The Best Places in Downtown West & North Loop
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The awards
- James Beard Awards James Beard Awards: 2022 · Winner · Best New Restaurant
- USA Today USA Today: Restaurants of the Year
- Eater Eater: The All-Time Eater 38
- James Beard Awards 2022 · Winner · Best New Restaurant
- USA Today Restaurants of the Year
- Eater The All-Time Eater 38
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Rank 2. Spoon and Stable
Modern French
The building was a working stable once, and the vaulted ceilings and warm brick still carry that memory into what is now one of Minneapolis's most celebrated dinner destinations. Chef Gavin Kaysen runs a Midwestern French kitchen where the seasonal sourcing is taken seriously without being announced at you. A 2025 James Beard Outstanding Restaurant semifinalist, it draws a dressed-up but not stiff crowd happy to linger over heritage grain pasta and a very good cocktail.
The awards
- AAA AAA: Four Diamonds
- James Beard Awards James Beard Awards: 2025 · Semifinalist · Outstanding Restaurant
- Eater Eater: The Best New Restaurants in America
- AAA Four Diamonds
- James Beard Awards 2025 · Semifinalist · Outstanding Restaurant
- Eater The Best New Restaurants in America
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Rank 3. Kado no Mise
Edo-style Sushi
Twelve counter seats and a reservation on Tock are your entry points to this North Loop omakase spot, where the chef plates Edo-style sushi and seasonal small dishes in a room stripped down to near-silence. The minimalist space is deliberate, meant to keep your focus exactly where he wants it. The chef was a James Beard nominee for Best Chef: Midwest in 2026, which tracks with the precision on the plate.
The awards
- James Beard Awards James Beard Awards: 2026 · Nominee · Best Chef: Midwest · Shigeyuki Furukawa
- James Beard Awards James Beard Awards: 2025 · Nominee · Best Chef: Midwest · Shigeyuki Furukawa
- Bon Appétit Bon Appétit: America's Best New Restaurants
- James Beard Awards 2026 · Nominee · Best Chef: Midwest · Shigeyuki Furukawa
- James Beard Awards 2025 · Nominee · Best Chef: Midwest · Shigeyuki Furukawa
- Bon Appétit America's Best New Restaurants
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Rank 4. Bar La Grassa
Italian
The awards
- AAA AAA: Three Diamonds
- James Beard Awards James Beard Awards: 2026 · Semifinalist · Outstanding Restaurant
- Minnesota Monthly Minnesota Monthly: Top 75 Restaurants
- AAA Three Diamonds
- James Beard Awards 2026 · Semifinalist · Outstanding Restaurant
- Minnesota Monthly Top 75 Restaurants
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The awards
- Minnesota Monthly Minnesota Monthly: Best Innovation · Best New Restaurants
- Minnesota Monthly Minnesota Monthly: Top 75 Restaurants
- Artful Living Artful Living: The Top New Twin Cities Dining Experiences
- Minnesota Monthly Best Innovation · Best New Restaurants
- Minnesota Monthly Top 75 Restaurants
- Artful Living The Top New Twin Cities Dining Experiences
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The awards
- Minnesota Monthly Minnesota Monthly: Best Special Occasion Restaurant · Best New Restaurants
- James Beard Awards James Beard Awards: 2024 · Semifinalist · Outstanding Chef · Daniel del Prado
- Minnesota Monthly Minnesota Monthly: Top 75 Restaurants
- Minnesota Monthly Best Special Occasion Restaurant · Best New Restaurants
- James Beard Awards 2024 · Semifinalist · Outstanding Chef · Daniel del Prado
- Minnesota Monthly Top 75 Restaurants
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Floor-to-ceiling windows frame either the Mississippi or a cosmopolitan sunset, depending on which side you land. This Four Seasons tower sits at the center of downtown Minneapolis, opening directly onto the Skyway, so the lobby pulls in a buzzing local crowd alongside hotel guests. Rooms lean into soft curves and a quiet Art Deco sensibility. The hotel holds a Michelin Key and is part of a group that took the Most Admired Hotel Group Award at the 50 Best.
