Minnesota Restaurant One of the 'Best Restaurants Of The Year'!

Drive by a restaurant or fast-food spot in Minnesota during meal time and you'll see full parking lots. Figuring out what type of food you want to get might be a hard choice because there are over 11,000 restaurants in the Land of 10,000 Lakes. But there is one in our state that is a Must-Taste because it was just named one of the best in all of the United States by USA Today. And that's not the only award it has taken home since it opened in 2021!

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USA Today Picks Popular Minnesota Restaurant As One of the "Best Restaurants Of The Year"

Americans spend A LOT of money eating out, at least $300 each month. Next time you feel like "not cooking", there is a restaurant in Minnesota you should check out. It's the only one in the state that landed on the elite USA Today 2025 "Best Restaurants of the Year" list.

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Owamni by the Sioux Chef, located at 420 S. 1st Street in Minneapolis, has been piling up the awards since it opened a few years ago. One of those is the New York Times list of best restaurants. Sean Sherman of Owamni has also landed on Time Magazine's 100 Most Influential People of 2023 list and has won several James Beard awards. Recently, he was also just named a winner of the Elevate Prize Foundation and was on a billboard in Times Square.

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Now, Owamni is adding one more award to its list - USA Today's 2025 "Best Restaurants of the Year" award.

At the downtown Minneapolis restaurant, chef Sean Sherman provides a vision of what modern Indigenous food can be. It's not about re-creating traditional dishes but rather removing colonial ingredients and supporting Indigenous food producers through delicious, healthful menus featuring food native to North America. - USAToday.com

It also landed on USA Today's 2024 "Best Restaurants of the Year" award.

Learn more about Owamni, grab a reservation, and see hours at its website here.

Minnesota Restaurants Are Famous Thanks to a Few TV Shows

Restaurants in the Land of 10,000 Lakes have gotten quite a bit of air time on TV the past few years. Diners that make amazing dishes that everyone in the world should know about. Desserts that tower on a plate and it is a challenge to eat every bite. Hole-in-the-wall restaurants that make some of the best food on the planet.

Below are a few restaurants like the categories above that have appeared on TV! Before you look through, just make sure you aren't already hungry.

All 37 Minnesota Restaurants that Have Been Featured on the Food Network

Many Minnesota restaurants have been featured on the Food Network over the years. Some have closed now, but I checked out the Food Networks website, the Diners, Drive-Ins, and Dives website, and TVFoodMaps.com to find all of the Minnesota restaurants that have been featured on their channel in the past and found these 37 (in no particular order) that are still open.

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