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Eateries
Hola Arepa
A restaurant (and food truck) servicing our take on Latin cuisine in the streets of Minneapolis. We specialize in Venezuelan stuffed arepas - the perfect vehicle for our delicious Latin-style fillings.
Our arepas are handmade fresh everyday from cornmeal dough, made into patties and cooked on a griddle. Then, they're stuffed with meats, veggies, cheeses, and topped with homemade salsas. All of our food is made from scratch with a whole lot of love.
Website: https://www.holaarepa.com
Hell's Kitchen
In the heart of downtown Minneapolis, appropriately located in a beautiful underground space, you’ll discover a chef-owned restaurant known for its damn good food: unique but not fancy, interesting but not fussy. Open for for breakfast, lunch, dinner and drinks 7 days a week, the restaurant/bar also offers free live music most evenings and during weekend brunch, plus our new late night music program featuring many local and national artists in the folk, americana, jazz and blues genres. Occasionally, we also may have a late night "rock-the-house" show from time to time Fridays and/or Saturdays til 2am.
Owners Steve Meyer and Mitch Omer have been award-winning chefs in the Twin Cities for far longer than their patient wives want to admit. Rather than being "celebrity chefs" with fancy toques and pretentious "vertical" foods, these war horses and their rogue compadres are behind the stove working their asses off to bring you made-from-scratch meals. Almost everything at Hell’s Kitchen is homemade, including ketchup, mustard, tomato juice, iced tea, hot cocoa, and of course our raved-about peanut butter which we now send throughout the world. Even our bar gets in on the "made-from-scratch" action, offering beautiful Bloody Mary’s, locally crafted beers, and awesome cocktails created with house-infused liquors.
Website: https://www.hellskitcheninc.com
Moto-i
Unforgettable Experience
moto-i Ramen and Sake House is the first sake brew pub outside of Japan, located located at the corner of Lyndale and Lake Street in the Lyn-Lake neighborhood. We feature namazake [unpasteurized sake] on draft and serve asian inspired small plates. The menu features Tokyo straight style ramen noodles, rice bowls, rotating specials and asian inspired street food paired perfectly with our house brewed sake. moto-i has three full levels available for rental. It would be our pleasure to help you coordinate all of the elements of your event.
Website: https://www.moto-i.com/sake-brewery
Victor's 1959 Cafe
Serving authentic Cuban cuisine. Open daily for breakfast and lunch. Dinner served Tuesday through Saturday.
Viva Cuba! Viva Cuba libre!
Website: https://www.victors1959cafe.com
The Melting Pot
At The Melting Pot of Minneapolis (Downtown), fondue becomes a memorable four-course fine dining experience where patrons can dip into something different. Guests enjoy a choice of four flavorful fondue-cooking styles and a variety of unique gourmet entrées combined with special dipping sauces. Enjoy a relaxed atmosphere, private tables, attentive service, fine wines and signature fondue dinners. Fondue is a fun and interactive dining experience!
Website: https://www.meltingpot.com/minneapolis
Pizza Luce Uptown
Our menu starts with only the best, local ingredients.
Although we’re known for our innovative and award winning pizzas, we also serve a wide variety of hoagies, salads, appetizers and desserts. We offer something for everyone; we have vegan and vegetarian options and a gluten free version of our menu. Want to customize something on our menu?
Just ask us.
Website: https://pizzaluce.com/locations/uptown
World Street Kitchen
The bright and fun brainchild of brothers Sameh and Saed Wadi, World Street Kitchen is the year-round neighborhood restaurant built from the popularity of their WSK food truck. Featuring flavors from across the globe – from Asia to the Caribbean to the Mediterranean and everything in between — the restaurant serves popular staples, specials, sweets and cocktails in one friendly spot.
Website: https://www.eatwsk.com
It's Greek to Me Taverna e Parea
Amazing authentic Greek food!
Website: https://itsgreektomempls.com
Milkjam Creamery
We make ice cream...
