Walleye appears as a signature dish in 1 United States cities. See each city's local variant and where to eat it.
Walleye · Minneapolis
Walleye is Minnesota's state fish and the Twin Cities' default white-fleshed entree. The fillet is mild, sweet and firm, pan-fried with a flour-cornmeal crust or grilled on cedar.
Walleye anchors Minnesota dining the way lobster does coastal Maine. The fish has been the centerpiece of shore lunches across the state's 10,000-plus lakes for more than a century, and the Department of Natural Resources stocks more than 200 million walleye fry annually. In Minneapolis-Saint Paul kitchens, walleye landed on resort menus first then onto downtown plates after WWII. Today Owamni serves it cedar-planked over wild rice as part of Sean Sherman's Indigenous program, Restaurant Alma plates a seasonal preparation, and Sea Salt Eatery does a beer-battered version that gets a line down the path at Minnehaha Falls every summer.
Where to eat in Minneapolis:
- Owamni
- Restaurant Alma
- Sea Salt Eatery