Food guides for Minnesota

Become a Local Champion in Minneapolis

Become a Local Champion in Minneapolis by rating five places, answering three Top 3 questions and making a list, from the Jucy Lucy to Somali and Hmong food.

Best Pizza in Minneapolis: Styles and How to Judge

Best pizza in Minneapolis is a question of style: tavern cut, Detroit-style, slices and wood-fired pies. How to judge each and how Best in town works.

Best Walleye in Minnesota: Fish Fries and Sandwiches

A guide to the best walleye in Minnesota: what makes the fish special, where Minneapolis and North Shore restaurants serve it and how a Friday fish fry works.

Brunch in Minneapolis and St. Paul: Twin Cities Guide

A guide to brunch in Minneapolis and St. Paul: lemon ricotta hotcakes, a railcar diner, Swedish pancakes and how to plan a Twin Cities morning, no long wait.

Build Your Minneapolis Weekend Food List

Build a Minneapolis weekend food list in sections for the lakes, Northeast, Lake Street and Cedar-Riverside, add notes, invite friends and reuse it.

Cathedral Hill St. Paul Restaurants on Selby Avenue

Cathedral Hill St. Paul restaurants on Selby Avenue: Russian comfort food, an Italian trattoria, a historic patio and a French cafe, with a plan for an evening.

Cheap Eats Near the University of Minnesota

Cheap eats near the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis: Dinkytown, Stadium Village and the West Bank, how students eat on a budget and how to rate a meal.

Coffee Shops and Bakeries in Minneapolis

Coffee shops and bakeries in Minneapolis: cardamom buns, kringle, croissants and roasters, how a Nordic baking tradition shapes the mornings and how to rate.

Coffee Shops and Bakeries in St. Paul: Five to Try

Coffee shops and bakeries in St. Paul: a Grand Avenue bread bakery, a French patisserie, a roaster, a West Side pan dulce cafe and a biscuit and pie shop.

Date Night Restaurants in Minneapolis

Date night restaurants in Minneapolis: how to choose a room for a romantic dinner or an anniversary, what the Date Night tag means and where to walk.

Dog Friendly Patios in Minneapolis for Short Summers

Dog friendly patios in Minneapolis: how to use the Dog-Friendly and Outdoor seating tags, plan around a short patio season and pair a lake walk with lunch.

Downtown Minneapolis Skyway Lunch Without a Coat

A downtown Minneapolis skyway lunch: how the enclosed walkways connect kitchens and food courts, how to plan a winter lunch without a coat and what to rate.

Where to eat in Duluth and on the North Shore, Minnesota (2026)

Duluth sits at the western tip of Lake Superior with a lakeside walk, a busy ship canal and a long drive north. A guide to Canal Park, the Lakewalk and eating your way up the shore.

Ethiopian Food in Minneapolis: Injera and Platters

Ethiopian food in Minneapolis: how injera works, what goes on a combination platter, why fasting days make vegan eating easy and how to rate each stew.

Game Day Food in Minneapolis Before the Whistle

Game day food in Minneapolis: where to eat before a Vikings, Twins or Timberwolves game, how to time the crowd around the stadiums and what to rate afterward.

Grand Avenue St. Paul Restaurants: Where to Eat

Grand Avenue St. Paul restaurants block by block: a supper club, an Iron Range pasty stop, a flapper pancake breakfast and a cheese shop, plus how to rate each.

Juicy Lucy in Minneapolis: The Cheese-Stuffed Burger

Juicy Lucy in Minneapolis: the cheese-stuffed burger, the two south Minneapolis bars that both claim it, how to eat one safely and how to rate it by the dish.

Late-night food in Minneapolis: where to look and how to check (2026)

Minneapolis kitchens close earlier than visitors expect. How to find food after a show or a game, which streets to try first, and the questions to ask before you walk across town.

Linden Hills Minneapolis Restaurants and Lake Harriet

Linden Hills Minneapolis restaurants around 44th and Upton and Lake Harriet: a small-town feel in the city, with bakeries, ice cream and a lakeside lunch plan.

Mexican Food in Minneapolis: Taquerias and Bakeries

Mexican food in Minneapolis: how to judge a taqueria, what a panaderia case holds, where tamales and pupusas fit, and how to rate each dish on Lake Street.

Minneapolis Breweries With Food: Brewpubs and Trucks

Minneapolis breweries with food: how to tell a brewpub kitchen from a taproom with a food truck, where Northeast fits and how to rate the meal.

