Best Gastropub Restaurants in Minneapolis (2026)

The patio is the draw on a sunny afternoon, and the kitchen backs it up with a single patty burger built for MN Burger Week: white American, sauteed red onion, pickle, mustard, ten dollars. The room reads as a straightforward pub, beer taps next to a real cocktail list, and it holds up as a group spot in St. Paul without trying to be anything fancier.

Grilled chicken added to the Cobb salad for another five fifty gets a genuinely large plate for the money, and the breakfast meatloaf has earned a following worth copying at home. This St. Paul location near the airport runs consistent enough to be a repeat stop for travelers, and the walleye sandwich is the order regulars come back for.

A full sized caboose sits inside the dining room in Loretto, and the kitchen matches the novelty with buffalo wings crunchy enough to justify the trip and a housemade ranch worth ordering on the side. The prime rib comes in genuinely king sized portions. This is a family table built for holidays and groups, not a quiet date.

Pool, skee ball, and darts share the room with a kitchen that outperforms the average neighborhood bar, and the Korean BBQ skewers are the reason to come back. The duroc pork on the bar burger is a genuine step up from standard bar food. This Minneapolis room runs as a low key hangout, best on a night when the bar has some life in it.

The southwest rice bowl gets built to order, black beans and all, when the bar staff is paying attention, and that is the deciding factor here. This Stillwater room can slide from a quick, well run lunch to a slow one depending on the shift, and the food itself lands closer to a solid bar plate than a destination meal. Order simple and expect a mixed kitchen.

Set inside a renovated 1900s building in Lowertown, this St. Paul room pairs its history with a kitchen that turns out standout lettuce wraps alongside roasted chicken and seasonal vegetables. Results run uneven plate to plate, but the setting and the better dishes make it a genuine option for a lunch or dinner after arriving downtown, not just a pretty room.