A rising star in the Twin Cities pizza scene is about to get even brighter.
Wrecktangle, the Detroit-style pizza darling of two food halls, is planning to open a stand-alone restaurant in early 2022. And it's bringing the food hall model with it.
Co-owners Alex Rogers, Jeff Rogers and Breanna Evans are planning to use the sizable space at 701 W. Lake St. in Minneapolis to help incubate other food businesses — a kind of rotating food hall for their culinary peers.
"We started in the Galley food hall and it was the only reason we are still in business, because they were able to offer us something that is really low-risk and relatively high-reward," said Jeff Rogers. "One thing we would like to implement in the new spot is the opportunity for other people to do the same kind of thing, just because we are so grateful for that, we want to share what we learned."
Also on the docket is a bar, where mixologist Jeff Rogers can display his talents, and a market for take-and-bake pizzas, fresh breads and other locally made provisions. The team will also utilize a smoker that was installed two restaurants ago, when it was the Hasty Tasty.
That address, at the corner of Lake Street and Lyndale Avenue S., has almost had a revolving door of tenants in recent years, including Falafel King and, most recently, Prieto, which moved farther south in Minneapolis.
But to the Wrecktangle team, it already feels like home.
"Finding the building itself was frankly very lucky," said Alex Rogers. "Spaces in food halls are not necessarily the largest." In the new building, "we are able to have a full-size kitchen to flex our culinary muscles, where we can grow."
