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Do you have a particular food that reminds you of home? Maybe it’s your grandma’s spaghetti recipe, the lumpia your family used to make or the pozole from the Mexican restaurant down the street.

Food has the power to comfort us and connect us with our families and cultures. And when we find a restaurant that serves those familiar foods, it can make us feel more at home.

Listen back to a conversation from earlier this year, as MPR News host Angela Davis talks about two restaurants that did just that for many Minnesotans — 

Both restaurants closed in late 2022. And they’re not the only ones: A handful of other longtime Asian-owned restaurants in the Twin Cities closed in 2022 — like 

share of Chinese-owned restaurants in major metropolitan areas is on the decline.

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Restaurants run by immigrant families keep culture alive through food. MPR News host Angela Davis talks about how these family-owned businesses enrich our communities and what we lose when they close.

MPR News with Angela Davis - Restaurants run by immigrant families keep culture alive through food. MPR News host Angela Davis talks about how these family-owned businesses enrich our communities and what we lose when they close.

The legacies of Keefer Court, Khyber Pass and immigrant-owned restaurants

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