Guidebook for Minneapolis
Food Scene
Cute, local, tucked in under an apartment building. Great, spicy chai--not sweet. Tea by the pot too.
15 locals recommend
Boiler Room Coffee
1830 3rd Ave SCute, local, tucked in under an apartment building. Great, spicy chai--not sweet. Tea by the pot too.
Common Roots Cafe
2558 Lyndale Ave SLocal foods focus. Breakfast, lunch and dinner. Always tasty.
Taiwanese and Chinese. Best in town. Tucked down in the basement of this building. LOTS of vegetarian and vegan options too.
6 locals recommend
Evergreen Restaurant
2424 Nicollet AveTaiwanese and Chinese. Best in town. Tucked down in the basement of this building. LOTS of vegetarian and vegan options too.
Quang Restaurant
2719 Nicollet AveBest Vietnamese in town.
I'm not a coffee drinker, but this is a good place to get your coffee fix--my friends recommend it. Tea by the cup or pot as well. Lots of cute folks day and night.
187 locals recommend
Spyhouse Coffee
945 Broadway St NEI'm not a coffee drinker, but this is a good place to get your coffee fix--my friends recommend it. Tea by the cup or pot as well. Lots of cute folks day and night.
Delicious breakfast. Great decor. They have a dinner menu too, but I've not been for dinner aside from a special NYE thing that was very tasty.
7 locals recommend
Modern Cafe
Delicious breakfast. Great decor. They have a dinner menu too, but I've not been for dinner aside from a special NYE thing that was very tasty.
Excellent beer selection. Pretty okay bar food, including good hot dogs and bison burgers. This place has a bunch of televisions, so, be warned.
13 locals recommend
The Bulldog Uptown
2549 Lyndale Avenue SouthExcellent beer selection. Pretty okay bar food, including good hot dogs and bison burgers. This place has a bunch of televisions, so, be warned.
Ice cream. Killer, creative flavors. They've been in the game a long time. Try a small portion of the Nicollet Pothole.
75 locals recommend
Sebastian Joe's Ice Cream Cafe
1007 W Franklin AveIce cream. Killer, creative flavors. They've been in the game a long time. Try a small portion of the Nicollet Pothole.
Bar or restaurant or bowling or theatre. Whatever you need it to be. A small place with a lot going on. Cozy. Good food. I particularly like the grilled cheese with chicken. Cocktails and beers.
84 locals recommend
Bryant-Lake Bowl
810 W Lake StBar or restaurant or bowling or theatre. Whatever you need it to be. A small place with a lot going on. Cozy. Good food. I particularly like the grilled cheese with chicken. Cocktails and beers.
Fabulous, perfect pastas. Order a small portion, an appetizer and a drink. Knock your socks off.
91 locals recommend
Bar La Grassa
800 N Washington AveFabulous, perfect pastas. Order a small portion, an appetizer and a drink. Knock your socks off.
Brand new, late-night donut shop. Awesome tiles. Haven't gotten to have any donuts yet, but people are raving early on.
2605 Nicollet Ave
2605 Nicollet AvenueBrand new, late-night donut shop. Awesome tiles. Haven't gotten to have any donuts yet, but people are raving early on.
Bar food, including much loved vegan options. This is the bar attached to a punk-ish venue of the same name. Cozy place.
9 locals recommend
Triple Rock Social Club
629 Cedar AveBar food, including much loved vegan options. This is the bar attached to a punk-ish venue of the same name. Cozy place.
Shopping
The Electric Fetus
2000 S 4th AveGreat record shop. Brilliant selection. In-store shows.
Radical, well-curated bookstore. Strong fiction, political theory, graphic novel, zine and children's sections. Notable poetry section.
7 locals recommend
Boneshaker Books
2002 23rd Ave SRadical, well-curated bookstore. Strong fiction, political theory, graphic novel, zine and children's sections. Notable poetry section.
Arts & Culture
World-class encyclopedic museum. My favorite galleries are on the third floor--Modern and Contemporary. Strong Chinese collection. Free, except for special exhibitions.
