ST. CLOUD - A new bar is coming to downtown St. Cloud.  The developers of the 5th Avenue Live! project have announced they've signed a lease to bring a "Brothers Est. 1967 Bar and Grill" to the 100 block of 5th Avenue North.  It will be located in the 119 building, which was formerly the 5th Avenue Furniture store.

Brothers was founded in La Crosse, Wisconsin in 1990.  They now have 17 bars in several states.  There are two others in Minnesota, one in downtown Minneapolis and one in Winona.

They are hoping to be open sometime this spring.  And they plan to hire 75 employees.

When it opens, it will be just the latest in a string of new bars and restaurants in the downtown, Chipotle and Noodles and Co. are also coming to 5th Avenue Live!  Plus Cowboy Jacks and Biology 701 are also new additions to the downtown.

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