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small but mighty

Minneapolis definitely punches above its weight (especially when you add in St. Paul). Here are some of my faves in various categories: Non-fancy eats: - Wrecktangle Pizza (best pizza in mpls imo) - Francis Burger Joint (bomb plant-based food) - Nicos tacos (solid drinks and Mexican food) - Boludo (good Argentinian-style pizza) - French Meadow (great large and reliable selection of reasonably priced food and one of the first organic restaurants from back in the day) More expensive eats (might be hard to get into these without a reservation, but if you go on the earlier side you can usually get in): - Oro (delicious high-end mexican) - Young Joni (fun pizzas and a speakeasy in the back) - Gai Noi (high end Laotian) - Sanjusan (Japanese Italian fusion with good cocktails) - Owamni (native food that will make you stop and think about alternative realities devoid of colonization) - Guacaya (tapas style latin food that's delicious and good cocktails) Divey bars: - Meteor (more trendy dive) - Dutch bar (more trendy dive) - Anywhere in the northeast for old and legit dive bars Cocktails: - Elusive (good cocktails and usually not very crowded) - Billy After Dark (trendy basement bar where you order purely on mood/vibes) - Back bar at young joni (chill classic speakeasy vibes) - Bronto Bar (more packed but fun) - Flora Room (trendy and expensive) - Berlin (have live music and is a new, trendy, and fun spot) Bakeries: - Black Walnut (delicious pastries, and only place I know that has a chocolate banana croissant) - Savory Bakehouse (only open friday - sunday, great treats that change by the week, but get there early because they sell out) - Patisserie 46 (huge and reliable selection) - Edwards Dessert Kitchen (open late and also has cocktails) Coffee: - Dogwood (specialty, third wave, delicious) - Mojo (wooden, cluttered with vibes) - Duck Duck Go (good community and comedy on sundays) Activities: - Walking around on Nicollet Island and Boom Island Park, you can also cross and walk along the Mississippi on the downtown side and can then walk to pryes brewery - The lakes - Tons of bookstores (personal favorites are bookhouse in dinkeytown, eat my words, and uncle hugos) - Breweries and cideries galore - art studios in northeast - Art Museums (Weisman is free and associated with the university) Weekend pop ups: - Dahlia (delicious brunch and pastries) - Mogi (great bagels)

@ruffianbandwidth

Mar 5, 2024

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i love this question

food recs include grand pied for breakfast, balkan treat box for lunch (has been listed as one of the best restaurants in the country), tamm ave bar/nomad for burger + beer, and milagro azteca for casual mexican food/margs. sado or lucky accomplice are good for a nicer dinner. bars include venice cafe (drinks are meh tbh but vibes are great), the vandy, or golden hoosier. if you're into beer, side project in maplewood has some crazy stuff and there are some cute local shops on the same strip. clementine's is maybe the best ice cream ever and if you go you have to get their gooey butter cake flavor i second the zoo/art museum recs, followed by a walk in forest park. city museum is also fun, or the botanical garden. tower grove or soulard farmers market are a nice weekend activity

@mem2338

Jul 13, 2024

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Seattle

Vegan food - Plum Bistro & Life on Mars are both in Capitol Hill near good thrifting. Cafe Flora is in Madison Valley which is more of a sleepy neighborhood but Kamp across the street is cute for drinks too. Near the arboretum. These are all kind of bougie - going out to eat in Seattle is $$$ p much no matter where you go sadly!! Thrifting - we have the biggest Goodwill in the nation (on dearborn) but tbh I’d skip it. Lifelong Thrift & Out of the Closet are the BEST thrift stores. Parks - The arboretum is free and really beautiful. Volunteer park has a lot of flowers rn and a water tower with skyline views. Seward park is an old growth forest that can give you a lil taste of the PNW woods in the city. Kubota Japanese Garden is free and gorgeous. Volunteer Park Gas Works is made of an old power plant and has views of the lake. Cal Anderson is in the middle of Capitol Hill and isn’t as pretty as the other parks but there’s always a lot of people and dogs around to watch. Things to do - Kremwerk complex is good for dancing, there’s a lot of good independent movie theaters in Seattle like the Beacon, Northwest Film Forum, and Grand Illusion that play interesting stuff. Itsumono in the international district is my favorite bar, one of the few bars in the city where strangers will actually talk to each other. Hope you enjoy your time here!!

@lobster

Jun 4, 2024

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Radio k

With all due respect to ruffianbandwidth the University of Minnesota's Radio K is the classic model of the college alternative radio station The Current wishes it could be. (I still dig Mac Wilson's show tho). the Twin Cities is lucky enough to maintain more than one very cool radio station. Radio K plays new bands who sometimes sound like old bands. An actual eclectic mix of genres. Random metal every now and again. College kids who, all these years later, keep spinning Jeff Buckley. I'm always shazaming this station. It gives me hope that indie music still has a future. My favorite thing is listening to the dj reading the top 5 songs of the week and feeling old because I have never heard of any of the bands but they all have hilarious names and song titles. My other favorite thing is when a 20 year old dj plays Texas is the Reason followed by Braid in the middle of a "classic 00s emo" set.

@fightwithknives

Mar 23, 2024

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cats named linus

@fightwithknives

Feb 3, 2024

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Gimlet or last word

Both are easy-- Gimlet is a basic gin cocktail with lime and simple and it's the first thing you learn in cocktail school. Last Word is a gimlet but with maraschino and chartreuse and good bartenders will know it. Dunno if there is still a chartreuse shortage tho.

@fightwithknives

Feb 9, 2024