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The Best Restaurants in Northeast Minneapolis

A Nordeast dining guide

by Justine Jones and Eater Staff Updated Oct 29, 2024, 10:25am CDT

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by Justine Jones and Eater Staff Updated Oct 29, 2024, 10:25am CDT

Gemma Weston

A stone’s throw from downtown on the Mississippi River’s east bank, Northeast Minneapolis often feels like a city unto itself. Historically an industrial hub, the abandoned warehouses and old grain mills that shaped the neighborhood in the early 20th century later played host to a thriving arts culture. In recent years, a development boom has created concerns about the neighborhood’s identity changing — but at the heart of Northeast is still an eclectic mix of long-held family establishments, immigrant-owned restaurants, and newcomers. From baba ghanoush and fresh mistah bread at Emily’s Lebanese Deli, to massive chimichangas at El Taco Riendo, to crispy pork belly and shrimp banh xeo at Hai Hai, Northeast is one of Minneapolis’s most essential dining destinations. Here’s a map of great restaurants to try in the neighborhood, listed geographically (not ranked) as usual.

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Hazel's Northeast

Hazel’s, one of Northeast Minneapolis’s most popular brunch spots, offers a relaxed atmosphere and a reliably good menu of breakfast classics. Egg dishes, chicken-fried steak, and brisket hash are all great bets, but the pancakes, French toast, and waffles are the standouts here. Try them savory — stuffed with ham, smoked bacon, and cheese — or sweet, drizzled with caramel sauce and topped with bananas and pecans. Reservations are a wise move, as Hazel’s gets quite busy on the weekend.

2859 Johnson St NE, Minneapolis, MN 55418

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Chimborazo

Located in cozy, bright storefront on Central Avenue, Chimborazo is a neighborhood institution. Serving Ecuadorean and Andean fare seven days a week, it’s an ideal spot for anything from breakfast to late-night snacks. Don’t miss the patacones con queso — fried green plantains stuffed with cheese and served with an intensely herbed aji crillo — or the exceptionally tender seco de pollo.

2851 Central Ave NE, Minneapolis, MN 55418

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Marty's Deli

Minneapolis sandwich shop Marty’s Deli operated as a roving pop-up and delivery service for two years before it set up shop in Northeast Minneapolis. Owner Martha Polacek kept many staples on the menu: her chicken salad sandwich; a BLT with Peterson Craftsman bacon; a salami, prosciutto, and fennel slaw combo, all on fresh-baked focaccia. (The roasted cauliflower vegan sandwich stuck around, too.) But she’s made waves with a hash brown-stacked breakfast sandwich and blink-and-you’ll miss them specials. Grab a tub of pimento cheese and a hunk of warm focaccia to take home.

400 Lowry Ave NE, Minneapolis, MN 55418

A focaccia sandwich stuffed with veggies and tofu beside a small paper bag of hash browns against red and white paper.

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Francis

Central Avenue restaurant Francis serves a menu of soul-satisfying vegan bar food: Think Impossible burgers and black bean burgers; vegan Juicy Lucys; crispy chicken sandwiches and nuggets made with a seitan-tofu blend that’s breaded and fried; wedge salads topped with plant-based bacon and blue cheese; and much more. There’s also a bar with fully vegan cocktails.

2422 Central Ave NE, Minneapolis, MN 55418

A vegan burger topped with vegan bacon with fries and ketchup in basket lined with white-and-black checkered paper. — Francis’s Baconator burger, topped with seitan bacon.

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El Taco Riendo

El Taco Riendo might just serve the best chicken tinga in the Twin Cities. This marinade doesn’t overload on heat — it balances the tomatoes’ tang with the chipotle peppers’ smoke, rounding it all out on a slightly sweet note. Order it on tacos or up the ante with a chicken tinga chimichanga, which pairs well with an ice-cold horchata. El Taco Riendo is a cornerstone of Northeast’s Central Avenue dining corridor — owner Miguel Gomez rebuilt the restaurant after it was severely damaged in a fire in 2020.

2412 Central Ave NE, Minneapolis, MN 55418

A white dish of chicken tinga tacos. — Chicken tinga tacos from El Taco Riendo.

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Hai Hai

From a verdant, intensely savory banana blossom salad to dill and turmeric-packed cha ca la vong, James Beard-winning chef Christina Nguyen offers one of the Cities’ most compelling menus at Hai Hai, a staple for Southeast Asian cuisine. Don’t overlook the cocktail menu: The slushies (think passionfruit and lychee) are a must at any time of the year. Grab a seat on the patio or in the restaurant’s breezy interior, dressed in tropical hues of emerald and turquoise.