Website: https://milkjamcreamery.com
Breweries
Lakes and Legends Brewing Company
Lakes & Legends is inspired by the beautiful and diverse geography of our region, and the many stories that are created and shared here. Our community-minded taproom in downtown Minneapolis is the perfect place to gather and create memorable moments of your own. As the first Minnesota Grown brewery partner in the state, we celebrate local flavors through our distinct Farm Series of award-winning beers proudly brewed with locally grown ingredients from our farming partners.
Website: https://www.lakesandlegends.com/
Utepils Brewing
Sisyphys Brewing
Fulton Brewing
Modist Brewing Co.
Inbound Brew Co.
LynLake Brewery
Pyres Brewing Company
Pubs / Activities
Bryant Lake Bowl & Theater
The building that houses the BLB was built in 1926 when Lake Street was the edge of town. It was originally a Ford garage and serviced Model Ts at the time. It was converted to a bowling alley in 1936, and in 1959 was bought by Minnesota Bowling Hall of Famer Bill Drouches, who installed the automatic pinsetters that year--the ones we use today.
The BLB was restored as closely as possible to its original splendor, and the video/pool hall was turned into a 90-seat cabaret theater in 1993 by Kim Bartmann. Shows almost every day of the week and sometimes twice a night! Our shows cover a broad spectrum of interests: comedy, musical, drama, dance, music and more. The establishment quickly became both a busy neighborhood hang out as well as a destination for travelers and celebrations of all sorts.
Website: https://www.bryantlakebowl.com
Up-Down Minneapolis
Up-Down Minneapolis features more than 50 arcade games from the ‘80s and ‘90s, pinball machines, four classic skee-ball alleys, Nintendo 64 console gaming, life-size Jenga and Connect Four.
All games cost just 25 cents. Our drink menu includes an extensive craft beer selection with over 60 beers on tap and even more bottles and cans, as well as house-made pizza by the slice with unique toppings.
Website: http://www.updownarcadebar.com/minneapolis
Pat's Tap & Skee Ball
A Skee club and gastro pub with a super fun atmosphere!
Website: http://www.patstap.com
Coffee Shops
Five Watt Coffee Lyndale
Five Watt Coffee was founded by Lee Carter and Caleb Garn in 2014. With similar coffee philosophies, it was only time before they got together to start Five Watt Coffee. Caleb works closely with our General Managers, and Lee oversees the beverage program alongside the Lead Baristas.
Our baristas to get to know everyone that stops by the shop. Don't be surprised if we know your name, remember your regular drink order, or dish out high-fives across the bar. Coffee is about connecting people.
Website: http://fivewattcoffee.com
French Meadow Cafe
French Meadow began in 1985 as the first certified organic bread bakery in the U.S.A., baking traditional organic, yeast-free bread that was as delicious as it was healthy. As a pioneer in organics, we opened the popular Uptown Minneapolis cafe in the early 1990’s by customer demand, and have been serving deliciously natural, local, organic food -- including vegetarian, gluten-free, and vegan -- ever since.
Website: https://www.frenchmeadowcafe.com
Butter Bakery Cafe
We are a locally owned business rooted in Southwest Minneapolis since 2006 and deeply committed to producing not only good food, but also good community in the Lyndale and Kingfield neighborhoods. We partner with Beacon Interfaith Housing Collaborative, a local non-profit working to end homelessness, in giving the youth at Nicollet Square job experience. And now with our new partnership with Wildflyer Coffee we’re expanding these opportunities.
Website: https://butterbakerycafe.com
Bogart's Doughnut Co.
Our mission at Bogart's Doughnut Co. is to make the freshest, most delicious doughnuts you have ever tasted. We don't make our doughnuts the easy way, but we hope you'll agree that we make them the best possible way. From our 18 hour brioche dough to our scratch-made glazes, our goal has always been to create the best flavor by letting the quality ingredients shine. Plus, we produce our doughnuts throughout the day, ensuring that you will always receive the freshest doughnuts possible.
Website: https://www.bogartsdoughnutco.com
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