Chef Shack Ranch
Run by duo Carrie Summer and Lisa Carlson, Chef Shack Ranch is an excellent choice for affordable food with fine-dining quality—yes, even out of a food truck.
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Grand Ole Creamery
This ice cream parlor took root more than 30 years ago and now produces over 200 flavors, so you’ll need (and want) to head back more than once.
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If the idea of handmade ice cream isn’t enough to entice you, maybe the famous Izzy scoop is: a tiny additional scoop that’s almost too cute to eat.
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Pumphouse used natural and organic ingredients before it was cool. Since 2003, the shop has sourced all of its ingredients from local farmers and companies.
read moreSebastian Joe’s
This has been a Twin Cities go-to since the early ’80s, and it’s not going anywhere. Seven signature flavors are complemented by the rotating flavors that tend to change daily.
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Bockley Gallery
Tucked into a quiet residential corner of Minneapolis’ Kenwood district, the glass front of Todd Bockley Gallery provides a snapshot of the folk and native art found within.
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AZ Gallery
Housed on the ground floor in the Northern Warehouse in Lowertown of St. Paul, AZ Gallery is an artists’ cooperative, owned and run by its members.
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If you want to get your fill of about 20 Minnesotan artists at one spot, stop into the Rosalux Gallery…if you can find it. Only open on weekends, the gallery itself is accessed through a rather unassuming door at the side of the Van Buren Building.
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Gallery 13
Groundbreaking sculpture and visual art exhibits, live music and a variety of events headline Gallery 13. Its blue neon sign and industrial-chic vibe gives it a uniquely hip status in downtown Minneapolis.
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The building housing the local-favorite Soap Factory dates back to 1882, but it became a gallery in the 1980s. Over the near century, it has managed to maintain its bygone aura with exposed brick walls and factory-infused metal girders.
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