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Marla’s Caribbean Cuisine – Minneapolis, Minnesota – Closed

Carribean, Minneapolis, Minnesota, Restaurants, Season 14

Marla’s Caribbean Cuisine appeared in Season 14, Episode 5 of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, “Big Time Flavor,” which aired April 30, 2012, as a Minneapolis Caribbean restaurant serving the jerk chicken, oxtail, and the island comfort food traditions that are genuinely rare in a landlocked Minnesota city, earning a devoted following among the Twin Cities

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Carribean, Minneapolis, Minnesota, Restaurants, Season 14

Broders’ Cucina Italiana – Minneapolis, Minnesota

Italian, Minneapolis, Minnesota, Pizza, Restaurants, Season 14

Broders’ Cucina Italiana on West 50th Street in Minneapolis’s Fulton neighborhood has been a Twin Cities Italian food institution since the Broder family opened it in 1994, serving house-made pasta, imported Italian ingredients, and the authentic Italian market and cafe experience that earns a Minneapolis neighborhood restaurant its multigenerational loyal following. It appeared in Season

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Smack Shack at The 1029 Bar – Minneapolis, Minnesota

Gastropub, Minneapolis, Minnesota, Restaurants, Seafood, Season 14

Smack Shack at The 1029 Bar on Marshall Street Northeast in Minneapolis brought serious Gulf and Atlantic seafood to a Northeast Minneapolis dive bar setting, pairing lobster rolls, crab boils, and the kind of fresh seafood that most Minneapolis diners had to travel to the coasts to find with the no-pretension atmosphere of a neighborhood

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Gastropub, Minneapolis, Minnesota, Restaurants, Seafood, Season 14

Pizzeria Lola – Minneapolis, Minnesota

Minneapolis, Minnesota, Pizza, Restaurants, Season 14

Pizzeria Lola on Xerxes Avenue South in Minneapolis has been one of the city’s most celebrated pizzerias since Ann Kim opened it in 2010, building a menu around wood-fired pizzas that blend Neapolitan technique with Korean-influenced flavors in combinations that sound unexpected and taste completely natural. It appeared in Season 14, Episode 1 of Diners,

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Minneapolis, Minnesota, Pizza, Restaurants, Season 14

Nye’s Polonaise Room – Minneapolis, Minnesota

Minneapolis, Minnesota, Restaurants, Season 13

Nye’s Polonaise Room on East Hennepin Avenue in Minneapolis was a city institution for over half a century, combining a Polish supper club dining room with a legendary piano bar and polka lounge in a Northeast Minneapolis setting that made it one of the most singular dining and entertainment experiences in the upper Midwest. It

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Minneapolis, Minnesota, Restaurants, Season 13

Colossal Cafe – Minneapolis, Minnesota

Breakfast, Minneapolis, Minnesota, Restaurants, Season 10

Colossal Cafe in Minneapolis has been a neighborhood breakfast and cafe institution since it opened, building a following around creative scratch-made morning food and the kind of warm, community-focused cafe atmosphere that makes regulars out of first-timers. It appeared in Season 10, Episode 13 of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, “Sandwiches Plus,” which aired December 18,

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Breakfast, Minneapolis, Minnesota, Restaurants, Season 10

Al’s Breakfast – Minneapolis, Minnesota

American, Minneapolis, Minnesota, Restaurants, Season 10

Al’s Breakfast on 14th Avenue SE in Minneapolis’s Dinkytown neighborhood has been open since 1950, operating in a space so narrow — 10 feet wide, 14 stools, no room for anything extra — that it has become as famous for its dimensions as for its pancakes. There is no room to wait inside. The line

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American, Minneapolis, Minnesota, Restaurants, Season 10

Kramarczuk’s Sausage Company – Minneapolis, Minnesota

Minneapolis, Minnesota, Restaurants, Season 10

Wasyl and Anna Kramarczuk fled Ukraine during World War II, settled in Minneapolis’s Northeast neighborhood, and in 1954 opened a Ukrainian and Eastern European delicatessen and sausage shop that has been a Minneapolis institution ever since. Three generations of the family have run it across seven decades, maintaining the house-made sausage program — kielbasa, bratwurst,

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Minneapolis, Minnesota, Restaurants, Season 10

Emily’s Lebanese Deli – Minneapolis, Minnesota

Middle Eastern, Minneapolis, Minnesota, Restaurants, Season 5

Emily’s Lebanese Deli on University Avenue NE in Minneapolis has been serving Lebanese home cooking to the Twin Cities since 1980, built around the recipes that owner Emily Kalil brought from her family’s Lebanese tradition and served in a straightforward deli setting that prioritizes the food over the atmosphere. It appeared in Season 5, Episode

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Middle Eastern, Minneapolis, Minnesota, Restaurants, Season 5

Modern Cafe – Minneapolis, Minnesota – Closed

Minneapolis, Minnesota, Restaurants, Season 4

Modern Cafe appeared in Season 4, Episode 13 of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, “Doin’ Their Own Thing,” which aired November 10, 2008, as a Minneapolis neighborhood restaurant on 13th Avenue NE building a menu around farm-to-table sourcing and scratch-made diner fare well ahead of when that approach became common. The restaurant has since permanently closed.

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Minneapolis, Minnesota, Restaurants, Season 4
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