Guidebook for Minneapolis
Food Scene
Dunn Brothers Coffee
3348 Hennepin Ave SGreat Coffee- Locally Owned
Great for breakfast or brunch. Organic, GF, and vegan options. The breakfast quesadilla is a favorite!
104 locals recommend
French Meadow Bakery & Cafe
2610 Lyndale Ave SGreat for breakfast or brunch. Organic, GF, and vegan options. The breakfast quesadilla is a favorite!
Classic diner food with a hint of upscale. If your looking for the classic breakfast, this is your place. I think they have the best biscuits and gravy in town. They are also known for being open after all the bars close. :-)
22 locals recommend
Drink Uptown
2548 Hennepin AveClassic diner food with a hint of upscale. If your looking for the classic breakfast, this is your place. I think they have the best biscuits and gravy in town. They are also known for being open after all the bars close. :-)
Great Thai food. It's a pretty big restaurant with it's own parking lot so it's a good bet that you can get in without a wait. The drinks are strong and the food is great. The art and sculptures in the restaurant are absolutely gorgeous and it creates a wonderful environment to enjoy your meal.
17 locals recommend
Roat Osha
3001 Hennepin Ave SGreat Thai food. It's a pretty big restaurant with it's own parking lot so it's a good bet that you can get in without a wait. The drinks are strong and the food is great. The art and sculptures in the restaurant are absolutely gorgeous and it creates a wonderful environment to enjoy your meal.
Classic Mexican place. Authentic and very welcoming. The guacamole is made at your table side and it is delicious! They also have great happy hour drink deals.
8 locals recommend
Pancho Villa Mexican Restaurant
2539 Nicollet AveClassic Mexican place. Authentic and very welcoming. The guacamole is made at your table side and it is delicious! They also have great happy hour drink deals.
A cult favorite for Vietnamese food. It's been very popular for many years. It's a bit of a dive but the prices are great and the food is tasty.
56 locals recommend
Quang Restaurant
2719 Nicollet AveA cult favorite for Vietnamese food. It's been very popular for many years. It's a bit of a dive but the prices are great and the food is tasty.
Pho 79
2529 Nicollet AveGreat Pho. Very divey.
This is our favorite breakfast spot! It is 3 blocks from the house is a fun, quirky place to eat any meal of the day.
32 locals recommend
The Bad Waitress
2 E 26th StThis is our favorite breakfast spot! It is 3 blocks from the house is a fun, quirky place to eat any meal of the day.
Drinks & Nightlife
Great german restaurant. It's one of the longest running restaurants in the cities. They have a beautiful back patio that is great for warm nights.
14 locals recommend
Black Forest Inn
1 E 26th StGreat german restaurant. It's one of the longest running restaurants in the cities. They have a beautiful back patio that is great for warm nights.
Icehouse
2528 Nicollet AveGood food, fun drinks and live music on the weekends.
The classic neighborhood dive bar. Cheap drinks and interesting people. Very popular since the 70's. This one is "stumbling distance" from home!
39 locals recommend
CC Club
2600 Lyndale Ave SThe classic neighborhood dive bar. Cheap drinks and interesting people. Very popular since the 70's. This one is "stumbling distance" from home!
Arts & Culture
Modern art museum. It's great if your into modern art. If you go, don't forget to visit the sculpture garden next door. There is also a great indoor botanical garden there as well. ***Free on Thursdays***
606 locals recommend
Walker Art Center
725 Vineland PlModern art museum. It's great if your into modern art. If you go, don't forget to visit the sculpture garden next door. There is also a great indoor botanical garden there as well. ***Free on Thursdays***
Free! Great art museum that's free. There are special exhibits that cost extra but you can pop in at any time and enjoy some classic art for free.
524 locals recommend
Minneapolis Institute of Art
2400 3rd Ave SFree! Great art museum that's free. There are special exhibits that cost extra but you can pop in at any time and enjoy some classic art for free.
Essentials
An awesome food coop. They have all kinds of natural food and great hot deli food. It's pretty pricey though so unless you're all about the health food, I would do your more substantial shopping somewhere else.
107 locals recommend
Wedge Community Co-op
2105 Lyndale Ave SAn awesome food coop. They have all kinds of natural food and great hot deli food. It's pretty pricey though so unless you're all about the health food, I would do your more substantial shopping somewhere else.
Entertainment & Activities
This is a very funky place. It's a bar, restaurant, bowling alley, and live music venue. It's the opposite of a corperate chain palces. It's definitely something you won't find anywhere else.
84 locals recommend
Bryant-Lake Bowl
810 W Lake StThis is a very funky place. It's a bar, restaurant, bowling alley, and live music venue. It's the opposite of a corperate chain palces. It's definitely something you won't find anywhere else.
Getting Around
These bike rental stations are all over the city. It's so convenient to pick the bike up at one station and drop it off at another. There are great bike trails all over the cities.
Nice Ride Station
These bike rental stations are all over the city. It's so convenient to pick the bike up at one station and drop it off at another. There are great bike trails all over the cities.
Parks & Nature
This lake is an easy walk from the house. It is a windy lake that offers many natural beauties.
182 locals recommend
Lake of the Isles Park
2500 Lake of the Isles Pkwy EThis lake is an easy walk from the house. It is a windy lake that offers many natural beauties.
This Lake is a bustling with activity. There are boat rentals, paddle boards, swimming, biking and a great little restaurant for snacks. It's close to tons of shops in Uptown so it could easily be a whole-day activity.
375 locals recommend
Bde Maka Ska
West Bde Maka Ska ParkwayThis Lake is a bustling with activity. There are boat rentals, paddle boards, swimming, biking and a great little restaurant for snacks. It's close to tons of shops in Uptown so it could easily be a whole-day activity.
Lyndale Park Peace (Rock) Garden
4124 Roseway RdBeautiful walk in the rose garden