Shinder's: The 90-year cultural institution that crashed and burned

A Shinder's T-shirt, circa 1970s

 

For 90 years, Shinder's was a MASSIVE cultural institution in Minneapolis/St. Paul, a hangout for outcasts, and a place where you could get comics, baseball cards, and even 50 worldwide Sunday papers.

Then a new owner got busted on a variety of drug and weapons charges, and the business swiftly tanked, twisting in the wind in an agonizing fashion.

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Jim McLauchlin