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is a city in Polk County, Minnesota in the United States. Its population was estimated at 7,740 in July 2007, which makes East Grand Forks the largest community in Polk County. The Greater Grand Forks metropolitan area, of which it is a part, of had an estimated metropolitan population of 97,691 in July 2007.
It is located in the Red River Valley region on the eastern banks of the Red River of the North, directly across from the larger city of Grand Forks, North Dakota. East Grand Forks, along with its twin city of Grand Forks, North Dakota, forms the center of the
The famous Whitey's Cafe and Wonderbar is a local institution. Located in the downtown area, Whitey's has been operating continuously since the 1930s and was once the center of East Grand Forks' reputation as a wild town akin to Chicago during the days of Prohibition. Ripley's Believe It or Not once labeled a portion of the downtown area as the highest concentration of neon signage in the world. Whitey's Cafe was severely damaged in the Flood of 1997 and its compelling story led it to be featured on the Today Show and in Life Magazine. After months of restoration of its famous stainless steel horseshoe bar and other historic architecture, it reopened in 1998.