2121 University Ave NE (at 22nd Ave NE), Minneapolis, MN 55418

A brightly colored open-air patio with low turquoise stools and oilcloth covered tables — Hai Hai’s patio.

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Centro

Centro offers a fast-casual vibe and a succinct menu of tacos, quesadillas, nachos, and enchiladas. Try the carnitas en adobo tacos or the nopales, made with cured cactus and mushrooms. Save room for a chocolate mole cupcake.

1414 Quincy St NE, Minneapolis, MN 55413

A plate of fried fish tacos garnished with cilantro and pink radishes on a wooden table. — Fish tacos from Centro.

Ideal Diner

Ideal Diner, a tiny, sunshine-yellow diner on Central Avenue, has served Northeast Minneapolis since 1949. Today, it’s one of the few spots in the Cities you can get a cup of coffee for $1.75. Breakfast dishes are served all day — the Polish Man breakfast, a combo of eggs, Polish sausage, and hash browns, nods to the neighborhood’s Eastern European immigrant roots. The buttermilk short stacks are served with a generous dollop of butter.

1314 Central Ave NE, Minneapolis, MN 55413

A yellow-painted restaurant exterior with a sign that reads “Eat Ideal Diner” against a blue sky. — Ideal Diner sits on the west side of Central Avenue.

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Diane's Place

Diane’s Place, a landmark new restaurant for Hmong American cuisine, currently serves brunch in Northeast Minneapolis’s Food Building, with plans to expand to dinner service in November. The menu is robust, featuring a banh mi-esque chicken sandwich on croissant bread; Thai tea French toast; a Spam and nori croissant; and an Asian chicken noodle soup, among other dishes. Or swing by the pastry counter for a green scallion Danish with garlic butter, or an almond peach croissant.

117 Northeast 14th Avenue, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55413

Two hands holding a white bowl of chicken noodle soup topped with greens, a halved boiled egg, and spicy chili sauce. — Diane’s Place.

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Vinai

Yia Vang’s long-awaited Hmong restaurant, Vinai, is officially open in Northeast Minneapolis’s former Dangerous Man taproom. A love letter to Vang’s parents, Vinai’s menu is divided into seven sections: Khoom Noj (snacks), Yog Peg Xwb (“It’s just us,” or smaller dishes), Zaub (vegetables), Nqaij Ci (grilled meat), Nqaij Hau (braised meat soups), Mov (rice dishes), and Kua Txob (hot sauces). Vang’s personal favorite dishes include a flame-grilled whole chicken in a ginger coconut sauce, a fragrant chicken and tofu soup, and a confited mackerel small plate, served with lime and a mound of purple sticky rice.

1300 Northeast 2nd Street, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55413

An oval white plate with a whole deboned grilled chicken laid on it flat, sitting in a pool of bright orange sauce with an herb salad on top.

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Young Joni

Young Joni, by James Beard award-winning chef Ann Kim, is known for its exceptionally crackly wood-fired pizza. The Korean BBQ pizza pairs beef short rib with mozzarella and a soy-chili vinaigrette; La Parisienne is a prosciutto-and-gruyere homage to the City of Light. Also notable are small plates like chili-glazed prawns and pork spare ribs in barbecue gochujang sauce. After dinner, slip into the back-alley speakeasy for cocktails.

165 13th Ave NE (at NE 2nd St), Minneapolis, MN 55413

A large copper pizza oven in the background, and a wooden bar in the foreground.

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Animales Barbeque Co.

Chef John Wipfli’s Animales serves exceptional barbecue out of a food truck at Bauhaus Brew Labs in Northeast Minneapolis. These ribs don’t come slathered in sweet sauce — they’re dry-rubbed, a bark of crushed peppercorns and salt stealing nothing from the meat’s oak-smoked flavor. The menu changes often, adding dishes like pork shoulder congee bowls, beef cheek banh mi, and hot beef sandwiches to the mix, to name a few. Get there early, as Animales often sells out.

1315 Tyler Street Northeast, MN 55413

A white dish filled with barbecue ribs, sausage, and vegetables. — Animales at Bauhaus.

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The Anchor Fish & Chips

A Northeast institution, the Anchor serves Irish classics in a warmly lit, wood-paneled space. The eponymous fish and chips — flaky Alaskan cod and thick-cut wedges of potato, fried until golden — are a must. Elsewhere on the menu, try the rich shepherd’s pie or poutine, and round out the meal with a Guinness or Smithwick’s Irish red ale.

