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As Minnesota's unofficially crowned King of Cold, entrepreneur Eric Dayton has built a reputation for loving and unapologetically promoting all things winter. He made Nordic food trendy in Minnesota when he opened Bachelor Farmer in the North Loop, and extended the fad to clothing when Askov Finlayson popped up next door. And last winter, amid launching a new winter festival, he started a crusade for tearing down the skyways and battled with media over their coverage of warm winter days.