Restaurant Week July 2019

Baja Haus

Baja Haus is providing beachy waves of tacos to the Wayzata lakeside set.

Bloomington ChopHouse

A modern suburban hotel restaurant, the ChopHouse offers steak house dishes with a contemporary edge, as well as traditional steaks and chops.

Boca Chica Restaurante Mexicano y Cantina

Since 1964, Boca Chica has been serving fresh family-recipe Mexican food to the Twin Cities. The Frias family's salsa has a loyal following, as do the chile relleno and the carnitas.

Cafe Alma

Cafe Alma is the new addition to Alex Roberts’s award-winning Restaurant Alma.

Café Lurcat

Lurcat remains a sophisticated and stylish place to eat off Loring Park. The bar menu's small plates are perfect for the cocktail set, and the cafe menu stays current yet accessible with modern preparations and fresh ingredients.

Campiello

This D'Amico trattoria is phenomenally refined for the moderate prices. People love its often superb regional Italian fare and relaxed, warm environment.

Cast & Cru

In the freshly revamped Old Log Theatre, this dining spot features meaty, modern American plates whether you're seeing a show or not.

Cedar + Stone, Urban Table

The JW Marriott at MOA features an upscale dining room and bar. There are notable efforts to use local products, and the hospitality is top-notch. It's a good zen place to escape the mall hordes.

Citizen

Citizen Supper Club has revamped as Citizen. The vibe is still very Mad Men, but there’s a brand new menu, complete with local touches like Redhead Creamery cheese curds and eggs Benedict made with Red Table Meats ham.

El Burrito Mercado

The Twin Cities' essential Mexican market offers the area's best tamales, great carnitas, and superior braised dishes, such as pork in green chilies and chicken mole. Grab a quick lunch at the deli counter or have a seat in the full-service café.

El Burrito Restaurant y Cantina

A Mexican market & cafe serving classic staples like tacos, enchiladas & tamales, just like mom would make.

FireLake Grill House & Cocktail Bar

Cooking with a wood-fired rotisserie and hardwood grill, FireLake turns out tasty and accessible American fare for all three meals.

FireLake Grill House & Cocktail Bar – Mall of America

Cooking with a wood-fired rotisserie and hardwood grill, FireLake turns out tasty and accessible American fare for all three meals. The grilled North Shore whitefish and corn-crusted walleye are great.

Fogo de Chão

With its all-you-can-eat menu, strolling gauchos slicing more than a dozen grilled meats tableside, and stellar salad bar, Fogo de Chão offers many cuts of meats and flavors not otherwise found in local eateries.

Giulia

Giulia serves elevated Northern Italian dishes from within its lush interior space, an atmosphere accentuated with marble and plants. Don't miss out on the tableside mozzarella cart!

Hammer & Sickle

Uptown's vodka bar has a light Soviet theme. The menu includes a round of pierogis, small-plate zakuski offerings, and even caviar.

Herbie's on the Park

Inspired by Herb Brooks and with a lot of old St. Paul swag, Herbie's on the Park offers up steaks, seafood, burgers, and creative apps in a dining room flanked with a roaring fireplace and marble bar.

Holman's Table

Located at the St. Paul Downtown Airport and named for daredevil pilot Charles W. “Speed” Holman, Holman's Table is serving up American fare with a twist in travel-inspired surroundings.

I Nonni

One of the best Italian restaurants in the Twin Cities is in this Lilydale subdivision. The owners regularly perform magic with homemade salumi, phenomenally authentic pastas, and superb first courses.

Kado no Mise

Anchoring Chef Shigeyuki Furukawa's Japanese restaurant complex, Kado no Mise serves a menu of simple, delicate, finely crafted seafood and sushi made with the highest-quality ingredients available.

Lake & Irving

In this Uptown spot, Asian meets Mediterranean meets Minnesotan. Surprisingly, it all works in a cozy pub-like atmosphere.

Lela

A vibrant hotel-adjacent restaurant that plays sophisticated and modern with fresh crudos, house-made pasta, and some enormous steaks.

Mediterranean Cruise Cafe

In a grand space, this Med-focused restaurant offers a wide variety of dishes, such as kebabs, pasta, gyros, flatbreads, and more. Check out one of the weekend belly dancing shows or enjoy hookah on the patio.

