Minneapolis attracts international travelers due to its business community and location. Corporations like Best Buy, Target and 3M run their headquarters near the Twin Cities. The Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport offers a natural layover stop for cross-country flights. This influx of tourists and business travelers has encouraged a restaurant scene focused on style and fine dining. You can use editor's choices from Mpls.St.Paul Magazine to find upscale restaurants in Minneapolis.
The Capital Grille Minneapolis offers weekday lunch specials like dry aged sirloin and lobster burgers. The daily dinner menu features main courses such as veal chop Milanese and citrus glazed salmon. Guests can pair their entrees with red and white wines from the 5,000-bottle cellar. The dessert menu lists coconut cream pie, chocolate hazelnut cake and other sweet dishes. Large groups can reserve the 22-seat private dining room for special occasions. The restaurant offers free valet parking to guests during dinner service.
The Capital Grille Minneapolis
801 Hennepin Ave.
Minneapolis, MN 55402
612-692-9000
thecapitalgrille.com
La Belle Vie divides its daily dinner menu between the dining room and the lounge. Guests in the dining room can select specials like sauteed sea scallops and bouillabaisse. The dining room menu also lists a five-course and an eight-course tasting menu. Dining room patrons can finish their meals with tarte tatin and coconut panna cotta from the dessert menu. The lounge combines specialty cocktails with lighter dishes like grilled lamb burgers. La Belle Vie offers the 34-seat Loring Room for parties and business dinners.
La Belle Vie
510 Groveland Ave.
Minneapolis, MN 55405
612-874-6440
labellevie.us
Cosmos Restaurant serves breakfast, lunch and dinner within the Graves 601 Hotel. The combined breakfast and lunch menu offers dishes ranging from egg white chive omelets to Maine lobster sandwiches. Dinner guests can begin their meals with Maryland crab cakes and cured Atlantic salmon. Main courses during dinner include slow poached halibut and Wagyu beef. Small groups can make reservations for a seven-course tasting menu at the chef's table. Cosmos Restaurant provides complimentary valet parking to dinner patrons.
Cosmos Restaurant
601 N. First Ave.
Minneapolis, MN 55403
612-312-1168
cosmosrestaurant.com
Seven the Steakhouse serves its dinner menu seven days a week. The menu starts with appetizers like seared ahi tuna and Angus beef tips. Dinner guests can select main courses of 24-ounce porterhouse steaks, walleye and butternut squash ravioli. The dessert menu features rich selections like bananas Foster and chocolate molten cake. Patrons can head to the roof for cocktails and sushi at the Seven Sushi Ultralounge and Skybar. The restaurant provides wine locker rentals and bottle services at premium prices.
Seven the Steakhouse
700 Hennepin Ave.
Minneapolis, MN 55403
612-238-7770
7steakhouse.com
