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The Best American Food in Minneapolis

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The best American food in Minneapolis, according to the experts: AAA, Minnesota Monthly, and Midwest Living have all weighed in, and their honors are what rank this list. Monte Carlo comes out on top.

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Parlour and The Lexington hold the next two places. AAA shows up on more of this list than any other guide, with Minnesota Monthly next.

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  1. Rank 2. Parlour

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  2. Address
    1096 Grand Ave, Saint Paul, MN · Saint Paul
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    Closed now, opens 4 PM

    Tuesday 4 PM–9:30 PM

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  3. A neighborhood bar and grill housed in a refurbished firehouse in St. Paul's West Seventh corridor, which gives the room more bones than most places trying to cultivate a "local watering hole" feeling. The menu runs American comfort, with a French onion steak sandwich doing a lot of the heavy lifting alongside a burger that locals seem to take personally. The bar handles cocktails, mocktails, and coffee drinks without making you feel like you have to pick a lane.

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  5. Rank 4. Dakota

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  9. Rank 10. Good Day Cafe

    American Coffee Shop

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  11. Rank 10. Nicollet Island Inn

    Seasonal Midwestern

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  12. Rank 10. Pier Five Hundred

    American Seafood

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  13. Rank 10. The Freehouse

    American Beer Bar

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