524 locals recommend
Minneapolis Institute of Art
2400 3rd Ave SWorld-class encyclopedic museum. My favorite galleries are on the third floor--Modern and Contemporary. Strong Chinese collection. Free, except for special exhibitions.
Walker Art Center
725 Vineland Plincluding Minneapolis icon Spoonbridge and Cherry
A micro-cinema with a huge range of programming, screening on varying formats. Cheap. Snacks also cheap.
25 locals recommend
Trylon Micro Cinema
2820 E 33rd StA micro-cinema with a huge range of programming, screening on varying formats. Cheap. Snacks also cheap.
World-class modern and contemporary art center. Full schedule of film and performing arts.
725 Vineland Pl
725 Vineland PlaceWorld-class modern and contemporary art center. Full schedule of film and performing arts.
Drinks & Nightlife
CC Club
2600 Lyndale Ave SDive bar institution.
Eat Street Social
18 W 26th StGreat craft cocktails. GO GO GO.
331 Club
331 13th Ave NECute place, good people, free music almost every night.
This is a divey gay bar with some active pool tables. Cheap drinks, mixed clientele. This can be quite the experience.
14 locals recommend
19 Bar
19 West 15th StreetThis is a divey gay bar with some active pool tables. Cheap drinks, mixed clientele. This can be quite the experience.
Bar and restaurant. A neighborhood bar for the Seward neighborhood. This is my favorite bar in town. Cozy. Great food for the price. What a neighborhood bar should be. Try the curry.
25 locals recommend
Tracy's Saloon & Eatery
2207 E Franklin AveBar and restaurant. A neighborhood bar for the Seward neighborhood. This is my favorite bar in town. Cozy. Great food for the price. What a neighborhood bar should be. Try the curry.
Fulton has a tap room. Get growlers of this local craft brewery.
41 locals recommend
Fulton Brewing Taproom
414 N 6th AveFulton has a tap room. Get growlers of this local craft brewery.
Harriet has a tap room! Get a growler of yet another craft brewery.
12 locals recommend
Harriet Brewing
3038 Minnehaha AveHarriet has a tap room! Get a growler of yet another craft brewery.
Dive bar. No really. And it's great for it. Live music often, up on some strange stage at the end of the bar. Outdoor seating too, through the back. Cash only, or least it certainly seems it.
13 locals recommend
Palmer's Bar
500 Cedar AveDive bar. No really. And it's great for it. Live music often, up on some strange stage at the end of the bar. Outdoor seating too, through the back. Cash only, or least it certainly seems it.
Essentials
Organic and local options throughout at this neighborhood grocery co-op. One of several grocery co-ops in neighborhoods throughout the city.
107 locals recommend
Wedge Community Co-op
2105 Lyndale Ave SOrganic and local options throughout at this neighborhood grocery co-op. One of several grocery co-ops in neighborhoods throughout the city.
Lunds & Byerlys Downtown Minneapolis
1201 Hennepin AvePretty nice conventional grocery store.
Minneapolis Farmers Market
312 East Lyndale Ave NFarmer's Market! mplsfarmersmarket.com
Everything Else
I can't really "recommend" a CVS, but I know when traveling it is very handy to know where something like this is.
50 locals recommend
CVS
2001 Nicollet AveI can't really "recommend" a CVS, but I know when traveling it is very handy to know where something like this is.
Sightseeing
Loring Park
Beautiful, active park.
Guthrie is our most recognized theatre and they have a beautiful building. The building is open to the public even during shows. Head up the escalators and up the ramp, out onto the observation deck.
376 locals recommend
Guthrie Theater
818 S 2nd StGuthrie is our most recognized theatre and they have a beautiful building. The building is open to the public even during shows. Head up the escalators and up the ramp, out onto the observation deck.
Walk across the Stone Arch Bridge from Downtown. Turn left when you get off the bridge and walk along there. Beautiful.
250 locals recommend
Stone Arch Bridge
100 Portland AveWalk across the Stone Arch Bridge from Downtown. Turn left when you get off the bridge and walk along there. Beautiful.