Going to Minnesota over Thanksgiving to see my daughter. Looking for recommendations for restaurants in and around MinniapolisSt Paul. My daughter is getting her Phd at the Univ of Minn. She suggested I ask my gun buddies on the forum for restaurant advice.

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Ruth's Chris Steak House in Minneapolis.

Ruth's Chris Steak House

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Manny's Steakhouse is great and perfect for a special occasion - bring $$$

Murray. Or Manny’s are great steak places.

Manny's

For breakfast. Bryant Lake Bowl. 810 Lake st. Minneapolis.
Or downtown Minneapolis Hell’s Kitchen

For other meals. Beer and food. Surly brewing

Hooters in the Mall of America. Best looking gals in any restaurant anywhere.

I was in Minneapolis in Sept for work, stayed downtown. I had the best pancakes and breakfast at The Hen House! If I get back there I will eat there again.

HK Ag

Don’t know if it’s still around as it’s been a few years, but Butcher & the Boar on Hennipen Ave downtown was excellent.

ETA: Looks like it’s still there.

When I lived in the Twin Cities, I loved the Black Forest Inn at 26th St. & Nicollet Ave, just south of downtown Minneapolis. Good German food and beer.

www.blackforestinnmpls.com/

If the weather is nice Go walk the arch bridge. I walk it every time I am there and eat at the
Wilde cafe.
Wilde cafe

Near the airport I like hazelwood they have wood fire rotisserie chicken, awesome Ruben and a banana desert that’s out of this world
Hazelwood food and drink


If your near maple grove then I like Malone’s bar and grill and granite city food and brewery

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Originally posted by aileron:
Manny's Steakhouse is great and perfect for a special occasion - bring $$$

Yes, this is the best steak place around. Try the Makers Mark pudding!

What kind of food and/or experience are you looking for?

Ruth's Chris is very good - and on the pricey side.

A few of my favorites are (in no particular order):

Cafe Latte - Very casual, good food and the BEST cheesecake and desserts in the area. Reasonably priced.

Moscow on the Hill - Authentic Russian dining.

Victors 1959 - Cuban food.

Matt's Bar and Grill - Home of the Jucy Lucy (burger) - expect a line.

Kramarczuk's - Polish / Ukrainian food.

Main Street Farmer - a bit of a drive from Msp/St Paul, but good food, ingredients sourced from local farmers. Reasonably priced, close to the outlet mall.

Brick and Bourbon - 2 locations somewhat close (Stillwater and Maple Grove). - Highly recommend the Smoked Maple Old Fashioned! Food is good too


Not really restaurants, but I love these places too...
Izzy's Ice Cream - Two locations Msp and Saint Paul. Probably the best ice cream in town.

Isles bun and Coffee - the BEST caramel rolls in the area.


Those are the places off the top of my head that I like to go - I'll ask the other half what her favorites are when I talk to her later.

<ETA:> After speaking with my fiancee, the first 3 she spoke of were: Cafe Latte, Kramarczuk's and Cossetta's - Pizza, pasta and salads.

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Skip the chains, you can find them in any city and don't need to go to them in MN/STP

Go local.

For instance Al's Breakfast in Dinkytown.

https://www.alsbreakfastmpls.com/

If you are flying into town get one of the Prey series novels by John Sandford. Detective novels that are based in Minneapolis and reference the areas. I've read most of them on flights and highly recommend them, you'll get a general understanding of the city.

http://www.johnsandford.org/books.html

Al's is great!

Black Forest is one of my favorite places.

Some of the best food I have ever had was at Tilia

https://www.tiliampls.com/

I can't recommend it enough - food was fantastic.

Jax Café - In the summer they have a Trout stream to net your dinner.

Nice Steaks - $$$

I have picked up some nice dinning tips Thx all.

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Originally posted by Poacher:
Hooters in the Mall of America. Best looking gals in any restaurant anywhere.

You need to get out A LOT more often.

There oughta be some Somali restaurants around there...

Pazalunas if you're in St. Paul - great place

Bar La Grassa is another good one in Minneapolis

Capital Grill downtown

Manny's is great and I wasn't impressed with Murray's

Zelo's is pretty good too - downtown Minneapolis