The Minot and Grand Forks Space Aliens Grill & Bar locations are closing. Both locations are franchises and not corporate-owned. A lack of business is cited as the reason for the closures.
This will mark the third and fourth Space Aliens locations to close, the others being located in Blaine, MN (which was also a franchise) and downtown Bismarck (Space Aliens BBQ Pit).
The Minot location opened in 2006 and Grand Forks in 2009. Space Aliens was founded in Bismarck by local entrepreneur Mort Bank in 1997.