Minneapolis Restaurants

  1. Al's Breakfast

    It's the ultimate hole-in-the-wall: 15 stools at a tiny counter. Whenever a customer comes in, everyone picks up their plates and scoots down to make room for the newcomer. Fruit-full pancakes are the big crowd-pleaser.

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  2. Bryant-Lake Bowl

    The BLB has a divey interior (hey, it's a bowling alley, what do you expect) but the food is high-class. Artisanal cheese plates, mock duck rolls, cornmeal-crusted walleye strips and organic oatmeal melt in the mouth, complimented by a wide-ranging beer selection (including several local brews). The onsite theater always has something intriguing and odd going on, too.

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  3. Café Barbette

    Intimate, Parisian-style Barbette welcomes with low booths and art-filled walls. It's good for wine, cheese and appetizers with friends, or for a romantic dinner with a date, but whatever you do, don't miss the warm chocolate cake.

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  4. Chino Latino

    This shiny, spangled place is the Uptown scenester hangout. The food is Latin-Asian fusion, with novelties such as a satay bar and the large, shared pupu (Polynesian- influenced appetizer) platter.

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  5. Gluek's

    There's nothing like a hearty meal at Gluek's to see you through Minneapolis' frostier days. Pot roast, walleye, macaroni-and-cheese with spaetzle (similar to noodles) and other good meals have emerged from the Gluek's German kitchen since 1902. It even has its own beers on tap, which are the perfect accompaniment.

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  7. Hell's Kitchen

    Spirited chefs and naughty waitstaff bring you uniquely Minnesotan foods, like the walleye bacon-lettuce-tomato sandwich or bison burger, plus lemon-ricotta hotcakes for breakfast.

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  8. Keys Café

    Bustling Keys Café, a local chain, dishes up luscious breakfasts and sandwiches; try the caramel rolls or pies.

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  9. Peninsula

    Malaysian dishes, including achat (tangy vegetable salad in peanut dressing), red curry hot pot, spicy crab and fish in banana leaves, rock the palate in this contemporary restaurant.

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  10. Solera

    Curving booths, art deco furnishings and mosaics fill out Solera's three floors, where tapas and sangria (especially when served on the rooftop patio) keep the hipsters flocking in.

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  11. Spyhouse Coffee

    Join the artists, business types and cabbies who are here for the coffee and baked goods.

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