After 70 years in business, St. Paul’s Dari-Ette Drive-In closes

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Saturday was the final day of business for the Dari-Ette Drive-In in St. Paul. (FOX 9)

(FOX 9) – After seven decades on St. Paul’s eastside, a popular Italian-American restaurant closed its doors for the last time on Saturday.

The Dari-Ette Drive-In first opened in 1951 and for seven decades since, one family has been behind all of the success there.

After 70 years in business, St. Paul’s Dari-Ette Drive-In closes

After seven decades on St. Paul’s eastside, a popular Italian-American restaurant closed its doors for the last time on Saturday.

With its Italiano Sandwich, popular sauce, and hand-rolled meatballs, the restaurant is right on the mark for Italian-American food in the Twin Cities, between April and October.

“We built a reputation on our recipes,” Fida said on Saturday. “If the sun was out there’d be no place [to park] here, you know, it’d be packed… We’ve turned into not just the neighborhood place but…

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