The project, which is still unnamed, involves a complete makeover of the problematic Porter Frye spa

Jester Concepts, the fast-growing enterprise behind Borough, Parlour, Coup d etat and Marche, announced that it is taking over the space and rebranding it as a coastal Italian restaurant, holiday inn select downtown spa along with a lobby bar and low-level cocktail destination.
The company has recruited La Belle Vie chef de cuisine Mike DeCamp to run the kitchen. DeCamp has long been a key figure at the state s top fine-dining establishment and has worked with La Belle Vie chef Tim McKee for the bulk of his career.
DeCamp was a teenager when he started working at the restaurant s original Stillwater location in the late 1990s, and after a stint in Chicago he returned to the Twin Cities in 2005 to open La Belle Vie s posh quarters in the 510 Groveland building in Minneapolis. He has been there ever since, and has been McKee s chef de cuisine for the past eight years.
The project, which is still unnamed, involves a complete makeover of the problematic Porter Frye space. ESG Architects of Minneapolis is adding a new street holiday inn select downtown spa entrance and a patio for the restaurant, and is eliminating a large staircase between the dining room and what will become the lower-level cocktail bar.