Being a ex-Bemidji local -- My thoughts were the food was too expensive for the quality and the beer wasn't that great.

John Longballa wrote:

Tough year for brewpubs in old railway stations to the north and west . . .

When I was in Bemidji a week ago, I tried to go to Union Station Brewpub right in Bemidji across from the Paul and Babe statues, but alas--they had shut down!

I didn't get the full story from the locals, but at least for the time being, there is not a brewpub in Bemidji. :(