Milkjam Creamery ★ 4.5
Sameh Wadi's Milkjam on Lyndale has run Asian-inspired ice cream in Minneapolis since 2015. The Black activated-charcoal flavour, cones and pints to take home.
Worth the queue: Black ice cream
Honey and Rye Bakehouse on Excelsior Boulevard has run a Saint Louis Park bakery in the Twin Cities since 2013. Levain country loaves and laminated pastries.
Address: 4501 Excelsior Boulevard, St. Louis Park, MN 55416, Minneapolis
Sameh Wadi's Milkjam on Lyndale has run Asian-inspired ice cream in Minneapolis since 2015. The Black activated-charcoal flavour, cones and pints to take home.
Worth the queue: Black ice cream
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
Lucia Watson's Lucia's Bakery on 31st Street West has run a Minneapolis European-style bakery since 1985. The Beard winner's takeaway breads and pies.
Worth the queue: Almond 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
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