Chris Eilers and Skip Fay liked Dunn Bros. Coffee so much, they opened their own Dunn Bros. coffeehouses. Well, there was more than that to their decision to start opening franchised coffee shops in Minneapolis. They were both unhappy in their jobs and wanted to get into the coffeehouse business

The plastic head of the new Jesse Ventura dolls saw its first glimpse of life in the second-floor studio of the Blue Ribbon Building on the corner of 5th and University avenues southeast. The building, built in 1901 as a fire station, recently underwent drastic renovations to create a private toy s

On any day, you can walk into any Dunn Bros and find a selection of coffee beans that were roasted right there on the premises that very morning. The busier shops, such as the one on Grand and Snelling avenues in St. Paul, roast every variety of bean they sell, every day, so you can be sure that fro

Minneapolis-based Dunn Bros. Coffee will double its store count and open its first stores outside the Twin Cities metro area by the end of 2004. Dunn Bros. is opening its 26th store this month in Maple Grove and expects to have about 35 by year's end. The big change, however, is that ma

When wireless connectivity debuted at Minneapolis-based Dunn Bros Coffee in early 2002, it was more by chance than by plan. The chain originally planned to install wired, ad-subsidized Web terminals. But the digital-media company hired to do the job, SurfThing, wanted to avoid laying cables in the q

Minneapolis-based Dunn Brothers Coffee named Dalton Advertising its lead agency, following a review involving several undisclosed shops. Dunn Brothers hired the small Minneapolis shop to help it move into new markets and establish a personality that is different from competitors such as Starbuck

It's not that people here have anything against Starbucks. Most of them have tried a latte or Frappuccino. Many of them even enjoyed it. But the 2,400 residents of this historic town on Lake Minnetonka are trying to battle what Mayor Lynn Johnson calls ''corporate sameness.''

Dunn Bros Coffee roasts its coffee daily. To emphasize that point, it has put gunnysacks full of beans and bright red coffee roasters right at the entrance of the new retail store in the Red Bridge Shopping Center. The franchise operation, at 535 E. 111th St., on the north side of the center by t