The 11 Best Eating 'Hoods in MSP, Ranked

11. Loring Park

unhappily , this region lost its gleam star when longtime four - star Twin Cities restaurant La Belle Vie closed its doors . That does n’t intend you ca n’t still get some great solid food in this neighbourhood . With several other outstanding eating place like4 Bells , Butcher & the Boar , The Third Bird , andCafé Lurcat , this neck of the woods still has a lot to put up .

10. Calhoun Square

Calhoun Square is n’t technically a neighborhood ; it really lie in at the intersection of four unlike ones . That being said , there are unquestionably a lot of keen restaurants in the area . Libertinehas the meat market cornered , whileLucia ’s , despite new ownership , is still ferment to lend the farm to your table . If you ’re in the mood for a quick slice , Mesa Pizzais right there , and just down the street a bit sitsBarbette , one of the Twin Cities ' favorite Gallic bistro .

9. Payne-Phalen

This St. Paul neck of the woods is home to unique restaurants likeTongue in Cheek , which now offers brunch Wednesday - Thursday and incorporates a lot of fresh new vegan options into the menu , along with places likeCook , which melds classic American food for thought along with a mélange of Korean - revolutionize dish . you may also get your classical gin mill hole atWard 6 , and it ’s deserving noting that even though it ’s technically next door in the Dayton ’s Bluff locality , one of St. Paul ’s best restaurant , The Strip Club , is just a brusk pleasure trip away .

8. Cathedral Hill

Minneapolis get a lot of love for its food view , but St. Paul ’s Cathedral Hill is a whole other world of deliciousness . The of late renovatedCommodoreresides here for Graeco-Roman fare like lamb chops and seared salmon , along with other more classic eating house such asWA Frost & Company , Moscow on the Hill , The Happy Gnome , andRed Cow . Soon , the former Salt Cellar location will reopen as Fitzgerald ’s , a bar - eating house with nachos , wings , and pizza , nominate after the famous source who hold up in the area .

7. Midtown/Phillips

The Midtown Global Market could be a nutrient address on its own , with classics that includeThe Rabbit Hole , El Burrito Mercado , andLos Ocampo . Add that to newer spots such asEastlake BrewingandTaco Cat(previously a bike - only taco delivery Robert William Service ) , and you could easily eat here for days without get bored . Outside of Midtown and tuck inside the American Swedish Institute is firm - casual restaurantFIKA , which serve up up some of the expert Scandinavian eats in the Twin Cities .

6. Northeast

This surface area of town covers a destiny of area , but you ’re always within branch ’s reach of some truly excellent nutrient . Featuring an eclectic mix of tastes come from restaurants likeMasu , Red Stag , andAlmaon the south side , andChimborazo , Sen Yai Sen Lek , andEl Taco Riendoto the north , this ' tough ’s incur damn near anything you could want and then some . TryKramarczuk’s , Emily ’s Lebanese Deli , andBrasafor some fine fare , or make a booking for the soon - to - open up Young Joni , a wood - oven - driven eating house dealing in chef Ann Kim ’s delicious pizzas , tacos made with theatre - made tortillas , and a motley of Korean snack . We ’re guessing is go to be a Northeast secret plan changer .

5. Whittier

There ’s so much good here that that It ’s hard to top this Minneapolis neighborhood , which has rightly realize its moniker , Eat Street . One of our newfangled favorite spots , Pimento Jamaican Kitchen , is serving up delicious behind - cooked Jamaican goody like jerk pork barrel and slow - stewed oxtail alongside a slew of well - price cultural restaurants . chink out the pho atQuang Restuarantor the Szechuan wonton in black bean sauce at Rainbow Chinese . you could find new bake trade good at theThe Copper Hen Cakery & KitchenandGlam Doll Donuts , along with all thing turn at the GYST Fermentation Bar , as well as the newestBlack Sheep Pizzalocation . Whittier still has the higher end covered , too , with fine - dining eating house likeIcehouseandEat Street Social , whose intellectual nourishment and cocktails sovereignty among the best in the metropolis .

4. Midway

If you ’re calculate to get your Asiatic solid food pickle , St. Paul ’s Midway neighborhood might be the place to be , thanks to authentic Formosan dishes like the red-hot flowerpot fromLittle Szechuan , or Kampuchean culinary art like the larb atCheng Heng . If you ’re into Thai food , check out any one of the fragrant curry or excellent whole fish dishes fromOn ’s Kitchen , Vietnamese / French food fromNgon Bistro , or a yummy bowl of pho fromTrieu Chau . You ’ve also got Korean staples like the bulgogi fromMirror of Koreaor the ttukbokee fromSole Cafe . You might ’ve just made a calendar month ’s worth of dinner dates in this one neck of the woods , but pull out your calendars , because this list just scratches the Earth’s surface .

3. Southwest Minneapolis

The Southwest sector of Minneapolis has an awesome circumstances going on , with arresting restaurants from well - known chefs delivering in earnest gamy - quality intellectual nourishment for very reasonable prices . Chef Steven Brown offers upTiliaandSt . Genevieve , while chef Erick Harcey ’s two new restaurants , Upton Forty - ThreeandThe Dirty Bird , link up the culinary vista . Others such asThe Harriet Brasseriein Linden Hills , Broders’andTerzojust more or less south in Lynnhurst , Pizzeria Lola , Red Wagon Pizza , andGeorge & the Dragonare local favorites . Just do n’t forget aboutPiccolo , one of the Twin Cities ' dependable culinary gems ( which also offer a suckling pig ) .

2. Lowertown

This St. Paul neighborhood is a hotbed of action right now with the late opening of theHandsome Hog , along with a slew of other spots includingSaint Dinette , Dark Horse Bar & Eatery , andOx Cart Ale House . You should n’t discount locality classics like the honor - winning ( and sadly before long to be closing ) eating house , Heartland , and the incredible noodle shoptanpopo .

1. North Loop

It ’s inconceivable not to love what this region has blend on when it fall to food because it ’s home to two of our most across the country recognise eating place : The Bachelor FarmerandSpoon and Stable . While it has a handful of mod restaurants – thinkBorough , Smack Shack , Bar La Grassa , andHauteDish , – it ’s also home to one of the Twin Cities ' oldest restaurants , theMonte Carlo , which originally open in 1906 . There ’s also theRed Cowfor when you postulate a dim-witted , solid burger or a specialty sandwich .

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