David Burley, left, in a Facebook photo. He died in a motorcycle crash in Wisconsin. Screengrab from Rochelle Burley's Facebook Page Minnesota’s hospitality industry is mourning the loss of one ...

After working together as servers at the Nicollet Island Inn in Minneapolis during the 1990s — and dreaming up their own restaurant — David Burley and Stephanie Shimp opened the Highland Grill ...

David Burley, the longtime co-owner of Blue Plate Restaurant Co., died in a motorcycle crash Sunday in Wisconsin involving a suspected drunken driver. He was 58. Along with Stephanie Shimp ...

The Freehouse — one of the restaurants owned by Blue Plate — announced on social media that David Burley "passed away in a motorcycle accident" Sunday afternoon in Wisconsin. All Blue Plate ...