In the warm weather months, do some drinking on the patio with fresh pints of Harriet’s West Side Belgian or a Sol Bock. Read more.
Protein-up for the day with dishes like the Brisket Hash and Chicken Fried Steak & Eggs...
Psycho Suzi's Motor Lounge is the perfect mix of fiery, volcano-fied, massive-patio-having tiki bar and post-nuclear Chernobyl. Read more.
The full day of mealing starts with breakfast twists like a meatloaf hash, then hits lunch with a fried oysters/ slaw/ pickles/ remoulade "Oyster Peacemaker" hoagie. Read more.
Grab a Surly tallboy. If you have time, stick around and try the sake oyster shooters.
Because you too like to live dangerously, put some cash on the ponies, do some off-track betting, and maybe even throw down on a hand or 20 of poker.
The main event down here -- crispy pizza -- includes this margherita plus more exotic stuff like "Polpo" with braised octopus, tomato sauce, Fresno peppers, and avocado. Read more.
Beans from local roaster Dogwood are used in the normal array of lattes, espressos, and drips, as well as more exotic concoctions like the espresso/ chocolate "Furley" with honey. Read more.
Get your belay on (on belay!) here! This is where we like to work off all of those Glam Doll Donuts that we eat on a weekly (daily?!) basis. Read more.
Hit El BM on Sundays for their conical taco originally invented for Target Field: The “Walk-A-Taco.” Read more.
Create your very own meatball at this super dope spot that serves up beef, pork, chicken, salmon, and even falafel meatballs. Soon enough you'll find yourself meatballin' on the regular. Read more.
You don't have to be into redheads to try the Red Headed Tease cupcake. It's literally topped with a jello shot. Mmm, yes please! Read more.
Though the pizza is NY Style, you'd be remiss if you didn't order the "Minnesota Fats," which is topped with Canadian bacon, sausage, beef and pepperoni. Read more.
The vegan chorizo sausage will surprise meat-eaters with its deliciousness. They've also got 30 craft taps and a 65-strong bourbon program. Read more.
Roll up to The Alley to try their jalapeño pickle wrapped in pastrami & cream cheese and called the "Pastrami Pickle Roll-Up." Trust us, it works. Read more.
Get two vanilla, bourbon, and apple fritters and bask in the glory of your gluttony. Read more.
Your "New Ulm" burger is bolstered with apple-braised cabbage/ havarti/ lingonberry mayo. And you thought IKEA cornered the market on lingonberry, didn't you? Read more.
Combining two of the most versatile - and delicious - foods, The Hole presents the taco burger: Beef topped with ancho chile/ jalapenos/ chipotle aioli. Read more.
Their pancakes are yeast-raised and called "flappers," so expect tons of girls in St. Paul to start dressing up as sexy pancakes next Halloween. Then you can thank Colossal. Read more.
Dragons don't actually exist, but the amazing Thai Dragon exists and is most assuredly edible: 3-day marinated, house-spiced pork w/ peanut sauce, bacon & chili sauce. Read more.
The seven-liquored "Groin Punch" will actually only make your head hurt. The bacon cheeseburger egg rolls will also hit you the right way. Read more.
The "Reason for Rye" is the reason you should come here. It's corned beef with chopped liver, red onion & spicy mustard. They've also got a full bar and 8 craft taps including Flat Earth Cygnus X-1. Read more.
Hit up the shrimp/Italian sausage/scallion wood-fired 'za w/ Cajun cream before boozing on 24 taps which include Great Lakes Dortmunder Gold. Read more.
DC turns out yeast-raised circles of heaven like the amazing Orange Creamcicle: basically a sugar donut, this guy's set off by its orange creamcicle icing. Read more.
You wouldn't expect to find amazing curried chevre fusilli with English peas at a bowling alley, but that's the type of fare they're serving here. Read more.
P&F's highly descriptive beer menu stocks more than 14 Belgian bottles, like the tasty Cantillon Organic Gueuze. The old-timey tavern menu offers peculiar tastiness like Welsh rarebit. Read more.
You can get a 3-course meal for $10 served by students of Le Cordon Bleu. You're going to want to order up the lamb loin with mint chimichurri sauce for dinner. Read more.
Known more for its love of futbol, this downtown pub's backing the only team that can make football just as boring, serving as the rallying point for the Twin Cities' Browns boosters. Read more.
Made our list thanks to 27 taps, and 13 flatscreens showing almost every game imaginable, with Vikes' game audio "loud and proud when they're playing." Read more.
Features drinks it bills as "cheap, strong, and easy to come by" (just how you like your women!), 40 taps and sub-$3 game day beers. Read more.
Each of Senser's four locales will show any NFL game you want (call ahead) on one of their monstrous HDTVs circling what they call their "sports theater." Read more.
Pint feels like a neighborhood bar but bigger, outfitting the huge 501 Club space with rough-hewn oak floors, a dropped tin ceiling, HDTVs, and leather booths. Read more.
Pat's serves craft brews and food amidst a playful backdrop of vintage mechanical skee ball machines and pool. Food-wise, try the grilled cheese with Taleggio, fig, arugula, and apple. Read more.
Houses a burger with cheese in its core, marking the first time that a hamburger and Richard Grieco have shared something in common. Read more.
MN's fattest food truck plates a cheese and bacon-adorned patty betwixt an actual glazed donut. Read more.
A Stillwater hybrid named after one of the city's most dastardly steep hills, brick-walled Chilkoot's cafe and bike shop are divided by a full kitchen and large chalkboard menu. Read more.
Try the grass-fed Cheese Works Burger (replete with "special sauce" and 'Sconi cheddar). Read more.
