Gordy’s Hi-Hat on Sunnyside Drive in Cloquet is one of the most beloved roadside drive-ins in Minnesota, a classic 1960s carhop stand that has been serving the same burgers, onion rings, and root beer floats since Gordy Lundquist opened it in 1960. It appeared in Season 9, Episode 12 of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, “You […]
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Burgers, Minnesota, Restaurants, Season 9Wasyl 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 10Northern Waters Smokehaus in the DeWitt-Seitz Marketplace in Canal Park has been smoking Lake Superior fish and building house-cured deli sandwiches since Eric Goerdt opened it, bringing a serious artisan smokehouse operation to a port city with deep fishing heritage and a waterfront worth building a food destination around. It appeared in Season 9, Episode
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Minnesota, Restaurants, Season 9Emily’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 5Modern 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 4Donatelli’s in White Bear Lake, Minnesota has been serving Italian-American food to the Twin Cities suburbs since 1960, building a multi-generational following around scratch-made pasta, house-made meatballs, and the kind of Italian supper club cooking that defines Midwestern Italian dining at its best. It appeared in Season 4, Episode 12 of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives,
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Italian, Minnesota, Restaurants, Season 4Victor’s 1959 Cafe on Grand Avenue in Minneapolis has been serving Cuban food to the Twin Cities since 1994, named for the year that holds so much significance in Cuban history. The restaurant brings the flavors of pre-revolution Cuba to a Minneapolis neighborhood restaurant in a way that has built a 30-year local following and
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Carribean, Cuban, Minneapolis, Minnesota, Restaurants, Season 4Bryant-Lake Bowl on West Lake Street in Minneapolis is a bowling alley, a theater, and a restaurant, all operating under one roof since 1993, and the combination works better than it has any right to. It appeared in Season 4, Episode 6 of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, “Totally Unexpected,” which aired August 18, 2008, as
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American, Gastropub, Minneapolis, Minnesota, Restaurants, Season 4The Nook has been a St. Paul institution since 1938 — which means it was already a 62-year-old neighborhood landmark when Ted Casper and Mike Runyon bought it in 2000 at age 20. The two co-owners, whose fathers are best friends, took the keys and turned an already beloved burger joint into one of the
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Burgers, Gastropub, Minnesota, Restaurants, Season 2The Wienery on Cedar Avenue in Minneapolis has been a neighborhood fixture in the Cedar-Riverside neighborhood since 1981, serving hot dogs, burgers, and diner food to a community that includes University of Minnesota students, Somali immigrants, longtime Minneapolis residents, and anyone else who finds their way to the little red stand on the south end
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