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: 1 Key
- The 50 The 50: 2025 · Most Admired Hotel Group Award
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The awards
- Midwest Living Best Restaurants in Minneapolis
- Eater 38 Best Restaurants in Minneapolis and St. Paul
- Mpls St Paul Northern & Eastern European Gems · Best Bakeries of the Twin Cities
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Rank 8. Manny's Steakhouse
Steakhouse
The awards
- AAA AAA: Three Diamonds
- Esquire Esquire: Martini · The Best Martinis in America
- Minnesota Monthly Minnesota Monthly: Top 75 Restaurants
- AAA Three Diamonds
- Esquire Martini · The Best Martinis in America
- Minnesota Monthly Top 75 Restaurants
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Rank 8. Monte Carlo
American
The awards
- AAA AAA: Approved
- Minnesota Monthly Minnesota Monthly: Top 75 Restaurants
- Midwest Living Midwest Living: Best Restaurants in Minneapolis
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The awards
- Midwest Living Best Restaurants in Minneapolis
- James Beard Awards 2026 · Semifinalist · Outstanding Restaurateur · Mike Brown, Bob Gerken, and James Winberg - Travail Collective
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Rank 11. Parlour
American
The awards
- AAA AAA: Three Diamonds
- Minnesota Monthly Minnesota Monthly: Top 75 Restaurants
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Vegetables get top billing here, but the duck confit is quietly on the menu for anyone who needs convincing. All Saints is a casual-ish dinner spot where the kitchen coaxes produce into the kind of food you order twice, and the cocktail program runs from raspberry spritzes to zero-proof drinks that don't taste like an afterthought. The former Bardo space on Hennepin feels lived-in and easy, the sort of room that doesn't announce its ambitions.
The awards
- Minnesota Monthly Minnesota Monthly: Top 75 Restaurants
- Eater Eater: 38 Best Restaurants in Minneapolis and St. Paul
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The awards
- Minnesota Monthly Minnesota Monthly: Top 75 Restaurants
- Mpls St Paul Mpls St Paul: The Best Restaurants in the Twin Cities
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The awards
- Minnesota Monthly Minnesota Monthly: Top 75 Restaurants
- Mpls St Paul Mpls St Paul: The Best Restaurants in the Twin Cities
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The awards
- Artful Living Artful Living: The Best New Twin Cities Restaurants
- Mpls St Paul Mpls St Paul: Best Bakeries of the Twin Cities
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The awards
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A skylighting system engineered to flood the lobby with natural light is a bold promise for a Minneapolis hotel, and the greenery and tall columns do sell the bit. Rooms lean contemporary with generous windows, and some look out over the skyline. Giulia handles Northern Italian and wood-fired pizza downstairs, while Spyhouse draws the neighborhood in for coffee and pastry. The fitness center runs Peloton bikes for guests who travel with ambitions.
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Hotels
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The timber beams running floor to ceiling were load-bearing long before this became a hotel, back when trains rolled through the basement hauling farm equipment across the Midwest. Now it's a boutique hotel in the Warehouse District, dressed in dusky mid-century rooms with industrial bones intact. The rooftop sauna is a sincere amenity in a Minneapolis winter, and Tullibee downstairs does locally sourced New American when you're ready to come in from the cold.
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Hotels
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A boutique hotel that started as a one-off and still carries that self-possessed confidence, the Lofton sits in Minneapolis's North Loop with the ease of a place that never had to prove anything to a parent brand. Rooms are stylish without chasing a trend, and the design earns its luxury quietly, the way good hotels used to before lobbies started looking like mood boards. The Michelin Guide has it among its selected hotels.
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Hotels
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The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Hotels
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The anchor here is the Ivy Tower, a ziggurat-style Art Deco landmark that the rest of the hotel wraps around, matching its clean lines and geometric flourishes throughout. It's a full-service luxury hotel in downtown Minneapolis, selected by the Michelin Guide, with a spa serious enough to draw locals, plus a restaurant and bar that visiting sports teams apparently don't complain about.
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Hotels
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Complimentary shoe shines, which most hotels quietly retired sometime around the flip phone, are still on offer here. This full-service downtown hotel leans into classic materials, marble bathrooms, leather sofas, and dark varnished hardwood, without feeling like a time capsule. Nightly turndown service rounds out the picture of a place that simply hasn't bothered cutting corners. Minneapolis gets underestimated by the coasts, and so, probably, does this hotel.
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Hotels
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Check-in happens at the bar, which tells you everything about what kind of hotel this is. The Moxy sits across from the stadium, close to the river, and draws a crowd that came to go out, not wind down. Rooms run toward LED mood lighting and local art rather than beige calm. The gym runs all night, the cocktails are mixed with some actual thought, and the whole thing skews cheerfully irreverent.
