Restaurants
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Restaurants
On Nicollet Mall
All restaurants on Nicollet Mall are within a short walk, and these are some favorites among many other choices. |
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Keys
Café
Breakfast and Lunch; modest 1007 Nicollet Mall 612-339-6399 Breakfast served all day; fresh bread and farmer’s omelets. |
Brit’s
Pub
Lunch and Dinner; average 1110 Nicollet Mall 612-332-3908 Pub food, fish and chips, and good beer. High tea M-F, but need reservations for tea. |
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The
Local
Lunch and Dinner; average 931 Nicollet Mall 612-904-1000 Irish pub serving American food with an Irish twist. Known to put Guiness in their food. |
Dakota
Jazz Club and Restaurant
Lunch M-F; Dinner daily; average 1010 Nicollet Mall 612-332-1010 Midwestern gourmet menu by an experienced chef. This place is a must do music venue, but also has a good bar, fine wine list, and smooth décor. |
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Vincent
Lunch M-F; Dinner daily; go-for-it 1100 Nicollet Mall 612-630-1189 French cuisine, inventive and excellently crafted. Have never heard anyone disappointed and many who were impressed. |
Zelo
Lunch M-Sat; Dinner daily; go-for-it 831 Nicollet Mall 612-333-7000 Italian cuisine in an arty space. Very cool. |
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Mortons
of Chicago
Lunch M-F; Dinner daily; go-for-it 555 Nicollet Mall 612-673-9700 Best steak house in downtown. Can also do seafood, chicken, and a great burger. |
Red
Lunch M-F. Dinner daily; go-for-it 114 So. 9th St. (just off the mall) 612-436-8888 Hip new restaurant with a creative menu. Some diners prefer to stay on the appetizer side of the menu to experience more of the chef’s imaginative combinations. Tour the Art-deco Foshay Tower while you are in the building. |
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King
and I
Dinner M-Sat; average 1346 La Salle (street behind the Hyatt) 612-332-6938 Excellent and affordable Thai menu. Vegetarian friendly. |
Tiburon
Dinner Mon-Sat; average 1201 Harmon Place 612-604-0585 Caribbean theme and menu and a lively bar to boot. |
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Rock
Bottom Brewery
Lunch and dinner daily; modest 825 So Hennepin (below Palomino) 612-332-2739 Busy brew pub; also handy to theaters. |
Palomino
Lunch M-Sat; Dinner daily; average 825 So Hennepin (second floor of LaSalle Plaza) 612-339-3800 Handy to theater district; serves a Mediterranean menu. |
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Ike’s
Food and Cocktails
Breakfast, lunch and dinner daily; average 50 South 6th St. 612-746-4537 Retro 40’s atmosphere full of fun and good basic food like burgers and blue plate specials. |
Goodfellows
Lunch M-F; Dinner M-Sat; go-for-it 40 South 7th St. 612-332-4800 American gourmet offerings in a fabulous art deco setting. Worth the walk just for the interior. |
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Solera
Dinner daily; go-for-it 900 Hennepin Ave 612-781-6041 Tapas and trendy, enhanced by Spanish wines. One reviewer rates it among the top ten Spanish restaurants in the US. |
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Warehouse
District
Old warehouse buildings give the area its name and ambiance. Can be reached by foot, but don’t feel like a wimp if you cab it. Officially begins about six blocks north of the Hyatt, at 6th St. North. Cross Hennepin Ave, go to Sixth and head left and north from there. Many good restaurants and a few clubs. |
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Pizza
Luce
Lunch and dinner daily; modest 119 North 4th St. 612-333-7359 Pizza with attitude; very popular and toppings are creative. |
Café
Brenda
Lunch M-F; Dinner Mon-Sat; average 300 North First Ave. 612-342-9230 Scrumptious vegetarian fare, with a little chicken and seafood also available. |
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Origami
Lunch M-F; Dinner daily; average 30 North First Street 612-333-8430 Japanese fare; wonderful sushi and really good bargain for lunch. |
..Nami
Lunch M-F; Dinner M-Sat; average 251 North First Ave. 612-333-1999 Another great Japanese restaurant; cool sushi bar too. |
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Sapor
Café and Bar
Lunch M-F; Dinner M-Sat; average 428 North Washington 612-375-1971 World cuisine with fresh and surprising ingredients. Good vegetarian options. |
D’Amico
Cucina
Dinner M-Sat; go-for-it 100 North Sixth St. (Butler Square Building) 612-338-2401 Luxury Italian, judged by some to be the best in town. Fine wines. |
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BaBaLu
Lunch and dinner daily; go-for-it 800 Washington Ave. 612-746-5235 Latin-Caribbean-Spanish cuisine, with some live music on the side. |
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Per
person meal prices ...
Modest: under $10 -- Average: $10-$25 -- Go-for-it: over $25 |
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For
your shopping pleasure ...
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Nicollet
Mall Hennepin
Avenue Bus
to Mall of America |
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For
entertainment ...
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Stroll
through the Walker Art Center sculpture garden by day
Ice skate on an indoor rink at the restored Milwaukee Depot |
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Live
Theatre ...
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Guthrie
Theater Lab, 700 North First St. (warehouse district)
Theatre de La Jeune Lune, 105 North First St. (warehouse district) Illusion Theater, 528 Hennepin Ave. |
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