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. 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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  4. Keys Café

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

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  5. Spyhouse Coffee

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

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