Date Spots in Minneapolis, MN

Dating in Minneapolis

Minneapolis dating often starts with a coffee shop or a casual meal and grows from there. You can meet at Corner Coffee, Spyhouse Coffee, Misfit Coffee, Dogwood Coffee - Northeast, or Bob's Java Hut, then linger over ice cream at Sebastian Joe's. For dinner, the city covers american, breakfast, mexican, asian, burger, middle eastern, indigenous, regional, and international options, with spots like Seward Cafe, Indígena by Owamni, Al's Breakfast, Oro By Nixta, Vinai, Diane's Place, Bryant-Lake Bowl and Theater, Hard Times Cafe, La Madre, and Gold Room. Drinks can mean Stray Dog Restaurant and Bar, Stub & Herbs, Indeed Brewing, Matt's Bar, Fathead Bill's, Berlin, Mac's Industrial Sports Bar, LITT Pinball Bar, Morrissey's Irish Pub, or Northbound Smokehouse Brewpub.

Culture and entertainment give Minneapolis dates a natural next step. You can browse the Mill City Museum, James J. Fiorentino Museum, Walker Art Center, Bell Museum, Twin City Model Railroad Museum, Hennepin History Museum, Minneapolis Institute of Art, Weisman Art Museum, American Swedish Institute, or Minnesota Center for Book Arts. For a show, try the State Theatre, Guthrie Theater, The Southern Theater, Mixed Blood Theatre, or Skyway Theatre; for a movie, there is The Main Cinema, Lagoon Cinema, Uptown Theatre, Trylon Cinema, or Riverview Theater. Outdoors, The Commons, Gateway Park, Bohemian Flats Park, Harrison Park, Bryn Mawr Meadows, Hampden Park, Deming Heights Park, Lyndale Park, McRae Park, and Tower Hill Park offer simple places to walk and talk.

Neighborhoods in Minneapolis

These areas are called out in the local notes for this city. They can help you keep a date to one part of town.

• Northeast Dogwood Coffee - Northeast gives this area a named coffee shop, and the guide's drink list adds breweries and brewpubs for an easy second stop.
• Seward Seward Cafe is a listed dinner spot, and you can pair it with coffee, ice cream, or a park from the wider guide.
• Uptown Uptown Theatre is a listed cinema, and the guide's coffee, dinner, and drinks lists give you flexible ways to build an evening around a movie.
• Bryn Mawr Bryn Mawr Meadows is a listed outdoor spot, and the city's coffee shops and breakfast places can turn it into a low-key morning date.
• Lyndale Lyndale Park is a listed outdoor spot, and the guide's ice cream, coffee, and international cuisine options make for a relaxed date.