The Enjoy restaurant in Apple Valley has new owners, and the fine-dining establishment has closed while undergoing a makeover of its interior, brand and menu.
Apple Valley residents Dan and Kay Shimek, who opened the restaurant in 2004 in the Central Village area, recently sold it to an investors' group whose members include two executives of Break Bread Hospitality Group. That firm currently operates two other restaurants, Zelo in Minneapolis and Bacio in Minnetonka.
One of the new owners is Tom Mould, who operates an accounting firm and a property management business in Apple Valley and who also is Break Bread's chief financial officer.
Bruce Nordquist, Apple Valley community development director, said the new owners have not submitted building plans. Nordquist said he believes they plan to remodel the interior but will continue to operate the banquet space to honor previously booked special events. "We believe it will be a very temporary closing," Nordquist said.
The City Council recently approved a new liquor license under the name Vivo Restaurants. Mould said the new owners intend to continue to operate the restaurant as a fine-dining venue.
The Shimeks, who are in their 60s, said they decided to sell to scale back their business activities. They continue to operate two Wisconsin businesses, the Paradise Landing restaurant in Balsam Lake and a winery, Chateau St. Croix, in St. Croix Falls.
Rosemount SuperAmerica sold
The building that houses Speedway SuperAmerica in Rosemount has changed hands.
Hasbrouck Holdings LLC, a group of private investors from Shakopee, paid $1.3 million to a Minneapolis investors' group for the gas station and convenience store at 14515 Dodd Blvd., according to Dakota County property records. SuperAmerica leases the 3,500-square-foot building.
