French Meadow Founder Tries To Reclaim Minneapolis Café After ‘Horrible Mistake’ Sale

French Meadow founder calls sale of Minneapolis restaurant a ‘horrible mistake’

In a lawsuit, Lynn Gordon says the buyer behind the Lyndale Avenue location owes $1.7 million and has damaged the beloved brand she spent four decades building.

French Meadow Founder Tries To Reclaim Minneapolis Café After ‘Horrible Mistake’ Sale

Lynn Gordon built French Meadow into a go-to Twin Cities café, and now she is asking a judge to help her take it back. In a new lawsuit, the founder wants last year's sale of the Minneapolis flagship on Lyndale Avenue undone, calling the deal "a horrible mistake." Her court filing says the buyer behind the location defaulted on most of the purchase financing and let the standards that made the café a local staple slip, with potential fallout for…