Twin Cities Restaurants We Want to Visit

(List started in 2004 – in no particular order)

 

Shiraz Fire Roasted Cuisine

FireLake **

Glockenspiel **

6042 Nicollet Ave S

31 S. 7th St.

605 7th St. W., St. Paul

861-5500

216-3473

651-292-9421

 

 

 

Bakery on Grand **

Café Latte

Lucia’s ***

3804 Grand Ave. S.

850 Grand Ave., St. Paul

1432 W. 31st St.

822-8260

651-224-5687

825-1572

 

 

 

Bradstreet Crafthouse **

Egg & I ***

Cowboy Slims **

Grave 601 – 601 1st Av. N.

2828 Lyndale Ave. S.

1312 West Lake Street

312-1821

872-7282

353-5156

 

 

 

Taqueria La Hacienda Taco

The Independent *

Roat Osha ***

1515 E. Lake St.

3001 Hennepin Ave. S. Suite A201

2650 Hennepin Ave S

728-5437

378-1905

377-4418

 

 

 

Red’s Savoy Pizza ***

Bar Fly *

al Vento ***

421 E. 7th St., St. Paul

711 Hennepin Ave. S.

5001 34th Ave. S.

651-227-1437

333-6100

724-3009

 

 

 

Cave Vin ***

St. Paul Grill ***

112 Eatery ***

5555 Xerxes Ave. S.

350 Market St., St. Paul

112 N. 3rd St.

922-0100

651-292-9292

343-7696

 

 

 

Rainbow Chinese ***

Pazzaluna ***

Muffuletta Cafe ***

2739 Nicollet Ave. S.

360 St. Peter St., St. Paul

2260 Como Ave., St. Paul

870-7084

651-223-7000

651-644-9116

 

 

 

Evergreen’s Taiwanese

Kincaid’s ***

20.21 **

2424 Nicollet Ave. S.

380 St. Peter St., St. Paul

1750 Hennepin Ave. S.

871-6801

651-602-9000

253-3410

 

 

 

Tavern on Grand **

Heartland Cafe

Longfellow Grill **

656 Grand Ave., St. Paul

1806 St. Clair Ave., St. Paul

2990 W River Pkwy

651-228-9030

651-699-3536

721-2711

 

 

 

Ciao Bella **

Cafe Maude ***

First Course ***

3501 Minnesota Dr, Bloomington

5411 Penn Ave S

5607 Chicago Ave S

952-841-1000

822-5411

825-6900

 

 

 

Stella’s Fish Café **

Cosmos *

Little Tijuana **

1400 W. Lake St.

601 1st Ave. N.

17 E. 26th St.

824-TUNA

677-1100

872-0578

 

 

 

Café Levain

Psycho Suzi's Motor Lounge **

Seafood Palace

4762 Chicago Ave. S.

2519 Marshall St NE

2523 Nicollet Ave

823-7111

788-9069

874-7721

 

 

 

Tryg’s **

Red Stag Supper Club ***

Conga Latin Bistro **

3118 W Lake St

509 1st Avenue NE

501 E Hennepin Ave

920-7777

767-7766

331-3360

 

 

 

GiGi’s Café

Birchwood Café **

La Belle Vie **

824 W. 36th St.

3311 E 25th St

510 Groveland Av.

825-0818

722-4474

874-6400

 

 

 

Ruth’s Chris Steak House

Chatterbox

Alma **

920 2nd Avenue S., Suite 100

2229 E 35th St.

528 University Ave SE

672-9000

728-9871

379-4909

 

 

 

LoTo *

Pop! ***

Amore Victoria Ristorante ***

380 Jackson St, St Paul

2859 Johnson Street NE

1601 W Lake St

651-209-7776

788-0455

823-0250

 

 

 

Liffey Irish Pub *

Bryn Mawr Pizza *

Bad Waitress Coffee Shop & Breakfast Joint

175 W 7th Street, St Paul

404 Cedar Lake Rd S

2 E. 26th St.

651-556-1420

377-5501

872-7575

 

 

 

Café Twenty-Eight ***

Saffron***

duplex ***

2724 W. 43rd St.

123 N Third St Ste 101

2516 Hennepin Ave S

926-2800

746-5533

377-3038

 

 

 

Modern Café *

Crema Cafe

Northeast Social ***

337 13th Ave. NE

3403 S. Lyndale Ave S.

359 13th Av NE

378-9882

824-3868

877-8111

 

