Vestalia Hospitality, Kim’s restaurant group, announced on Monday that Young Joni will close Sept. 14 after a nine-year run. Kim said it's been a "helluva ride” in a statement provided to the ...

Owner Ann Kim opened Young Joni in 2016, and subsequently won a James Beard Award for Best Chef: Midwest in 2019 and was featured on an episode of the Netflix series “Chef’s Table: Pizza” in ...

Ann Kim at Young Joni in Minneapolis on Aug. 16, 2019. (Jenn Ackerman/The New York Times) JENN ACKERMAN By J.D. Duggan – Staff Reporter, Minneapolis / St. Paul Business Journal Mar 26, 2024 ...

The Korean-American restaurant run by chef Ann Kim, owner of Young Joni and Pizzeria Lola, will be closed for business on Saturday and said they plan to take their time thinking about any next steps.

Kim’s, specializing in Korean American cuisine, would be the first of the James Beard award-winning chef’s eateries to unionize. Kim also owns Young Joni, Pizzeria Lola and Hello Pizza.

Kim's closed last month shortly after workers unionized. Now the union is filing federal labor charges against the restaurant and Ann Kim's restaurant group. Unite Here Local 17, the labor group ...

August 30 will be the final day of service at Kim’s. After that, gift cards will be honored at Kim’s other restaurants Pizzeria Lola, Hello Pizza, and Young Joni.

Kim’s restaurant in Uptown, the latest venture of James Beard award-winning chef Ann Kim, was vandalized when someone threw a concrete slab and paint through a window. “The challenges of our ...