302 13th Ave NE, Minneapolis, MN 55413

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Oro by Nixta Tortilleria

Chefs Gustavo and Kate Romero’s Mexican menu preserves and celebrates heirloom corn varieties — which have suffered in recent decades due to hybridization and industrial tortilla production — at Oro. Duck confit comes folded between jicama tortillas with avocado puree; lechon prensado, a suckling pig terrine, is crowned with bright kumquat salsa. On Oro’s menu, masa takes a number of unique forms: chochoyotes; molotes; and tlayudas (large, crunchy tortillas), to name a few, alongside tacos, sopes, and tamales.

1222 Northeast 2nd Street, MN 55413

Chochoyotes in a rich red sauce on a white plate. — Oro’s chochoyotes.

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Uncle Franky's

This tiny roadside restaurant is the Twin Cities’ finest purveyor of Chicago dogs. Get one run through the garden, topped with tomatoes, peppers, onions, and a zippy, jewel-like relish. (Hold the ketchup for a traditional Windy City bite, or add it — this is Minneapolis, after all.) Uncle Franky’s also serves a great Reuben and a noteworthy Juicy Lucy, if it’s a burger kind of day.

728 Broadway St NE (at Quincy St NE), Minneapolis, MN 55413

A hot dog in a bun dressed with tomatoes, peppers, onions, and relish on white paper. — A Chicago dog from Uncle Franky’s.

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Emily's Lebanese Deli

A longtime Northeast favorite, Emily’s Lebanese Deli is a family-run operation serving Lebanese dishes in a small building on University Avenue since 1973. Order a few salads to go, or sit in and enjoy fresh grape leaves stuffed with lamb and rice, a fried kibbi sandwich, or flaky spinach pies warm from the oven. Save room for baklava (Emily’s has prominent notes of rosewater) and crema, a Lebanese orange blossom custard.

641 University Ave NE (at 7th Ave.), Minneapolis, MN 55413

A hand holding a piece of baklava half wrapped in tinfoil. — Baklava at Emily’s Lebanese Deli.

STEPCHLD

Chef Kamal Mohamed’s Northeast restaurant StepChld feels like a West Village hangout, with its snug, narrow dining room and slyly inventive menu. This food is delightfully “off-kilter,” as Mohamed puts it — sweet potatoes are fried into cayenne-dusted fritters; pork belly levels up alongside a silky coconut rice; chicken wings come dusted in berbere spice and fenugreek. The mimita-spiced burger is especially popular, but the lavender nori shrimp, fermented in chile butter sauce that’s sopped up with sourdough, is an even better bet. StepChld also has one of the Cities’ best selections of orange wine.

24 University Avenue Northeast, MN 55413

A white bowl holding shrimp in a rich red broth topped with nori.

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Kramarczuk's Sausage Co. Inc.

A beloved Ukrainian bakery, delicatessen, and restaurant, Kramarczuk’s first opened in Northeast Minneapolis near the Nicollet Island bridge in 1954. Anna and Wasyl Kramarczuk came to Minnesota from Ukraine as refugees in the late 1940s — several years after settling in Minneapolis, they bought one of the city’s oldest butcher shops and made it their own. Today, Kramarczuk’s is beloved for its vast array of savory sausages and its restaurant menu, which features favorites like pierogi, borscht, and hefty pastrami brisket sandwiches. The James Beard Foundation named it an America’s classic in 2013.

215 E Hennepin Ave, Minneapolis, MN 55414

Pierogi being folded and set on a baking tray.

All Saints

All Saints offers subtly exquisite vegetable-focused fare. This isn’t vegan fine dining — there’s meat on the menu, like duck confit with bitter greens — but vegetables are coaxed into the spotlight. Carrots are served sweet and earthy with bulgur wheat and dates; salt and pepper mushrooms are served with a bright scallion dip. All Saints has a rock-solid cocktail program, too, featuring strawberry spritzes, citrusy Negronis, and more.

222 E Hennepin Ave, Minneapolis, MN 55414

The exterior side of a brick building with a light-rimmed sign that reads “All Saints” in a cursive font and an overhang in front of the restaurant that also reads “All Saints,” with a skyscraper visible in the background. — All Saints.

