text: MINNEAPOLIS — A Minnesota restaurant owner upset over what happened in St. Cloud posted a controversial sign Monday morning. 
   
   The sign outside Treats Family Restaurant in Lonsdale, Minnesota, reads “Muslims Get Out.” A second line reads “In Support Of St. Cloud,” reports CBS Minnesota. 
   
   On Saturday, a man stabbed several people at a St. Cloud mall, allegedly asking victims if they were Muslim before attacking them. 
   
   Restaurant owner Dan Ruedinger says the sign has led to some backlash, but he says business is up so much that he had to call in three extra workers Monday. 
   
   “It’s time that people started standing up, not worrying about the PC crowd and do what is right,” Ruedinger said. “And I feel what we’re doing is right. We are not targeting the Muslims in general, just the extremists. And that’s all I can say. It’s my right and I’m going to stand up, and I wish more people would do it.” 
   
   Payten Estepp was part of a group protesting the sign Monday night. 
   
   “I get it, it’s his right to say what he wants to say,” Estepp said. “But that’s giving Lonsdale a bad rap to everyone that drives by on 19, which is a very busy road, so people are going to see that and they’re going to think Lonsdale as a whole, as a community, is as crass as that sign.” 
   
   Ruedinger says he has no plans to take down or change the sign. ||||| Lonsdale, MN (55046) 
   
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   I live in Lonsdale, so have been here a few times. I'll start with the positive: I quite like the ice cream selection, er, it's actually more of an "ice milk" than cream, like Dairy Queen, but we're all used to that by now. Typical soft serve, nothing to phone home about, but it's fine. They've got all the stuff you'd expect to find at DQ, so not bad a bad stop for an ice cream fix. However, I'd veer away from the cooked food. They claim the burgers are hand made, not frozen, and I'm sure that may be true...there's plenty of butchers nearby that could be providing fresh meat. The only issue is, they're screwing the burgers up...they're super gritty, greasy, and don't have any seasoning/flavor to speak of. You can put toppings on which makes it ok, but really nothing worth stopping for. Most other items on the menu are just defrosted, deep fried, and awful. The cheese curds could be good...but they don't drain the oil off so by the time they get to you they're all stuck together and soggy. One thing I do kind of like is the Sloppy Joe, or "Sloppy Dan" as it's referred to here, which I believe is also supposed to be an in-house recipe. It's decent. My mom's is better...but hey, she's hard to beat. Also, there's something odd about the third-rate non-name-brand fountain soda they have, it seems the syrup was frozen or something, as it tastes freezer-burnt. Why would you freeze syrup? Something isn't quite right there, maybe it's just really bad soda. What keeps me from going back at all even for the decent ice cream is the service, frankly. Customer service skills are lacking in everyone who works here, from the young kids they hire all the way to the owners - except maybe the wife as an exception, she's usually pretty nice. No one else seems to be enjoying their time there. This isn't a cheap political shot since the owner is very political, you'll see lawn signs all over the place and while I think whatever floats your boat, it shows a lack of business know-how (who would alienate half their customers) and makes me wonder how the judgement is in the rest of his business decisions. It's genuinely true that the environment isn't pleasant. Most importantly, if there's more than one person in the restaurant, it can also take a long time to be served or for your food to be made. Should you decide to try for yourself, my recommendation is to call ahead, and just pick it up through the drive thru window....as there's nothing special about the decor or hospitality. I believe the owner delivers the food locally as well, but you'd have to call and ask if that's still the case.
target: – Muslim families won't be offered any treats at the Treats Family Restaurant in Lonsdale, southern Minnesota: Owner Dan Ruedinger has arranged the sign board outside to read "Muslims Get Out." The sign says it is in "suport" of St. Cloud, where a Somali-American man stabbed nine people in a mall last weekend. Despite what his sign says, Ruedinger says he's not against all Muslims, only extremists. "It’s time that people started standing up, not worrying about the PC crowd and do what is right,” he tells CBS. "And I feel what we’re doing is right." Ruedinger, whose Yelp page has been inundated with negative reviews, says putting up the sign is his First Amendment right. Ruedinger says Islam is a "religion of hatred that preaches violence"—and the Muslims who are "good people" should "hold the others accountable." The Lonsdale News-Review reports that Muslim leaders, including Jaylani Hussein of the state chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations, met Ruedinger for what Hussein describes as a "short conversation." A witness says Ruedinger became agitated and started shouting about his son's service in Iraq. Hussein says thousands of Muslims were "shocked and appalled" by the St. Cloud attack and they will continue to try to reach out to Ruedinger.