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Your thoughts on the Metal Bar & Grill

Posted on December 30, 2009 by Ryan Johnson

I spoke with Larry O’Connell last week and he told me he thought his new establishment, Metal Bar & Grill, would be opening up Dec. 29. And then I saw a clip on WDAZ last night (the 29th) saying he … Continue reading →

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O’Connell bar to open Dec. 29

Posted on December 21, 2009 by Ryan Johnson

Something I didn’t think would ever happen just happened – Larry O’Connell gave me a call and told me some more details for his bar plans. "If everything goes well, I think I don’t see any reasons why not," the … Continue reading →

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O’Connell bar to open soon… I think

Posted on December 21, 2009 by Ryan Johnson

I’m filling in for Tu-Uyen Tran this week, which includes going to the GF City Council meeting tonight at 5:30. As I was looking over the agenda, I found something that will probably be interesting to many Valley Sound readers. … Continue reading →

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Larry’s bar looks like it’s getting there

Posted on October 13, 2009 by Ryan Johnson

I was near the Grand Cities Mall yesterday to interview Alan Davis, the ‘Apple Man’ from Oregon who has returned to GF for the last 40 years to sell his apples (you can read my feature about him here). So … Continue reading →

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Update on O’Connell’s new bar

Posted on September 14, 2009 by Ryan Johnson

I stopped by the library yesterday afternoon, which gave me a chance to swing through the parking lot of Larry O’Connell’s new nightclub and check out how close it is to opening. It was hard to get a very good … Continue reading →

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O’Connell stays mum about his new bar’s opening date

Posted on July 15, 2009 by Ryan Johnson

Well, I did get a hold of Larry O’Connell today (the guy that’s opening a new nightclub in a stripmall by the K-Mart mall), but didn’t get much of an answer about when his place is going to open. It … Continue reading →

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Larry’s place isn’t open yet

Posted on July 6, 2009 by Ryan Johnson

I drove over to Larry O’Connell’s new nightclub this afternoon (the one in a stripmall across the parking lot from K-Mart), and it looks like it won’t be open for a while. When I talked to him in May, he … Continue reading →

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Larry’s full story in today’s paper

Posted on May 29, 2009 by Ryan Johnson

My story about Larry O’Connell’s new nightclub is finally finished, and was published in the Friday arts & entertainment section of the Grand Forks Herald. You can read the full story here. It was a little difficult to write this … Continue reading →

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Larry’s side of the story

Posted on May 18, 2009 by Ryan Johnson

I just posted everything I could find in the newspaper archives about Larry O’Connell and some controversy that has happened with his bars around GF and EGF over the years (see the ‘Sorry for the delay’ post below this). It … Continue reading →

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Sorry for the delay

Posted on May 18, 2009 by Ryan Johnson

The title of this post says it all – I’m sorry about taking a long time to write a new blog entry. Anyways, this will be the conclusion of my writing about Larry O’Connell’s new place (besides the GF Herald … Continue reading →

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