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“An entrepreneur and artiste with grown kids and grandkids, Joe Minjares keeps on keepin on. Lately, he rescued Southside Minneapolis landmark Parkway Theater from demolition. With it, by the way, he plans to make it the states first Latino-owned performing arts center.
Minjares mustered out of the Army with little more than the proverbial pot and window and scant prospects. “Things were so bad, I almost stayed in the service,” he recalls. “My buddies in the military were even taking bets that I would re-enlist. They figured there was no way I could financially get out of the Army.” That was 1968 and he made the bookies day. Not only did he fool his friends, Minjares has operated the popular eatery Pepitos for 36 years, cementing a legacy for full-grown children, for their kids and, imaginably, their kids after them. Since 1971, five generations have tended to this family business.”
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