Victor’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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Minneapolis, Minnesota, Restaurants, Season 4Town Talk Diner appeared in Season 4, Episode 1 of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, “Diners You Sent Me To,” which aired July 14, 2008, as one of the viewer-nominated stops in an episode driven entirely by fan recommendations. The diner occupied a building on East Lake Street in Minneapolis that had housed a bar since
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American, Minneapolis, Minnesota, Restaurants, Season 4Psycho Suzi’s Motor Lounge was not a place you stumbled into by accident. The tiki bar on the Mississippi River in northeast Minneapolis was a full-blown experience: tropical drinks, pizza, fire-lit torches, waterfront seating, zombie slushies, and enough tiki kitsch to make your eyes work hard just to take it all in. It appeared in
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American, Minnesota, Restaurants, Season 2Ten feet wide. Fourteen stools. A line out the door most mornings. Al’s Breakfast in Minneapolis, Minnesota has been doing more with less space than almost any restaurant in America since 1950, and it has the reputation to prove it. It appeared in Season 1, Episode 12 of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives — “American Cookin’,”
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