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Hazel's Northeast

2859 Johnson St NE, Minneapolis, MN 55418

Hazel’s, one of Northeast Minneapolis’s most popular brunch spots, offers a relaxed atmosphere and a reliably good menu of breakfast classics. Egg dishes, chicken-fried steak, and brisket hash are all great bets, but the pancakes, French toast, and waffles are the standouts here. Try them savory — stuffed with ham, smoked bacon, and cheese — or sweet, drizzled with caramel sauce and topped with bananas and pecans. Reservations are a wise move, as Hazel’s gets quite busy on the weekend.

2859 Johnson St NE, Minneapolis, MN 55418

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Chimborazo

2851 Central Ave NE, Minneapolis, MN 55418

Located in cozy, bright storefront on Central Avenue, Chimborazo is a neighborhood institution. Serving Ecuadorean and Andean fare seven days a week, it’s an ideal spot for anything from breakfast to late-night snacks. Don’t miss the patacones con queso — fried green plantains stuffed with cheese and served with an intensely herbed aji crillo — or the exceptionally tender seco de pollo.

2851 Central Ave NE, Minneapolis, MN 55418

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Marty's Deli

400 Lowry Ave NE, Minneapolis, MN 55418

Minneapolis sandwich shop Marty’s Deli operated as a roving pop-up and delivery service for two years before it set up shop in Northeast Minneapolis. Owner Martha Polacek kept many staples on the menu: her chicken salad sandwich; a BLT with Peterson Craftsman bacon; a salami, prosciutto, and fennel slaw combo, all on fresh-baked focaccia. (The roasted cauliflower vegan sandwich stuck around, too.) But she’s made waves with a hash brown-stacked breakfast sandwich and blink-and-you’ll miss them specials. Grab a tub of pimento cheese and a hunk of warm focaccia to take home.

400 Lowry Ave NE, Minneapolis, MN 55418

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A focaccia sandwich stuffed with veggies and tofu beside a small paper bag of hash browns against red and white paper.

Francis

2422 Central Ave NE, Minneapolis, MN 55418

Central Avenue restaurant Francis serves a menu of soul-satisfying vegan bar food: Think Impossible burgers and black bean burgers; vegan Juicy Lucys; crispy chicken sandwiches and nuggets made with a seitan-tofu blend that’s breaded and fried; wedge salads topped with plant-based bacon and blue cheese; and much more. There’s also a bar with fully vegan cocktails.

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2422 Central Ave NE, Minneapolis, MN 55418

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A vegan burger topped with vegan bacon with fries and ketchup in basket lined with white-and-black checkered paper. — Francis’s Baconator burger, topped with seitan bacon.

El Taco Riendo

2412 Central Ave NE, Minneapolis, MN 55418

El Taco Riendo might just serve the best chicken tinga in the Twin Cities. This marinade doesn’t overload on heat — it balances the tomatoes’ tang with the chipotle peppers’ smoke, rounding it all out on a slightly sweet note. Order it on tacos or up the ante with a chicken tinga chimichanga, which pairs well with an ice-cold horchata. El Taco Riendo is a cornerstone of Northeast’s Central Avenue dining corridor — owner Miguel Gomez rebuilt the restaurant after it was severely damaged in a fire in 2020.

2412 Central Ave NE, Minneapolis, MN 55418

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A white dish of chicken tinga tacos. — Chicken tinga tacos from El Taco Riendo.

Hai Hai

2121 University Ave NE (at 22nd Ave NE), Minneapolis, MN 55418

From a verdant, intensely savory banana blossom salad to dill and turmeric-packed cha ca la vong, James Beard-winning chef Christina Nguyen offers one of the Cities’ most compelling menus at Hai Hai, a staple for Southeast Asian cuisine. Don’t overlook the cocktail menu: The slushies (think passionfruit and lychee) are a must at any time of the year. Grab a seat on the patio or in the restaurant’s breezy interior, dressed in tropical hues of emerald and turquoise.

2121 University Ave NE (at 22nd Ave NE), Minneapolis, MN 55418

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A brightly colored open-air patio with low turquoise stools and oilcloth covered tables — Hai Hai’s patio.

Centro

1414 Quincy St NE, Minneapolis, MN 55413

Centro offers a fast-casual vibe and a succinct menu of tacos, quesadillas, nachos, and enchiladas. Try the carnitas en adobo tacos or the nopales, made with cured cactus and mushrooms. Save room for a chocolate mole cupcake.

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1414 Quincy St NE, Minneapolis, MN 55413

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A plate of fried fish tacos garnished with cilantro and pink radishes on a wooden table. — Fish tacos from Centro.

