Nov 15, 2012 · Filed under: Map; The Best Restaurants for a Romantic Date Night in the Twin Cities. Cozy pasta spots, intimate tasting menus, and sparkling brasseries

Jan 16, 2025 · Fragrant bites of carbonara and brandy pours in basement speakeasies: These are the ingredients of a romantic date night in the Twin Cities. From prix fixe tasting menus to a vintage bowling alley, Minneapolis and St. Paul have an array of romantic restaurants to choose from, all with different price points and tastes.

Jan 21, 2025 · Head to Day by Day Cafe on West Seventh Street for a classic eggs-and-bacon breakfast around the $10 mark. Other dishes — like the country-fried steak and biscuits and gravy — are just a few dollars more, though the best deal on this menu is the early bird special, a diner-style breakfast platter of eggs, potatoes, sausage, or bacon, and pancakes for $10.99 on weekdays and $12.59 on weekends.

Jan 24, 2025 · Cedar and Stone offers an alternative to food court fare, if you’re looking for a more upscale, sit-down meal. Sip a Garden Fresh, a gin-based drink with tomato, mint, and lime to begin before feasting on the crispy pancetta Brussels sprouts, a bowl of creamy wild rice soup, or half Amish chicken with honey lavender glaze.

Nov 19, 2024 · After nearly 15 years on University Avenue, Tea House remains a staple for excellent Chinese fare — Szechuan in particular. It’s a great place to dine family-style: Mix and match between a steaming bowl of thick, supple kudai lamb noodles (a street food from China’s Shaanxi Province); the whole braised Anhui walleye; or the classic kung pao chicken, peppered with crispy peanuts.

Oct 15, 2024 · Black Walnut Bakery’s cakes are beautiful in their simplicity — the pineapple coconut meringue cake, for example, is adorned with golden-brown peaks of meringue and toasted coconut flakes; another favorite layers a chiffon sponge with vanilla Bavarian cream and cassis preserves.

Nov 5, 2024 · Sakura has been a part of the Twin Cities’ sushi scene for more than 30 years. The sashimi menu is extensive — try the fatty salmon, surf clam, or wasabi flying fish egg — while the specialty rolls cover all the classics (tempura, caterpillar rolls, etc.) and expand beyond them, featuring ingredients like chicken tempura, mango sauce, and spicy lobster.

Jan 10, 2025 · St. Paul’s Myriel — a name that nods to Les Miserables — is at once rustic and refined, its small dining room accented with European silhouettes and shades of cream and sand.Chef Karyn Tomlinson’s tasting menu, which starts at $179 per person, isn’t posted online, and the hyper-local dishes change with the seasons.

Aug 9, 2024 · The best burgers, Juicy Lucy diehards maintain, have the cheese inside.One of the Twin Cities’ most iconic dishes, a Juicy Lucy is a classic beef patty stuffed with cheese, which liquifies (or oozes magnificently, at the very least) upon grilling.

Sep 4, 2024 · Cardigan Donuts has two downtown Minneapolis locations, at City Center and in the IDS building. Each serves decadent doughnut takes: Think cake doughnuts drizzled with a coffee glaze, Bismarks stuffed with a malted vanilla cream filling, and old fashioned doughnuts made moist and dense with Greek yogurt mixed into the batter.