Travail Kickstarter continued to climb well beyond the $75,000 goal. As of 10:30 a.m. today, with 13 hours to go, it was at 1,004 backers and $244,669 pledged. (Read More)

ST. PAUL, MN - Remember the Kickstarter campaign by the guys at Travail in Robbinsdale? Well, they blew past their goal of $75,000 in six hours. (Read More)

ROBBINSDALE, MN - I remember when I started my business my dad said the best investors are the first customers. Well, Travail Kitchen has taken that idea and expanded it using Kickstarter, the “new way to fund creative ideas.” People post their ideas, request funds and offer rewards for anyone who pledges money. (Minnesota music fans may have followed the Suburbs and their Kickstarter campaign to raise funds for a new album.) (Read More)

A Kickstarter campaign from the crew behind the upcoming restaurant Travail Kitchen has, as of posting, raised a whopping $183,022 since the drive went live on Tuesday. Travail met its $75,000 goal in less than six hours, and they still have 27 more days of fundraising to go. Bizarre Foods host a Andrew Zimmern thinks the use of Kickstarter by Travail and other restaurants like them might well be a "a sea change in terms of how local restaurants get funded." (Read More)

MINNEAPOLIS-ST. PAUL, MN - Travail Kitchen and Amusements's blow-the-roof-off successful Kickstarter bid — $166,300 and counting in two days — marks a "sea change" in the traditional restaurant fundraising model, writes chef and TV personality Andrew Zimmern. (Read More)

After a banner first day (in which it more than met its $75,000 goal), the Travail Kickstarter has stayed open for pledges. As of 10:44 a.m. on day two, it's up to 617 backers and $145,619 pledged. The Travailians posted a short thank-you video on their Facebook page yesterday. (Read More)

EPIC! HUMBLING! MIND-BLOWING! ENCOURAGING! AND FREAKING AWESOME! We are blown away by the support we have received from you all over the last few days—the comments, the tweets, the cash, the sharing, and the general good energy you have sent our... (Read More)

Here's your mid-day Travail Kickstarter update: as of 1:54 p.m., the Travailians are at 315 backers and $65,713, which puts them only $9,217 away from their goal of $75,000. (Read More)

From smashing down walls, to building a pizza joint to hosting pop-ups all over town (including the forthcoming pop-up Umami), the chefs behind Travail have hardly been taking it easy. This morning they launched their next step in edging toward re-opening Travail in its new location. It's a Kickstarter campaign with some tasty incentives to get their fans in on the Travail-ian action. (Read More)