The Best Restaurants in Minneapolis

We were floored by how Minneapolis was inspiring excitement about Midwestern food the way Nashville was Southern food,” reads a glowing review from the food and travel magazine,
Saveur.

With the publication naming Minneapolis as “America’s next great food city,” the following restaurants should give you clear idea why:

• Betty Danger’s Country Club
  2501 Marshall St. North East

  Betty Danger’s is more an experience than a dining destination. On top of fantastic Tex-Mex dishes and more than a handful margaritas and cocktail mixes, this concept “country club” is all about weird and wacky fun – a giant “Mechanical Tree” (pretty much a Ferris wheel you can eat on), 8 1/2-hole mini-golf course, and a delightfully insane promotional video on their website.

• Tilia
  2726 West 43rd Street

  Tilia defines dining in the city’s Linden Hills neighborhood. Renowned local chef Steven Brown takes familiar favorites and, through the signature stylings his expert culinary team, serves them up as brand new masterpieces. For instance, an order of downhome grilled chicken thighs comes with chorizo, pickled pineapple, and a black bean-Oaxaca cheese fondue. Whether you’re there for a family lunch or a special night out, Tilia is sure to satisfy.

• Grand Café
  3804 Grand Avenue South

  With Midwestern culinary power couple Erik Anderson and Jamie Malone running the show, Grand Café’s May 2017 reopening was largely celebrated not only in Minneapolis, but across the country. Launching the latest chapter in its 70-year history, the revitalized bistro along Grand Avenue South offers classic French cuisine as rendered through Anderson and Malone’s modern vision.

• Spoon & Stable
  211 North 1st Street

  As hot as restaurants can get, Spoon & Stable is so in-demand these days that reservations are hard to make. Blame Gavin Kaysen’s sterling reputation for making this restaurant – which just opened in late 2016 – an instant classic. Here, the New York-honed Minneapolis native takes traditional Midwestern dining and adds a pinch of his French cuisine expertise to create modern gastronomic classics.

• Brit’s Pub
  1110 Nicollet Mall

  It’s hard to say no to an invitation to dine at Brit’s Pub, a rooftop bar and restaurant with a 10,000-square foot grass bowling green. Calling itself “Minneapolis’s own little corner of the UK,” this place surely delivers on your fish and chips and English ale fixes. It’s also a great spot to catch the biggest live football and rugby matches.

• Heyday
  2700 Lyndale Avenue South

  One of the hippest restaurants in the City of Lakes, Heyday features Food & Wine’s 2015 Best New Chef Jim Christiansen at the helm. It’s a place that subverts expectations in every way. Its diverse brunch, dinner, and cocktail menus reinvent beloved Minneapolis fare, while the laidback, rock & roll feel of the physical space defies the gourmet quality of the restaurant’s culinary selection.

• The Bachelor Farmer
  50 North 2nd Avenue

  A must-visit destination for food and drinks in the North Loop neighborhood, The Bachelor Farmer can be found in a brick-and-timber warehouse that dates back to 1881. It’s the perfect place to celebrate Minnesota’s Nordic heritage, with the menu served using local and organic produce. The Bachelor Farmer recently added a daytime café and bakery that’s also worth checking out.

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