A late-night snack option for Minneapolis-area students

Insomnia Cookies Marketing Manager Renee Sarnecky tells MPR reporter Curtis Gilbert why the chain wants to open up in Dinkytown and serve student partiers — and crammers — till 3 a.m.:

“With limited late night food options, especially on the sweeter side, there definitely is a market for the cookies.”

Its license was approved by a Minneapolis City Council committee, and will likely be approved when the full council votes a week from Friday.
Gilbert reports that the new service wouldn’t really threaten the 10-year-old cookie seller Tank Goodness, which delivers till 4 p.m.

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Alex Friedrich

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Alex Friedrich reports on higher education issues for MPR News. Among the stories he has covered: the fall of the Berlin Wall, aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, collapse of the I-35W bridge in Minneapolis, 2003 Moscow suicide bombing and 2004 presidential elections in the Republic of Georgia. He holds a bachelor’s degree in journalism from the University of Georgia and a master’s in European political economy from the London School of Economics.