CHANGE
CHANGE THEIR LIVES BUT AN ENTIRE COMMUNITY.
ENTIRE COMMUNITY. >> Reporter: IN MINNESOTA, THE
FIRST LIGHT OF DAY COMES FROM
THE COP AND SAUCE CAFE.
>> IT IS ARTE 6:30 MORNING
STOP.
STOP.
STOP. >>
STOP. >> FARMERS AND RETIREES SHARING
THE NEWS.
THE NEWS.
THE NEWS. >> I SEE THE WASHINGTON
NATIONALS WON.
NATIONALS WON. >> Reporter: WITHIN THE SAME
WALLS WHERE THEY ARE MAKING
THEIR OWN.
THEIR OWN. >> WE ARE NOT YOUR AVERAGE
SMALL-TOWN CAFE.
SMALL-TOWN CAFE. MORE ON THAT IN A MOMENT.
FIRST, SOME HISTORY.
FOR THE BETTER PART OF 60
YEARS, THE CUP AND SAUCER
OPERATED AMONG SEVERAL CAFES.
BY THE TIME IT CLOSED, THE COP
WAS THE LAST CAFE STANDING.
>> THEY ALL DISAPPEARED.
>> Reporter: POPULATION
MIGRATION FROM FARM TO BIG CITY
HAS NOT BEEN KIND TO DOWNTOWN.
150 MILES AWAY ON A SIMILAR
TIMELINE IN THE TWIN CITIES,
THE FORTUNES OF NEWLYWEDS,
ELIZABETH AND SETH WERE ALSO
CRUMBLING.
CRUMBLING. >> WE BOUGHT OUR HOME IN
CRYSTAL WHEN WE WERE VERY YOUNG,
PROBABLY THE WORST TIME YOU
COULD BUY A HOUSE, I LOST MY
JOB IN 2009 AND THAT WAS RIGHT
ABOUT THE TIME WE WERE CLOSE TO
$100,000 UPSIDE DOWN IN OUR
MORTGAGE.
MORTGAGE.
MORTGAGE. >> Reporter: IN ONE SWOOP, THEY
LOST THEIR HOME AND DREAM.
>> THERE WAS NO WAY TO START A
RESTAURANT, NO ONE WOULD GIVE
US A LOAN TO BUY HOUSE
NEVERTHELESS START A BUSINESS.
>> Reporter: WHICH BRINGS US
150 MILES BACK TO THE
RESTAURANT DESERT, THIS MARTIN
COUNTY COMMUNITY HAD BECOME.
>> Reporter: FOR TWO YEARS, THE
COP AND SAUCE SAT EMPTY,
DEPRIVED OF THEIR FAVORITE
GATHERING PLACE.
GATHERING PLACE. >> Reporter: UNTIL CIVIC MINDED
LOCAL PHILANTHROPISTS REOPENED
THE CUP WITH A CRAZY PLAN.
>> I GOT A TEXT FROM MY MOTHER-
IN-LAW SAYING THERE IS AN ESSAY
CONTEST TO WIN A RESTAURANT, WE
HOPE WE ARE GRANTED THE
BLESSING OF REINVIGORATING THIS
BELOVED CAFE.
BELOVED CAFE. >> Reporter: ELIZABETH SA WON,
THE CUP AND SAUCER WAS THEIRS,
ALTHOUGH SHERBURNE HAD TO LEARN
THE CHANGE.
THE CHANGE. >> THESE ARE CARROTS, MIX IT
WITH THE FUSION SHALLOTS.
>> Reporter: IT TURNS OUT SETH,
THE SON OF A MORGAN COUNTY HOG
BUTCHER HAD PLENTY OF
EXPERIENCE.
EXPERIENCE. CANNED CORN AND ICEBERG LETTUCE.
>> I CAN'T EVEN PRONOUNCE HALF
THE STUFF.
THE STUFF. >> WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING DEEP-
FRIED IN THE BUILDING.
>> Reporter: EARLY SKEPTICS OF
A CAFE IN A FARMING TOWN WITH
NARY A FRENCH FRY TO BE FOUND.
>> EVERYTHING TASTING GOOD FOR
YOU?
YOU?
YOU? >>
YOU? >> Reporter: WILL NOW FIND A
SEAT.
SEAT.
SEAT. >>
SEAT. >> AROUND HERE, I DID NOT THINK
THERE WAS A MARKET FOR.
>> Reporter: WHO IN SHERBURNE
COULD HAVE PREDICTED A FULL
HOUSE FOR A TASTING MENU AT $80
PER PERSON WITH A BIT OF A
WAITING LIST.
WAITING LIST. >> WE ARE BOOKED RIGHT NOW
UNTIL THE SUMMER 2022.
>> Reporter: ELIZABETH AND SETH
HAVE THE PRIVILEGE OF RAISING
DAUGHTERS, PARKER AND ADDISON
IN THEIR NEW HOUSE ACROSS THE
GRAVEL DRIVEWAY FROM SETH'S
PARENTS.
PARENTS.
PARENTS. EDISON HELPS HER GRANDPA PICK
FROM HIS GARDEN THE VEGETABLES
SERVED AT THE CAFE.
WITH OTHER LOCAL FARMERS ALSO
CONTRIBUTING TO THE CUP'S
SYMPHONY OF FLAVORS.
>> I SAW A LADY TAKE HER FINGER
AND GO AROUND THE EDGE OF THE
BOWL TO LICK IT.
TO GET EVERY LAST DROP.
>> Reporter: SIX YEARS AGO,
THEY WROTE AN ESSAY AND ROLLED
THE DICE.
THE DICE.
THE DICE. THE PROCESS IS IN THE BREAD
PUDDING.
PUDDING.
PUDDING. THEY BOTH CAME UP WINNERS.
BOYD HUPPERT WITH KARE 11
NEWS, MARTIN COUNTY.
>> WOW.
>> WOW.
>> WOW. IT IS A GREAT STORY.
>> RIGHT ACROSS THE ROAD.
FARM TO TABLE.
A LOT OF