Nicollet Avenue South between Franklin and Lake. Seventeen blocks of Vietnamese pho, Korean BBQ, Greek and Ethiopian counters; the city's most layered immigrant strip.
Quang on Nicollet Avenue has run Minneapolis's defining Vietnamese pho room on Eat Street since 1989. James Beard America's Classics Award 2024 winner.
Signature: Pho, Banh xeo
Order: Pho tai with rare beef and the banh xeo turmeric crepe.
Tip: Lunch line out the door by 12:30; arrive before noon or after 13:30. The cash discount is worth bringing bills.
Manny's Tortas in the Midtown Global Market has run Mexico City-style sandwiches in Minneapolis since 1999. Telera-bread tortas; the Cubana stacks five meats.
Signature: Cubana torta, Chorizo torta
Order: The Cubana torta layered with ham, sausage, chorizo and queso.
Tip: Inside Midtown Global Market; counter service. Family-run since opening.
Icehouse on Nicollet Avenue has run a Minneapolis bar and music venue on Eat Street since 2011. Cocktail program by Pip Hanson; weekly jazz on the back stage.
Signature drink: Manhattan
Food: Modern American
Manny's Tortas in Midtown Global Market on East Lake Street has run Mexico City-style sandwiches in Minneapolis since 1999. Located in Eat Street.
Try: Mexican tortas
Pham's Deli inside Midtown Global Market on Lake Street has rolled Vietnamese banh mi in Minneapolis since 2006. Pork-pate sandwich made-to-order.
Try: Vietnamese banh mi
Midtown Global Market on East Lake Street has packed fifty immigrant food vendors into a Minneapolis food hall since 2006. Mexican, Vietnamese, Somali.
Mercado Central on East Lake Street has packed Mexican shops and food counters in Minneapolis since 1999. A worker-owned cooperative of small businesses.
Kitchen in the Market inside Midtown Global Market has run hands-on cooking classes in Minneapolis since 2012, with global cuisines paired with the produce.
Quang on Nicollet has poured James Beard America's Classics 2024 pho in Minneapolis since 1989. Located in Eat Street. At 2719 Nicollet Ave.
Try: Pho tai
Manny's Tortas inside Midtown Global Market has stacked Mexico City-style sandwiches in Minneapolis since 1999. Cubana with five meats, telera bread.
Try: Cubana torta
Icehouse on Eat Street took over an 1868 lake-ice storage building in 2012 with a two-story listening room, a full kitchen and a calendar that includes JT.
Tip: Monday's Jazz Implosion series runs from 21:00 with a low cover; book the mezzanine for the clearest sight line over the floor.