Minneapolis Farmers Markets and Food Halls Guide

A guide to Minneapolis farmers markets and food halls: an indoor global market on Lake Street, a riverside market by the mills, a historic open air market.

Global food in Minneapolis: Lake Street, Eat Street and the Global Market

South Minneapolis is where the city's immigrant cooking shows best. A guide to Lake Street, Eat Street on Nicollet Avenue and the Midtown Global Market, and how to eat across them.

Minneapolis Riverfront Restaurants and Mill City

Minneapolis riverfront restaurants in the Mill City district: how to eat by St. Anthony Falls and the Stone Arch Bridge, plan a river lunch and rate it.

Minnesota foods to try: hotdish, Juicy Lucy, walleye and wild rice

Minnesota food comes from lakes, farms and Scandinavian kitchens. A guide to hotdish, the Juicy Lucy burger, walleye, wild rice and lutefisk, and how to order each without a mistake.

Minnesota State Fair food guide: new foods and where to start

The Minnesota State Fair has nearly 300 food locations and about 1,600 menu items. How the fair runs, how to pick, and how to plan a day of eating.

Minnesota State Fair food guide: what to eat and how to plan a visit

The Minnesota State Fair runs twelve days and ends on Labor Day, and food on a stick is only the start. How to plan, pace and pay for a day of eating, and what to know before the next one.

Northeast Minneapolis Restaurants and the North Loop

A guide to Northeast Minneapolis restaurants and the North Loop: the Arts District pizza, the warehouse dining rooms and how to link two neighborhoods in a day.

Payne Avenue St. Paul Restaurants on the East Side

Payne Avenue St. Paul restaurants on the East Side: a new Latino food hall, a fried chicken sandwich spot and a corner pub with burgers, and how to rate it.

Rate Dishes at Midtown Global Market in Minneapolis

Rate dishes at Midtown Global Market in Minneapolis: why a hall of many stalls suits rating by the dish, what to order, and how to tag friends and keep a list.

Where to eat in Rochester, Minnesota: downtown, markets and long stays

Rochester, Minnesota hosts thousands of medical visitors and has built its dining around long days and long stays. How downtown works, where the markets are and tips for visitors and families.

Scandinavian Food in Minneapolis: Lefse to Lutefisk

Scandinavian food in Minneapolis: lefse, lutefisk, meatballs, cardamom bread and holiday baking, why the tradition runs deep here and how to judge each dish.

Somali Food in Minneapolis: Cedar-Riverside Guide

Somali food in Minneapolis: sambusas, anjero, rice and goat, the Cedar-Riverside blocks, a Lake Street market and how to rate each dish you try.

St. Paul Breweries With Food: Kitchens and Trucks

St. Paul breweries with food: a German wurstery, a brewery with a full kitchen, wood-fired pizza and a taproom that hosts food trucks, and how to rate the meal.

St. Paul Farmers Market and Food Halls Guide

The St. Paul farmers market in Lowertown explained: the outdoor and indoor markets, winter schedule, what happened to Keg and Case food hall and how to plan.

St. Paul food guide: Hmong markets, University Avenue and Lowertown

St. Paul has a large Hmong community, and its markets are a good place to eat. A guide to Hmong Village, University Avenue and Lowertown.

Uptown Minneapolis Restaurants and Lyn-Lake Dining

Uptown Minneapolis restaurants from Lyn-Lake to the lakes: how the area eats, where to plan a lakeside lunch or a dinner before a show, and what to rate.

Vegan Restaurants in Minneapolis and Plant-Based Brunch

Vegan restaurants in Minneapolis and how to find plant-based meals: using the Vegan and Vegetarian tags, planning a vegan brunch and asking the right questions.

Vietnamese Food in Minneapolis: Pho and Banh Mi

Vietnamese food in Minneapolis: how to judge pho, what a good banh mi needs, where to look on Nicollet Avenue and Lake Street, and how to rate each dish.

West Side St. Paul Mexican Food on Cesar Chavez Street

West Side St. Paul Mexican food on Cesar Chavez Street: a grocery with a cantina, a long-running family restaurant and a new coffee shop for pan dulce.

Where to Eat Before a Wild Game in St. Paul

Where to eat before a Wild game in St. Paul: four spots on West 7th Street near Grand Casino Arena, from a hockey pub to an Italian market, with timing tips.

Winter Carnival Food in St. Paul: Where to Warm Up

Winter Carnival food in St. Paul: how the food festival works, plus three warm places to eat after a cold day, from Russian dumplings to flapper pancakes.