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Things to do in MSP

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FireKnight

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I've never been to Minnesota and I was wondering if any of the Gopher or other fans have suggestions of things to do in the non-hockey time next week. I see the Twins are in town but the weather is supposed to be crappy. I asked a friend in the MSP area and all he suggested was bars ... which we will visit, but I have to keep a woman happy all weekend.
 
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You must have a Jucy Lucy at Matt's Bar (burger with the cheese on the inside of it). It's not the BEST version, but it's the original. You may get some others claiming another bar is the original. They are wrong.

Check out the Diners/Drive-Ins/Dives website, they have the MN places listed.

Science Museum by the X.

A lot depends on if you have a car or not.
 
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I would check out the Spoon n' Cherry at the Minneapolis Sculpture Garden. Highly recommend a walk on the Stone Arch Bridge over the Mississippi with great views of downtown. Minnehaha Falls Park is fun and good for a short hike.

Plenty of good breweries as well.
 
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Science museum is fairly good.

Skip the Jucy Lucy, imho. There are far better places to get food without breaking the bank. Look towards the North Loop area. Some of the best places to eat this side of Chicago. Red Cow, Butcher & the Boar, pig ate my pizza are some of my favorites. If you want higher end restaurants, I’m sure you could find them, but feel free to ask. Stay away from the chains. Best breakfast in the state might be at Hazel’s. Get there early on the weekends and have a backup plan.

The theater scene here is pretty good. I think we have the highest number of theaters per capita outside of NYC. Brave New Workshop is phenomenal and always hilarious. A favorite of mine.

If you’re looking for something you both might like, there’s always the como zoo conservatory. Gorgeous flowers and plants year round and inside.

The twin cities has a phenomenal brewing community. There are a few good distilleries now as well. Tons of great cocktail bars. Plenty of good ones along light rail. Easy Uber ride to the rest.

Uptown has some interesting and quirky places like Bryant Lake Bowl. Old school bowling if you’re into that kind of thing.

The problem with the Twin Cities is there isn’t a lot of touristy things here. A lot of what makes it great is the outdoors. Look at any travel site and they’ll push you to so many of the outdoor locations and activities. Very Minnesotan. I’ve always seen the cities as a better place to live than to travel.
 
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One beef: Jucy Lucy is pure MN. Gotta have one. Just sayin'.

The rest of your post is good.
 
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It’s a burger. Literally a burger.

It’s not pure Minnesota. It’s a Minnesota quirk that’s usually not worth going out of your way to find. It’s like an Irish bar in Boston. Or a hot dog vendor in Central Park. Or geno’s in philly. None of them are worth it as there are better places to get food and experience the city. Like just about anywhere in NYC, Dinics in Philly, and every not-Irish-Bar in Boston. :)
 
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dxmnkd316 said:
It’s a burger. Literally a burger.

It’s not pure Minnesota. It’s a Minnesota quirk that’s usually not worth going out of your way to find. It’s like an Irish bar in Boston. Or a hot dog vendor in Central Park. Or geno’s in philly. None of them are worth it as there are better places to get food and experience the city. Like just about anywhere in NYC, Dinics in Philly, and every not-Irish-Bar in Boston. :)
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Yeah, it's MN. Like having a Premo. Period.

Edit: you just admitted it's a MN quirk. THIS IS MN. THIS IS OUR THING. OUR QUIRK.
 
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mookie played interlachen while up at a regional. if you can get a connection give it a go. the clubhouse is a neat historical tribute to donald ross too.
 
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dxmnkd316 said:
The problem with the Twin Cities is there isn’t a lot of touristy things here. A lot of what makes it great is the outdoors. Look at any travel site and they’ll push you to so many of the outdoor locations and activities. Very Minnesotan. I’ve always seen the cities as a better place to live than to travel.
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Come to think of it, the Twin Cities is a lot like Grand Forks, if you've even been there.

Without the Palace.
 
mookie1995 said:
mookie played interlachen while up at a regional. if you can get a connection give it a go. the clubhouse is a neat historical tribute to donald ross too.
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Fairly certain we won’t see many nice courses open by then. Still snow on the ground most places, and the weather, outside of today, looks pretty brutal for the foreseeable future and through next weekend.

I’d check out the Twins game if the weather improves at all, Mall of America if people and saying you’ve been there means something to you, other than that it’s just a big *** mall.
 
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I visited a few years ago to see a college friend. Did a bunch of breweries. So many to chose from. Most were very good but my favorites always seemed to be the smaller ones. I wish I could remember them all. There is actually a thread I started somewhere on here about it. Check it out.

As for other stuff, I was there in the summer. So I hit the Minnesota Zoo. Didn't do Como Park because the state fair was going on and that area of town was nuts. I did do the Minneapolis Institute of Art (free) and enjoyed it quite a bit. I did the touristy thing and did do Mall of America one morning. Don't normally like that kind of stuff but I wanted to check out the LEGO store (never been to one and I am a LEGO nut) and the SEA LIFE Aquarium (also an aquarium nut).

EDIT: unfortunately I didn't make a list in the other thread of where all I went. I remember a few: Surly, Indeed, Able, Northbound, Lake Monster, Urban Growler, Bang, Lakes and Legends, Inbound. There might have been more. I cant remember.
 
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Proud2baLaker said:
EDIT: unfortunately I didn't make a list in the other thread of where all I went. I remember a few: Surly, Indeed, Able, Northbound, Lake Monster, Urban Growler, Bang, Lakes and Legends, Inbound. There might have been more. I cant remember.
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Brent's favorite is Dangerous Man. So many people love that place too.
 
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