 

 

Craftsman ***

The Sample Room ***

The Butcher Block **

4300 E. Lake St.

2124 Marshall St NE

308 E Hennepin Ave

722-0175

789-0333

455-1080

 

 

 

Kinhdo

French Meadow Bakery

Mayslack's **

2755 Hennepin Ave S

2610 Lyndale Ave S

1428 Fourth St NE

870-1295

870-7855

789-9862

 

 

 

Corner Table **

Kikugawa

Sea Salt Eatery **

4257 Nicollet Ave

43 Main St SE

Minnehaha Falls Park

4825 Minnehaha Ave.

823-0011

378-3006

721-8990

 

 

 

Osteria I Nonni **

Spoonriver

Sea Change ***

981 Sibley Memorial Highway, Lilydale

750 S. 2nd St.

818 S Second St

651-905-1080

436-2236

225-6499

 

 

 

Peninsula

Quang

El Meson ***

2608 Nicollet Ave S

2719 Nicollet Ave. S.

3450 Lyndale Ave. S.

871-8282

870-4739

822-8062

 

 

 

El Paraiso

True Thai **

Town Talk Diner

3501 Nicollet Ave. S.

2627 East Franklin Avenue

2707 1/2 E Lake St

823-4707

375-9942

722-1312

 

 

 

Boca Chica Restaurante

Mill City Café ***

Café Ena **

11 Concord St, St. Paul

2205 NE California Street # 102

4601 Grand Avenue S.

651-222-8499

788-6188

824-4441

 

 

 

Rizzo's

Sanctuary ***

Erte

242 W 7th St, St. Paul

903 Washington Ave. S.

323 13th Avenue N.E.

651-222-7000

339-5058

667-0222

 

 

 

Nick and Eddie **

Blackbird *** (Closed - Fire)

Salty Tart

1612 Harmon Place

815 West 50th @ Bryant

920 E Lake St

486-5800

823-4790

874-9206

Mairin’s Table **

Brasa Rotisserie ***

Heidi’s *** (Closed - Fire)

23 4th St NE

600 E Hennepin Ave

819 W 50th St

746-4272

379-3030

354-3512

 

Mission American Kitchen

Be'wiched Deli

Citizen Café

77 S 7th St

800 Washington Ave N

2403 E. 38th St.

339-1000

767-433-

729-1122

 

Buster’s on 28th

Jax Café

The Lexington Restaurant

4204 28th Ave

1928 University Ave NE

1096 Grand Ave, St Paul

729-0911

789-7297

651-222-5878

Rinata ***

Black Sheep Coal Fired Pizza **

moto-i

2451 Hennepin Av S

600 Washington Av N

2940 Lyndale Av S

374-8998

342-2625

821-NAMA

Taste of Thailand **

Meritage

Mancini's

11 S 7th St

410 Saint Peter St, St. Paul

531 Seventh St W, St. Paul

333-0082

651-222-5670

651-224-7345

Darby O'Ragen's Subo *** Trattoria Tosca
401 N 3rd St 89 10th Street South 3415 W 44th St
342-4250 886-2377 924-1900
OM Ginger Hop ** Il Gatto **
401 1st Av N 201 E Hennepin Av 3001 Hennepin Av S

338-1510

746-0304

Bar La Grassa *** D'amico Kitchen *** Loring Kitchen & Bar **
800 Washington Avenue N. 901 Hennepin Ave S 1359 Willow Street
333-3837 767-696s0 843-0400
Red Stag Supper Club *** HauteDish Victory 44 ***
509 1st Ave NE 119 Washington Ave N 2203 N 44th Ave.
767-7766 338-8484 588-2288
Piccolo Caribe Caribbean Bistro
4300 Bryant Ave. S. 791 Raymond Ave, St. Paul
827-8111 651-641-1446

 

 

 

 

Key:

All are in Minneapolis (unless otherwise specified).

All are in Area Code 612 (unless otherwise specified).

 

Of the places we’ve been to:

*** - Highly Recommended.

** - Recommended.

* - Don’t bother until you’ve gone to all the other places.  May be a good place for a drink.

No * – We haven’t tried yet.

 

 

This is not an all inclusive list of all the Twin Cities restaurants we’ve been to or recommend, just the ones we haven’t been to since we started the list in 2004.  The order is just the order we added them to the list.