Business Owners On Eat Street Frustrated Over Lack Of Response To Homeless Encampment

By David Schuman, CBS Minnesota

November 30, 2023

MINNEAPOLIS — A Minneapolis dining destination is struggling to stomach a surge in petty crime. Businesses there believe a homeless encampment is to blame.

Three weeks after WCCO first reported on the concerns of Eat Street restaurant owners, the problem only seems to be growing.

"The encampment down the street's gotten much larger now," said Gus Parpas, the co-owner of the Greek restaurant, Christos. "It's twice its size."

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