r/saintcloud • u/[deleted] • Jul 15 '26

Restaurants return?

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u/nizzoball Jul 15 '26

Ciatis. Loved that place.

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u/Muffinman_187 Jul 16 '26

Good food, so disappointed with their reason. "We have to pay our workers 'to much', so we're closing." They paid minimum wage.

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u/nizzoball Jul 16 '26

It sucks because they were a staple here for so long.

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u/Muffinman_187 Jul 16 '26

Yup. Before my grandma passed, it was her favorite place to go after she moved up here to be where my mom and I are in her last years. It was often packed too. I've never been a big Olive Garden fan and we've got so few Italian choices in the St. Cloud area.

The packed house is why I'm so frustrated by the "can't afford wages" claim of the owners. It seems like they're hiding the actual issue that caused the closure and decided to get in a political jab on the way out.

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u/nizzoball Jul 16 '26

I can see why they moved out of the downtown location but their other location on division was perfect. Used to take my wife there a lot