A Copperfield Restaurant Is Coming to Rosemount — Here's What We Know
TLDR
- The Copperfield — the award-winning Mendota Heights diner and bar — is planning a Rosemount location next to Frandsen Bank & Trust.
- Site plan review is scheduled for the March 16 planning commission meeting.
- The commission also approved a Fox family farm subdivision and renewed Danner Inc.'s mining permit for two more years.
Rosemount is getting a Copperfield.
If you've ever been to the original in Mendota Heights, you know the deal — scratch-made breakfast, lunch, and dinner, craft cocktails, and those caramel roll pancakes that won them a Star Tribune Reader's Choice award. It's the kind of neighborhood spot people actually go back to.
At the end of Thursday's Rosemount Planning Commission meeting, staff announced that the March agenda will include a site plan review for a Copperfield restaurant in Rosemount. The plan is to build it next to Frandsen Bank & Trust.
That's about all we know right now. The site plan review is scheduled for Monday, March 16 (earlier than the usual fourth-Tuesday meeting because of spring break). We'll have the full breakdown once that review happens — layout, seating, timeline, all of it.
This is a big deal for Rosemount's dining scene. The city has been on a roll lately with new investment and development, and residents have been vocal about wanting more restaurant options. A proven concept like the Copperfield could be exactly what the doctor ordered.
Mark your calendar for March 16. We'll be covering that meeting.
Also at Thursday's Meeting
It was a quiet night otherwise — two public hearings, zero public comments, everything unanimous.
Fox Family Farm Subdivision: The estate of Henry Fox got approval to split off a 20-acre piece from their 122-acre farm in southeast Rosemount (near Emory Avenue and County Road 42). The new parcel transfers to Greg Fox next door, bringing his total to about 54 acres. The land stays in agricultural use under Minnesota's Metropolitan Agricultural Preserve program — which means the property gets taxed based on rural farmland values, not what a developer would pay for it. No development is proposed.
Danner Inc. Mining Permit Renewal: The 75-acre sand and gravel operation about a half mile east of Highway 52 got its permit renewed for 2026-2027. In 2025 they pulled about 20,000 tons of material and brought back about 10,000 cubic yards of fill. Zero complaints from neighbors. Permits moved to a two-year cycle after Rosemount's 2024 zoning code update, but staff confirmed they're still doing annual inspections.
Both items head to Rosemount City Council on March 17 for final approval.
