Vendors, food trucks and stalls: the cheapest, fastest, frequently best food in Minneapolis.

Don't-miss vendors

Manny's Tortas ★ 4.6

$ Street foodEat Street

Manny's Tortas in Midtown Global Market on East Lake Street has run Mexico City-style sandwiches in Minneapolis since 1999. Located in Eat Street.

TryMexican tortas

Sweet Martha's Cookie Jar ★ 4.8

$ Street foodSaint Paul

Sweet Martha's Cookie Jar at the Minnesota State Fair has scooped warm chocolate-chip cookies in the Twin Cities since 1979. Buckets overflowing.

TryBucket of warm chocolate-chip cookies

Pronto Pups ★ 4.5

$ Street foodSaint Paul

Pronto Pups on the Minnesota State Fair grounds has fried cornmeal-battered hot dogs in the Twin Cities since 1947. The original Minnesota corn dog.

TryCornmeal-battered hot dog on a stick

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El Jibarito Food Truck ★ 4.4

$ Street foodNortheast

El Jibarito Food Truck has rolled Puerto Rican mofongo across Minneapolis since 2016. Family-run; the city's only sustained Puerto Rican cart.

TryPuerto Rican sandwiches and mofongo

Afro Deli ★ 4.3

$ Street foodNortheast

Abdirahman Kahin's Afro Deli on Washington Avenue SE has run East African street food near the U of M Stadium Village since 2011. Located in Northeast.

TryEast African beef sambusas

Pham's Deli ★ 4.2

$ Street foodEat Street

Pham's Deli inside Midtown Global Market on Lake Street has rolled Vietnamese banh mi in Minneapolis since 2006. Pork-pate sandwich made-to-order.

TryVietnamese banh mi

Hmongtown Marketplace food stalls ★ 4.7

$ Street foodSaint Paul

Hmongtown Marketplace on Como Avenue in Saint Paul packs dozens of Hmong food counters in the Twin Cities since 2004. Open daily 09:00-19:00.

TryHmong sausage, papaya salad

World Street Kitchen Truck ★ 4.1

$ Street foodUptown

Sameh Wadi's World Street Kitchen on Lyndale runs global street food in Minneapolis since 2013. Yum yum rice bowls and Bangkok burritos at counter speed.

TryYum yum rice bowls

El Burrito Mercado ★ 4.0

$ Street foodSaint Paul

El Burrito Mercado on Cesar Chavez Street has run a Mexican grocery and cafeteria in Saint Paul's West Side since 1979. Carnitas and tamales.

TryMexican carnitas plates

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