El Burrito Mercado ★ 4.3
El Burrito Mercado on Cesar Chavez Street has run a Mexican cafeteria in Saint Paul's West Side since 1979. Carnitas, beans and rice under twelve, Sunday buffet at $14.
Try: Carnitas plate
Punch Neapolitan on Grand Avenue has fired 90-second pizzas in the Twin Cities since 1996. Margherita lands at $11; nine locations spread the lunch crowd thin.
Address: 769 Grand Ave, Saint Paul, MN 55105, Minneapolis
El Burrito Mercado on Cesar Chavez Street has run a Mexican cafeteria in Saint Paul's West Side since 1979. Carnitas, beans and rice under twelve, Sunday buffet at $14.
Try: Carnitas plate
El Burrito Mercado on Cesar Chavez Street has run a Mexican cafeteria in Saint Paul's West Side since 1979. Carnitas, beans and rice under twelve, Sunday buffet at $14.
Try: Carnitas plate
Sameh Wadi's World Street Kitchen on Lyndale has run global street food in Minneapolis since 2013. Yum yum bowl under fourteen; Bangkok burrito at the same line.
Try: Yum yum rice bowl
5-8 Club on Cedar Avenue South has run the contested-original Juicy Lucy in Minneapolis since 1954. The other half of the Juicy Lucy debate; lunch under fifteen.
Try: Original Juicy Lucy
Matt's Bar on Cedar Avenue has run a $9 Jucy Lucy in South Minneapolis since 1954. The original cheese-stuffed burger, fries and a beer for under fifteen.
Try: Jucy Lucy
Quang on Nicollet has poured James Beard America's Classics 2024 pho in Minneapolis since 1989. Lunch under fifteen; banh xeo turmeric crepe at the upper bound.
Try: Pho tai
Manny's Tortas inside Midtown Global Market has stacked Mexico City-style sandwiches in Minneapolis since 1999. Cubana with five meats, telera bread, under fifteen.
Try: Cubana torta