Ideal Diner

1314 Central Ave NE, Minneapolis, MN 55413

Ideal Diner, a tiny, sunshine-yellow diner on Central Avenue, has served Northeast Minneapolis since 1949. Today, it’s one of the few spots in the Cities you can get a cup of coffee for $1.75. Breakfast dishes are served all day — the Polish Man breakfast, a combo of eggs, Polish sausage, and hash browns, nods to the neighborhood’s Eastern European immigrant roots. The buttermilk short stacks are served with a generous dollop of butter.

1314 Central Ave NE, Minneapolis, MN 55413

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A yellow-painted restaurant exterior with a sign that reads “Eat Ideal Diner” against a blue sky. — Ideal Diner sits on the west side of Central Avenue.

Diane's Place

117 Northeast 14th Avenue, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55413

Diane’s Place, a landmark new restaurant for Hmong American cuisine, currently serves brunch in Northeast Minneapolis’s Food Building, with plans to expand to dinner service in November. The menu is robust, featuring a banh mi-esque chicken sandwich on croissant bread; Thai tea French toast; a Spam and nori croissant; and an Asian chicken noodle soup, among other dishes. Or swing by the pastry counter for a green scallion Danish with garlic butter, or an almond peach croissant.

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117 Northeast 14th Avenue, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55413

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Two hands holding a white bowl of chicken noodle soup topped with greens, a halved boiled egg, and spicy chili sauce. — Diane’s Place.

Vinai

1300 Northeast 2nd Street, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55413

Yia Vang’s long-awaited Hmong restaurant, Vinai, is officially open in Northeast Minneapolis’s former Dangerous Man taproom. A love letter to Vang’s parents, Vinai’s menu is divided into seven sections: Khoom Noj (snacks), Yog Peg Xwb (“It’s just us,” or smaller dishes), Zaub (vegetables), Nqaij Ci (grilled meat), Nqaij Hau (braised meat soups), Mov (rice dishes), and Kua Txob (hot sauces). Vang’s personal favorite dishes include a flame-grilled whole chicken in a ginger coconut sauce, a fragrant chicken and tofu soup, and a confited mackerel small plate, served with lime and a mound of purple sticky rice.

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1300 Northeast 2nd Street, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55413

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An oval white plate with a whole deboned grilled chicken laid on it flat, sitting in a pool of bright orange sauce with an herb salad on top.

Young Joni

165 13th Ave NE (at NE 2nd St), Minneapolis, MN 55413

Young Joni, by James Beard award-winning chef Ann Kim, is known for its exceptionally crackly wood-fired pizza. The Korean BBQ pizza pairs beef short rib with mozzarella and a soy-chili vinaigrette; La Parisienne is a prosciutto-and-gruyere homage to the City of Light. Also notable are small plates like chili-glazed prawns and pork spare ribs in barbecue gochujang sauce. After dinner, slip into the back-alley speakeasy for cocktails.

165 13th Ave NE (at NE 2nd St), Minneapolis, MN 55413

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A large copper pizza oven in the background, and a wooden bar in the foreground.

Animales Barbeque Co.

1315 Tyler Street Northeast, MN 55413

Chef John Wipfli’s Animales serves exceptional barbecue out of a food truck at Bauhaus Brew Labs in Northeast Minneapolis. These ribs don’t come slathered in sweet sauce — they’re dry-rubbed, a bark of crushed peppercorns and salt stealing nothing from the meat’s oak-smoked flavor. The menu changes often, adding dishes like pork shoulder congee bowls, beef cheek banh mi, and hot beef sandwiches to the mix, to name a few. Get there early, as Animales often sells out.

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1315 Tyler Street Northeast, MN 55413

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A white dish filled with barbecue ribs, sausage, and vegetables. — Animales at Bauhaus.

The Anchor Fish & Chips

302 13th Ave NE, Minneapolis, MN 55413

A Northeast institution, the Anchor serves Irish classics in a warmly lit, wood-paneled space. The eponymous fish and chips — flaky Alaskan cod and thick-cut wedges of potato, fried until golden — are a must. Elsewhere on the menu, try the rich shepherd’s pie or poutine, and round out the meal with a Guinness or Smithwick’s Irish red ale.

302 13th Ave NE, Minneapolis, MN 55413

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The interior of a restaurant, with red walls, black leather booths, and people sitting at a bar.

