Southwest Minneapolis residential village. Tilia's all-day kitchen, Patisserie 46 on 46th and Bruegger's; a quiet, Beard-finalist neighbourhood.
Steven Brown's Tilia on West 43rd has run a Linden Hills neighbourhood bistro in Minneapolis since 2011. James Beard semifinalist French-American room.
Signature: Tilia burger, Buttermilk biscuits
Order: The Tilia burger with bone marrow butter and the buttermilk biscuits at brunch.
Tip: Walk-ins only for the bar; book the dining room a week out. Weekend brunch line forms by 09:30.
Ann Kim's Pizzeria Lola on Xerxes Avenue has run wood-fired Neapolitan-Korean pizza in Minneapolis since 2010. The room that put Kim on the James Beard track.
Signature: Wood-fired Margherita, Lady ZaZa
Order: The Lady ZaZa pizza with Korean sausage and kimchi or the wood-fired Margherita.
Tip: Reservations on Tock; walk-ins go on the list at 17:00. The photo-booth dating from 2010 still works.
The Broder family's Pasta Bar at 50th and Penn has run a Southwest Minneapolis Italian since 1994. Hand-cut pasta, deli across the street, the city's pasta school.
Signature: Hand-cut pasta, Gnocchi
Order: House-made tagliatelle bolognese and the gnocchi al pesto.
Tip: Walk-ins only; line forms by 17:30. Broders' Cucina deli across the street is the takeaway alternative.
John Kraus's Patisserie 46 on Grand Avenue South has run Minneapolis's defining French bakery since 2010. James Beard semifinalist for Outstanding Baker.
Worth the queue: Norwegian kringle
John Kraus's Rose Street Patisserie on 43rd Street West has run a sister French bakery in Linden Hills Minneapolis since 2014. Almond croissants and macarons.
Worth the queue: Almond croissant
Wuollet Bakery on West 50th Street has run a Minneapolis Scandinavian bakery in Linden Hills since 1944. Princess cake and the city's classic kringle counter.
Worth the queue: Princess cake
Turtle Bread Company on West 44th Street has run a Linden Hills bakery in Minneapolis since 1994. Country loaves, scratch pastries and the soup-and-bread lunch menu.
Worth the queue: Cherry chip bread
France 44's Tasting Room on France Avenue South has run wine flights in Minneapolis since 2011. The Linden Hills wine shop's tasting bar; Burgundy and Loire focus.
Signature pour: Burgundy
Wine focus: Old World classics
Food: Cheese plates
Saint Genevieve on Bryant Avenue South has run a French bistro and wine bar in Minneapolis since 2017. Steve Brown's natural-French Linden Hills room.
Signature pour: Loire whites
Wine focus: Natural French
Food: French snacks and plates