PARKING:   1-FREE, 2-VALIDATED, 3-METERS
 ENTER PARKING LOT FROM RIVERSIDE AVENUE BETWEEN
      HARD TIMES CAFE (GREEN!) AND DILLA (BRICK) RESTAURANT
1.  adjoining the store in back (FREE).   Enter the U shaped lot
      drive past awning, take a right and a right to arrive behind the store. 
         [only southernmost spot is reserved for Restaurant next door]
if free parking spaces are temporarily unavailable there is
2.  validated parking
         PAY METER IS UNDER THE BRIGHT YELLOW AWNING
    **Press button for $2  2-hour parking  WEEKDAYS
    **PAY $2 ($1 bills, coin or credit card)  NO CHANGE GIVEN
             Get $2.00 REFUND off purchase of $3.00 or more.
             SATURDAY and SUNDAY, pay $3 for all afternoon
      note:  spaces marked BANK PARKING are not available for
      general parking Saturday 9am-1pm and weekdays 7am-6pm
     **WAIT FOR 1 RECEIPT
     **TEAR OFF VALIDATION PORTION to bring to us
     **PUT LARGER PORTION ON YOUR DASH FOR THEM
     **Bring smaller validation copy to the yarnstore and 
         and receive $2 refund off your purchase of $3.00 or more.

3.  street meters are free only after 6pm every day and
     on federal holidays.

DIRECTIONS - by BUS from downtown minneapolis
    check www.metrotransit.org  for schedules, maps
  #7 along 4th Street  (& nicollet mall)
   #16 along 4th Street (& nicollet mall) get off at Cedar
    #3 along 4th Street (& nicollet mall) get off at Cedar
DIRECTIONS - by LIGHT RAIL
1.  Get off at Cedar-Riverside station
2.  Walk east along grey building to 16th Avenue
3.  Walk 1 block north on 16th Avenue, turn right on 6th Street
4.  Go 1 long block (like NYC east and west) to Cedar Avenue, turn left
5.  On Cedar, pass 5th Street and proceed to 405 Cedar - That's us!

DIRECTIONS - how to get here by CAR
RIVERSIDE IS FINALLY OPEN FROM CEDAR TO THE RIVER!

1.  from the south   Take 35W north to exit 17C (UofM & 3rd St), stay on the "west bank" ramp, take a right onto *Washington Avenue.  Curve right (south) at Theater in the Round (becomes Cedar Avenue) proceed 3 lights to Riverside.  [see Associated Bank kiddy corner to your left.  We are next to the bank on Cedar], and turn left onto Riverside, IT'S OPEN TO OUR LOT, and turn right into the lot behind the store and bank.                        
look for the  sign on the door in back!

2.  from the north on 35W:
take 35W south toward downtown, take exit 17C, turn left over the bridge, curve right (south) at Theater in the Round (becomes Cedar Avenue) proceed 3 lights to Riverside.  turn left onto Riverside and right into the lot behind the store.

3.  from the west on 94 go east, to left exit for 35W north 1 mile after
the Lowry Hill/Walker tunnel and follow direction #1. 

4.  from the east (from St Paul) on 94  west on 94 to RIVERSIDE exit, turn right on RIV
to 19th AVE, make a left turn into our lot between Hard Times Cafe and Dilla Restaurant
between 19th and Cedar.  In lot, make a right and right again to arrive behind store.
     OR  west to Cedar Avenue exit, turn right onto Cedar, proceed 4 lights to Riverside,
turn right at light, right again into lot behind store
(or find a vigorously regulated parking meter on Cedar before turning onto Riverside -
meters only free after 6pm every day and federal holidays).