Oro by Nixta Tortilleria

1222 Northeast 2nd Street, MN 55413

Chefs Gustavo and Kate Romero’s Mexican menu preserves and celebrates heirloom corn varieties — which have suffered in recent decades due to hybridization and industrial tortilla production — at Oro. Duck confit comes folded between jicama tortillas with avocado puree; lechon prensado, a suckling pig terrine, is crowned with bright kumquat salsa. On Oro’s menu, masa takes a number of unique forms: chochoyotes; molotes; and tlayudas (large, crunchy tortillas), to name a few, alongside tacos, sopes, and tamales.

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1222 Northeast 2nd Street, MN 55413

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Chochoyotes in a rich red sauce on a white plate. — Oro’s chochoyotes.

Uncle Franky's

728 Broadway St NE (at Quincy St NE), Minneapolis, MN 55413

This tiny roadside restaurant is the Twin Cities’ finest purveyor of Chicago dogs. Get one run through the garden, topped with tomatoes, peppers, onions, and a zippy, jewel-like relish. (Hold the ketchup for a traditional Windy City bite, or add it — this is Minneapolis, after all.) Uncle Franky’s also serves a great Reuben and a noteworthy Juicy Lucy, if it’s a burger kind of day.

728 Broadway St NE (at Quincy St NE), Minneapolis, MN 55413

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A hot dog in a bun dressed with tomatoes, peppers, onions, and relish on white paper. — A Chicago dog from Uncle Franky’s.

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Emily's Lebanese Deli

641 University Ave NE (at 7th Ave.), Minneapolis, MN 55413

A longtime Northeast favorite, Emily’s Lebanese Deli is a family-run operation serving Lebanese dishes in a small building on University Avenue since 1973. Order a few salads to go, or sit in and enjoy fresh grape leaves stuffed with lamb and rice, a fried kibbi sandwich, or flaky spinach pies warm from the oven. Save room for baklava (Emily’s has prominent notes of rosewater) and crema, a Lebanese orange blossom custard.

641 University Ave NE (at 7th Ave.), Minneapolis, MN 55413

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A hand holding a piece of baklava half wrapped in tinfoil. — Baklava at Emily’s Lebanese Deli.

STEPCHLD

24 University Avenue Northeast, MN 55413

Chef Kamal Mohamed’s Northeast restaurant StepChld feels like a West Village hangout, with its snug, narrow dining room and slyly inventive menu. This food is delightfully “off-kilter,” as Mohamed puts it — sweet potatoes are fried into cayenne-dusted fritters; pork belly levels up alongside a silky coconut rice; chicken wings come dusted in berbere spice and fenugreek. The mimita-spiced burger is especially popular, but the lavender nori shrimp, fermented in chile butter sauce that’s sopped up with sourdough, is an even better bet. StepChld also has one of the Cities’ best selections of orange wine.

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24 University Avenue Northeast, MN 55413

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A white bowl holding shrimp in a rich red broth topped with nori.

Kramarczuk's Sausage Co. Inc.

215 E Hennepin Ave, Minneapolis, MN 55414

A beloved Ukrainian bakery, delicatessen, and restaurant, Kramarczuk’s first opened in Northeast Minneapolis near the Nicollet Island bridge in 1954. Anna and Wasyl Kramarczuk came to Minnesota from Ukraine as refugees in the late 1940s — several years after settling in Minneapolis, they bought one of the city’s oldest butcher shops and made it their own. Today, Kramarczuk’s is beloved for its vast array of savory sausages and its restaurant menu, which features favorites like pierogi, borscht, and hefty pastrami brisket sandwiches. The James Beard Foundation named it an America’s classic in 2013.

215 E Hennepin Ave, Minneapolis, MN 55414

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Pierogi being folded and set on a baking tray.

All Saints

222 E Hennepin Ave, Minneapolis, MN 55414

All Saints offers subtly exquisite vegetable-focused fare. This isn’t vegan fine dining — there’s meat on the menu, like duck confit with bitter greens — but vegetables are coaxed into the spotlight. Carrots are served sweet and earthy with bulgur wheat and dates; salt and pepper mushrooms are served with a bright scallion dip. All Saints has a rock-solid cocktail program, too, featuring strawberry spritzes, citrusy Negronis, and more.

222 E Hennepin Ave, Minneapolis, MN 55414

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The exterior side of a brick building with a light-rimmed sign that reads “All Saints” in a cursive font and an overhang in front of the restaurant that also reads “All Saints,” with a skyscraper visible in the background. — All Saints.

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