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The Best Places to Drink in Minneapolis

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The best places to drink in Minneapolis, according to the experts: The Pinnacle Guide, James Beard Awards, and The 50 have all weighed in, and their honors are what rank this list. Meteor comes out on top.

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Manny's Steakhouse and Bûcheron hold the next two places. Minnesota Monthly shows up on more of this list than any other guide, with AAA next.

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  1. Rank 1. Meteor

    Cocktail Bar

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    +4 more awards at Meteor
    Address
    2027 N Second St, Minneapolis, MN · Minneapolis
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    Closed today, opens Wed 4 PM

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  2. Rank 2. Manny's Steakhouse

    Steakhouse

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    Address
    825 S Marquette Ave, Minneapolis, MN · Minneapolis
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    Closed now, opens Wed 7 AM

    Tuesday 7 AM–9 PM

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  3. Rank 3. Bûcheron

    French

    The menu cites lumberjacks as inspiration, which sounds like a joke until the food arrives smelling of juniper and pickled elderberries. This is a French American neighborhood restaurant on Nicollet, where the chef works a distinctly Upper Midwestern palate, finding fall vegetables worthy of a special occasion without making the room feel like one. It won the James Beard Award for Best New Restaurant and landed on the New York Times Restaurant List. The pommes dauphine are, regulars will tell you, really just very good Tater Tots.

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    +9 more awards at Bûcheron
    Address
    4257 Nicollet Ave, Minneapolis, MN · Minneapolis
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    Closed now, opens Wed 4:30 PM

    Tuesday 4:30 PM–9 PM

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  4. Rank 4. Bull's Horn Food & Drink

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    4563 34th Ave S, Minneapolis, MN · Minneapolis
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    Closed now, opens Wed 4 PM

    Tuesday 4 PM–10 PM

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  5. Rank 5. Mara Restaurant and Bar

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    Address
    245 Hennepin Ave, Minneapolis, MN · Minneapolis
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  6. Rank 6. Small Hours

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    Address
    2201 Second St NE, Minneapolis, MN · Minneapolis
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The score comes from the awards it's won, weighted by who gave them: a Michelin star outweighs a listicle. When you sort by what's nearby, distance changes the order, never the score.

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    The score comes from the awards it's won, weighted by who gave them: a Michelin star outweighs a listicle. When you sort by what's nearby, distance changes the order, never the score.

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      Four fifths of the score is the awards it's won, weighted by who gave them: a Michelin Key outweighs a listicle. The last fifth is where it is: the ranked places to eat and things to do around it, and how safe the country is. When you sort by what's nearby, distance from you changes the order, never the score.

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