Unity Foods

Unity Foods is a convenience store in Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota which is located on Chicago Avenue South. Unity Foods is situated nearby to the garden George Floyd Square occupied protest, as well as near the art gallery Nokomis Gallery At CAFAC.

Type: Convenience store
Also known as: “Cup Foods”
Address: 3759 Chicago Avenue South, Minneapolis, MN 55407

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include George Floyd Square and George Floyd Square occupied protest.

George Floyd Square

Square

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.

George Floyd Square, officially George Perry Floyd Square in Minneapolis, is a commemorative name applied to Chicago Avenue between the East 37th and 39th Streets in the Powderhorn neighborhood.

George Floyd Square occupied protest

Garden

As a reaction to the murder of George Floyd on May 25, 2020, racial justice activists and some residents of the Powderhorn community in Minneapolis staged an occupation protest at the intersection of East 38th Street and Chicago Avenue with a blockade of the streetway lasting over a year.

Hosmer Library

Library

Photo: McGhiever, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Hosmer Library, originally known as the Thirty-Sixth Street Branch Library, is a branch library of the Hennepin County Library system that serves the Central neighborhood within the Powderhorn community of Minneapolis, Minnesota. Hosmer Library is situated 2,400 feet northwest of Unity Foods.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Powderhorn and King Field.

Powderhorn

Suburb

Powderhorn is a defined community in Minneapolis that consists of eight neighborhoods. The community name is derived from Powderhorn Lake that is the centerpiece of the present-day Powderhorn Park.

King Field

Neighborhood

King Field is a neighborhood in the Southwest community in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Its boundaries are 36th Street to the north, Interstate 35W to the east, 46th Street to the south, and Lyndale Avenue to the west.