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Hotels
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The awards
- Artful Living Artful Living: The Top New Twin Cities Dining Experiences
- Mpls St Paul Mpls St Paul: The Best Restaurants in the Twin Cities
- Artful Living The Top New Twin Cities Dining Experiences
- Mpls St Paul The Best Restaurants in the Twin Cities
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The awards
- Artful Living Artful Living: The Best New Twin Cities Restaurants
- Mpls St Paul Mpls St Paul: The Best Restaurants in the Twin Cities
- Artful Living The Best New Twin Cities Restaurants
- Mpls St Paul The Best Restaurants in the Twin Cities
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The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Hotels
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The awards
- Minnesota Monthly Minnesota Monthly: Top 75 Restaurants
- Artful Living Artful Living: The Best New Twin Cities Restaurants
- Artful Living Artful Living: The Top New Twin Cities Dining Experiences
- Minnesota Monthly Top 75 Restaurants
- Artful Living The Best New Twin Cities Restaurants
- Artful Living The Top New Twin Cities Dining Experiences
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The awards
- Minnesota Monthly Minnesota Monthly: Best Scene · Best New Restaurants
- Artful Living Artful Living: The Top New Twin Cities Dining Experiences
- Midwest Living Midwest Living: Best Restaurants in Minneapolis
- Minnesota Monthly Best Scene · Best New Restaurants
- Artful Living The Top New Twin Cities Dining Experiences
- Midwest Living Best Restaurants in Minneapolis
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The awards
- Mpls St Paul Mpls St Paul: The Best Restaurants in the Twin Cities
- Minnesota Monthly Minnesota Monthly: Best Live Music · Best New Restaurants
- Mpls St Paul The Best Restaurants in the Twin Cities
- Minnesota Monthly Best Live Music · Best New Restaurants
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The awards
- Minnesota Monthly Minnesota Monthly: Top 75 Restaurants
- Spirited Awards Spirited Awards: 2026 · Regional Top 10 Honoree · Best U.S. Hotel Bar – U.S. Central
- Minnesota Monthly Top 75 Restaurants
- Spirited Awards 2026 · Regional Top 10 Honoree · Best U.S. Hotel Bar – U.S. Central
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Rank 32. 112 Eatery
Italian
The awards
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The awards
- Minnesota Monthly Minnesota Monthly: Best Counter Service · Best New Restaurants
- Mpls St Paul Mpls St Paul: Asian Bakeries · Best Bakeries of the Twin Cities
- Minnesota Monthly Best Counter Service · Best New Restaurants
- Mpls St Paul Asian Bakeries · Best Bakeries of the Twin Cities
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Rank 32. Dakota
American
The awards
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Rank 32. J. D. Hoyt's Supper Club
Cajun & Creole
The awards
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The awards
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The awards
- Mpls St Paul Mpls St Paul: The Best Restaurants in the Twin Cities
- Mpls St Paul Mpls St Paul: Best Bakeries of the Twin Cities
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Rank 37. Nicollet Island Inn
Seasonal Midwestern
The awards
- AAA AAA: Approved
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Rank 37. The Freehouse
American Beer Bar
The awards
- AAA AAA: Approved
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The awards
- Minnesota Monthly Minnesota Monthly: Top 75 Restaurants
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The awards
- Minnesota Monthly Minnesota Monthly: Top 75 Restaurants
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The awards
- Midwest Living Midwest Living: Best Restaurants in Minneapolis
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The awards
- Minnesota Monthly Minnesota Monthly: Top 75 Restaurants
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The awards
- Mpls St Paul Mpls St Paul: Farmers’ Market Stars: Menoush Bakery · Best Bakeries of the Twin Cities
- Mpls St Paul Mpls St Paul: Farmers’ Market Stars: Vikings and Goddesses · Best Bakeries of the Twin Cities
- Mpls St Paul Mpls St Paul: Farmers’ Market Stars: Solomon Bakery · Best Bakeries of the Twin Cities
- Mpls St Paul Farmers’ Market Stars: Menoush Bakery · Best Bakeries of the Twin Cities
- Mpls St Paul Farmers’ Market Stars: Vikings and Goddesses · Best Bakeries of the Twin Cities
- Mpls St Paul Farmers’ Market Stars: Solomon Bakery · Best Bakeries of the Twin Cities
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The awards
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The awards
- Minnesota Monthly Minnesota Monthly: Top 75 Restaurants
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The awards
- Minnesota Monthly Minnesota Monthly: Top 75 Restaurants
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The awards
- Minnesota Monthly Minnesota Monthly: Top 75 Restaurants
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The awards
- Midwest Living Midwest Living: Best Restaurants in Minneapolis
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The awards
- Mpls St Paul Mpls St Paul: Best Bakeries of the Twin Cities
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The awards
- Minnesota Monthly Minnesota Monthly: Best Collection of Hits · Best New Restaurants
- Artful Living Artful Living: The Best New Twin Cities Restaurants
- Artful Living Artful Living: The Top New Twin Cities Dining Experiences
- Minnesota Monthly Best Collection of Hits · Best New Restaurants
- Artful Living The Best New Twin Cities Restaurants
- Artful Living The Top New Twin Cities Dining Experiences
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The awards
- Minnesota Monthly Minnesota Monthly: Best Expense Account · Best New Restaurants
- Artful Living Artful Living: The Best New Twin Cities Restaurants
- Artful Living Artful Living: The Top New Twin Cities Dining Experiences
- Minnesota Monthly Best Expense Account · Best New Restaurants
- Artful Living The Best New Twin Cities Restaurants
- Artful Living The Top New Twin Cities Dining Experiences
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The awards
- Artful Living Artful Living: The Best New Twin Cities Restaurants
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The awards
- Artful Living Artful Living: The Best New Twin Cities Restaurants