Mystic Steakhouse

If you're down playing the slots, reward yourself with dinner at this classic casino steakhouse offering chops, seafood, pastas, salads, and more.

PLate on Main

PLate is an upscale neighborhood eatery in downtown Prior Lake producing distinctive, high-quality American food and beverages.

Rinata

Rinata is an Italian bistro with considerable charm. Simple elegance is applied to the warm, candlelit surroundings, as well as to the rustic menu. Earthy flavors from all over Italy are featured on the menu.

Rodizio Grill

There's a large salad bar and servers bring you different cuts of grilled and roasted meats at this all-you-can-eat Brazilian steakhouse.

Ruth's Chris Steak House

Ruth's is perhaps the least flashy of the local high-ticket steakhouses. Generous portions, super sides, and great service are its hallmarks.

Saji-Ya

Sleek, modern design has refreshed this longtime Grand Avenue grill, known for high-quality sushi, noisy and rollicking teppanyaki tables, skillfully prepared Japanese entrées, and a general commitment to excellence.

Smack Shack at POTLUCK

Smith & Porter

This restaurant and bar is on the ground level of a senior living apartment building in the Mill District.

Stella's Fish Café & Prestige Oyster Bar

Casual seafood specialties such as peel-and-eat shrimp and raw oysters are served in this Uptown restaurant with a rooftop bar.

Tavola

This farm-to-table Italian eatery is making a play for the heart of East Town with its hearty plates, family meal nights, and warm Tuscany vibes.

The Capital Grille

The one chain steakhouse that can compete with food-focused restaurants for quality and creativity in downtown Minneapolis. Go for the Delmonico rib eye and wonderful creamed spinach.

The Commodore Bar and Restaurant

St. Paul's legendary bar pays homage to the jazz age. The art deco vibe is spectacular, the fully stocked bar sports Minnesota-made liquors, and the full-service restaurant puts up classic dishes such as braised lamb chops and lobster deviled eggs.

The Freehouse

Blue Plate's foray into the brewing biz, this North Loop brewpub serves its own beer and an ambitious menu of drinker's eats.

The Lexington

At The Lex, it's all about bringing back the classics but giving them a place in the now. Enjoy an updated pot pie in the plushly decorated dining room, or get an old-fashioned at the Williamsburg Room bar.

The Lowry

The Lowry's motto: Beer, Whiskey, Oysters, and Eggs. From early morning to late night, the fun and fresh menu aims to feed the young and hungry who crowd the neighborhood apartments.

The Melting Pot

There's an all-fondue menu of four-course feasts, as well as other items, including filet mignon, shrimp, sirloin, lobster tails, and a vegetarian option. Also, cheese and chocolate fondues.

The Oceanaire Seafood Room

Though the space isn't as cool or swank as it used to be, the fish is still flown in fresh, the portions generous, and the crab cake the best in town. Happy hour has become a popular pastime.

The St. Paul Grill

There's no denying the appeal of downtown St. Paul's clubby home for power lunches, decadent brunches, and winning pre-theater dinners. The food is classic American, the simpler the better.

Tria Restaurant

This attractive north suburban restaurant feels like a European country house and is popular for gatherings. The food is similarly influenced, hearty, and comforting.

Tullibee

Located in the new Hewing Hotel is Tullibee, the restaurant helmed by chef Matt Leverty.

Twin Cities 400 Tavern

Unwind at the TC400 Tavern featuring bar selections from a range of local Minnesota breweries and distilleries. All-day dining menus offering rotisserie-cooked meats, brick oven pizzas, two-fisted sandwiches, char-grilled burgers, house-made soups an

Urban Eatery

The Beach Club's edgy eatery. Focused on fresh & local food, the menu plays with a few foodie touches. Local farms get a nod on the menu.

moto-i

America’s first craft sake brewery sits in the Lyn-Lake neighborhood of Minneapolis. moto-i's menu features Izakaya style small plates, Tokyo straight style noodle ramen, and house-made steamed buns. Our sake is brewed on-site, served on draft, and f

ninetwentyfive

Ninetwentyfive, in the Hotel Landing, serves an upscale-local menu with plates that will knock you into the lake. In a good way.