Last Weekend to Vote for Your Favorite Patio in the Fridley Area

Readers' Choice Poll includes 13 places you can sit outside to dine or drink.

It's the final weekend for voting in the Fridley Patch poll on best outdoor patio in the area. The Readers' Choice poll includes: As of Wednesday at lunch time, the Shorewood has a wide but not insurmountable lead. Voting is open through the weekend. Did we miss any businesses? Tell us in the comments! Also, please tell us in the comments what you like about your pick after you vote! Do you own one of these businesses? If so, consider claiming your directory listing on Patch. Check our directory (you'll find it on the menu bar atop this page) and rate your favorite establishment, since ratings count toward determining the winner. And after you vote, sign up for our the Fridley Patch newsletter to be notified about who wins.

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Patio Love: Where Do You Like to Dine Outside in Fridley?

Readers' Choice patio poll has another week to go.

You'll find lots of nice outdoor places to eat in the Star Tribune's Patio Guide 2012 and similar listings in the current issue of The Onion and coming in the St. Paul Pioneer Press. But none of them (so far anyway) are in Fridley. For that, you need to check out Fridley Patch's current Readers' Choice poll: Best patio in (or near) Fridley. You can take the poll below. Did we miss your favorite nearby place to eat or drink outside? Leave a comment.

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Chris Steller

1:49 pm on Friday, May 18, 2012

Thank you, Amy! I'm going to add Grandpa's and Chris and Rob's too! Any others?   more ›

Readers’ Choice: Fridley’s Best Patio?

Cast your vote for the best place to drink and dine al fresco.

Minnesotans know to take full advantage of the nice weather when it comes. So if you’re stopping for a drink or a meal anyway, why not enjoy it out under the sun? The Fridley area has a number of establishments that offer outdoor or patio dining including (in no particular order; several suggested by friends at the Fridley Patch page on Facebook): Did we miss any businesses? Tell us in the comments! Also, please tell us in the comments what you like about your pick after you vote! Do you own one of these businesses? If so, consider claiming your directory listing on Patch. Check our directory (you'll find it on the menu bar atop this page) and rate your favorite establishment, since ratings count toward determining the winner. And after …

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Fridley Week in Review

Here is some of what you might have missed if you were busy preparing for the holidays last week.

These are some of the ways Fridley made news last week—at Fridley Patch and elsewhere. You can still get gas and repair services at Fridley Amstar Auto Care, even after a fire gutted the attached car wash structure behind the service station. Owner Ray Witz told Fridley Patch he didn't know yet if he'll rebuild. Fire Chief John Berg said fire fighters' quick work and solid barrier between buildings kept the flames contained.  You can thank a Fridley man if you like your Lake Superior shipwrecks preserved. As a founder of the Great Lakes Shipwreck Preservation Society, Ken Merryman works to keep wrecks intact and preserve artifacts on shore or even return them to wreck sites.  Two minutes is all it takes to hear the story of how Able …

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