2. Broders' Pasta Bar
8.9
5000 Penn Ave S (50th St.), Minneapolis, MN
Italian Restaurant · Fulton · 68 tips and reviews
Jeanine Krier: Best pasta in town! Perfect for a cool fall evening when you are craving comfort food.
Eater: Broders' often has a line of pasta-hungry diners out the door. Try the fettuccine con cinghiale (pasta with wild boar, porcini mushrooms, caramelized onions, and chestunuts).
Gina Giampaolo: Tagliarini Di Locanda Del Lupo: fresh pasta with prosciutto, truffle pesto & cream. Likely my favorite thing to eat in all of Minneapolis.
3. 112 Eatery
8.9
112 N 3rd St (at 1st Ave), Minneapolis, MN
New American Restaurant · Warehouse District · 128 tips and reviews
A K: Steak tartare, tagliatelle & foie gras meatballs, & gnocchi are amazing!
Laura Noren: The carrots, gnocchi, and Bibb lettuce salad are all fantastic.
Dave Coleman: Sure - tagliatelle with foie gras meatballs are amazing but so it virtually everything on the menu. Lovely all the way around.
4. Smack Shack
8.8
603 Washington Ave N (N 6th Ave.), Minneapolis, MN
Seafood Restaurant · Warehouse District · 153 tips and reviews
City Pages: If you're lusting after lobster, try the lobster boil -- always a winner -- or go modern with the mac and cheese -- served with hunks of lobster and a creamy cheese sauce that tastes like a dream.
Food Network: Stuffs the menu with freshly made lobster rolls, po'boys and the house favorite, lobster mac and cheese. Combining lightly poached lobster meat with a fontina and Taleggio cheese sauce. Read more.
Joleen Charmoli: Lobster Guacamole, Lobster Mac & Cheese, and Lobster Boil are fantastic! Wonderful service and great patio to top it off! Yum :)
Ashley Wengel: The tortellini pizza is great too! And definitely don't skip the pimp juice! (Ranch...lol)
Chloe Cole 👑: best pizza ive ever had. definitely a campus hotspot. vegetarian? try the guac burrito, avacado delight, southwest blackbean, or famous mac & cheese. come at night on a weekend for the full experience
Michael Foehse: Great place to stumble into if you're a little tipsy in dinky-town. Try the mac and cheese pizza slice, or anything with fries on top! Easy on the wallet too!
Joe B: Try the Lobster Mac - The cheeses Mac w the corn and all that lobster meat was almost too much for 1 person. Sooo rich, but sooo good.
City Pages: The ridiculously rich lobster mac & cheese will erase those sunny-day longings. Spiked with a tangy bit of Taleggio cheese, and topped with crispy panko bread crumbs, this unique blend is a must try.
Britton IV: Get the lobster mac!
7. Revival
8.8
4257 Nicollet Ave, Minneapolis, MN
Southern Food Restaurant · Kingfield · 45 tips and reviews
Ansell: The best fried chicken and macaroni & cheese I've had in the Twin Cities.
Steve Spaulding: This place is amazing. Best fried chicken I've ever had, and the Mac N Cheese is da bomb.
Dave Sawyer: The chicken thigh sandwich (Tennessee Hot) pairs perfectly with the creamy, savory mac and cheese side. Definitely a "Oh, hell yeah!" lunch experience for your tastebuddies.
9. Quang Restaurant
9.2
2719 Nicollet Ave (btwn E 27th & 28th St), Minneapolis, MN
Vietnamese Restaurant · Whittier · 149 tips and reviews
Eater: Consistently good food, fast service, and low prices (for big portions) bring the crowds for pho and vermicelli salad. At lunch, the banh mi is one of the best on the block. [Eater 38 Member]
Chase Maxwell: The cream cheese "wontons" are actually crab Rangoon, and they're delicious, the best in the Twin Cities. The vermicelli noodle salads are huge and delicious as well.
Amanda Larson: Love their vermicelli salads, especially pork with egg roll. Their take-out is incredibly quick!
10. Zelo
8.7
831 Nicollet Mall, Minneapolis, MN
Italian Restaurant · Downtown West · 101 tips and reviews
Angelica Cerdeira: Great food! Shrimp starter, grains salad and chiken pasta were perfect!
Jason Douglas: Make sure to get the Lamb Meatballs and the Ahi Tuna Crisps to start. Best Ahi Tuna I have ever tasted! ALso, the home made lasagna is the best I have ever had. Zelo is among my top 5 now!
Sally Kane: Try the vegetarian lasagna - amazing!!!!
Fidias Fors: Cappuccino, meet balls , pasta!!! Everything!
Jonathan Kealing: Atmosphere is nice, but food is just OK. And they have weird restrictions on what you can order on the patio. No pasta.
Darcy Silver: Short ribs, meatball appetizer, cauliflower & spinach fettuccine! Also Enrique is a fabulous server!
15. Buca di Beppo
7.5
1204 Harmon Pl (at S 12th St), Minneapolis, MN
Italian Restaurant · Loring Park · 30 tips and reviews
Calvin Chang: Can never go wrong with Linguine Frutti di Mare. Don't forget to try the calamaris! Ask for a bowl of marinara sauce at no extra charge if you want.
Iris Garcia: Great service, the pastas we got were great! And a HUGE martini glass..no more like VASE of ice cream for dessert?
Sarah Dordal: Holy cannoli! Best server EVER! Josh is amazing!! Also, I usually am not a fan of the pasta thing, but the spicy chicken rigatoni is amazing.