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 Indigena by Owamni inside the Guthrie Theater runs the country's most serious Indigenous kitchen in Minneapolis since June 2026.
Signature: Bison steak, Wild rice
Order: Bison steak with smoked blue corn and the maple-glazed walleye when in season.
Tip: Doubled in size from Water Works; 204 indoor seats plus 100 patio. Book three months ahead for weekend dinner; bar seats walk-in at 17:00.
Sean Sherman's Indigena by Owamni inside the Guthrie Theater runs the country's pre-eminent Indigenous tasting kitchen in Minneapolis since June 2026.
Milly's Wine Bar on Washington Avenue South has run an approachable Mill District wine bistro in Minneapolis since 2023. Big-format cheese boards.
Signature pour: Rotating by-the-glass flight
Wine focus: Approachable by-the-glass, exploration list
Food: Bistro plates, cheese boards
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.
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.
Tip: The Stone Arch Bridge is the central viewing line. Food trucks set up on Portland and 2nd Street through dawn.
The Nicollet Diner in Minneapolis runs the city's only 24-hour kitchen on Nicollet Mall, with all-day breakfast, burgers and 30 milkshake flavors.
Try: All-day breakfast, burgers and 30 flavors of milkshake
Tip: The only true 24-hour kitchen in Minneapolis; the burgers and crispy hash browns are the 2am move, and the bar pours craft cocktails late.
eagleBOLTbar on Washington Avenue South pairs a Minneapolis leather and cruise tradition with a heated dog-friendly patio, weekend brunch and karaoke.
Tip: The expanded heated patio runs through winter. Karaoke and trivia weeknights; brunch Saturday and Sunday from 11:00.