Minnesota's canonical casserole: ground beef, cream-of-mushroom soup, mixed frozen vegetables, all baked under a crown of tater tot potato nuggets until the topping crisps deep golden.
Tater tot hotdish is the Minnesota community-dinner, church-supper and family-Sunday casserole, with origins in the post-war Lutheran kitchens of the 1950s when Ore-Ida invented tater tots and Campbell's cream-of-mushroom soup became universal. The dish embodies the Minnesota 'hotdish' tradition: layered, cream-bound, baked. Hen House Eatery, the Blue Door Pub and the State Fair plate elevated versions, while every church basement in the city serves the original at potlucks.
4 editor picks for Tater tot hotdish in Minneapolis, ranked by editorial score. All Minneapolis signature dishes · Tater tot hotdish across every city.
Matt's Bar ★ 4.7
longfellow-powderhorn · 3500 Cedar Ave S, Minneapolis, MN 55407
Matt's Bar on Cedar Avenue has poured the Jucy Lucy in South Minneapolis since 1954. The original cheese-stuffed burger; Anthony Bourdain ate here in 2009.
Hen House Eatery ★ 4.4
north-loop · 114 S 8th St, Minneapolis, MN 55402
Hen House Eatery in Minneapolis runs downtown's defining all-day breakfast counter on 8th Street, with scratch biscuits and a 30-cocktail Bloody Mary list.
Cafe Latte ★ 4.3
saint-paul · 850 Grand Avenue, St. Paul, MN 55105
Cafe Latte in Saint Paul runs the Grand Avenue cafeteria-and-bakery hybrid since 1985, with scratch soups, salads, the turtle cake and a wine bar upstairs.
Blue Door Pub ★ 4.1
longfellow-powderhorn · 3448 42nd Ave S, Minneapolis, MN 55406
Blue Door Pub on 42nd Avenue has run a stuffed-burger pub in South Minneapolis since 2008. Located in Longfellow Powderhorn. Kitchen leans american pub.