The riverfront below the Stone Arch Bridge, anchored by Mill City Museum and Owamni. Where the city's flour history meets its Indigenous food revival.
Sean Sherman's Owamni on the Mississippi runs the country's most serious Indigenous kitchen in Minneapolis since 2021. James Beard Best New Restaurant 2022.
Signature: Cedar-braised bison, Wild rice
Order: Cedar-braised bison with smoked blue corn and the maple-glazed walleye when in season.
Tip: The tasting menu books out three months ahead. Walk-in bar seats open at 17:00; the patio over the river is the summer seat.
Sean Sherman's Owamni at Water Works Park runs the country's pre-eminent Indigenous tasting kitchen in Minneapolis since 2021. Beard Best New Restaurant 2022.
Mill City Farmers Market in the Mill District has run Saturday farmers' stalls in Minneapolis since 2006. Below the Stone Arch Bridge by the river.
Mill City Farmers Market's Tomato Tasting in Minneapolis tastes a hundred heirloom tomato varieties on a mid-August Saturday. The market's signature annual event since 2009.
Tip: Arrive at 09:00 when the tomatoes are at peak; chef demos run on the riverside lawn.
Northern Spark runs an all-night art festival on the Minneapolis riverfront since 2011. Free, dusk to dawn, June Saturday with food trucks across the Mill District.
Tip: The Stone Arch Bridge is the central viewing line. Food trucks set up on Portland and 2nd Street through dawn.