What are the best road-trip restaurants in Minnesota?

Start with Duluth Grill, New Scenic Cafe, Northern Waters Smokehaus, Va Bene Caffe, Angry Trout Cafe. Roamward keeps this curated to places that make sense for a scenic drive or overnight stop.

Which Minnesota towns are covered?

This starter set covers Duluth, Grand Marais, International Falls, Minneapolis, Red Wing, Saint Paul, St. Paul, Two Harbors, Winona. More towns get added as Roamward expands the route-by-route dining layer.

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Best road-trip restaurants in Minnesota

Start here: 70 route-useful dining stops in Minnesota, grouped by town and filtered by cuisine or price. This is the curated road-trip layer, not every restaurant in the state.

Updated 2026-07-01. Check current hours, reservations, and seasonal closures before you go.

CuisineAll70 New American11 American7 Bakery & Pie6 African5 Diner4 Mexican4 Seafood4 Burgers3 Southeast Asian3 Steakhouse3 Vietnamese3 More17

Price$26 $$23 $$$17 $$$$4

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Minneapolis1

Al's BreakfastDiner

Fourteen-stool Dinkytown griddle counter, a James Beard America's Classics diner famous for pancakes and hash since 1950.

Saint Paul1

Cook St. PaulDiner

Payne Avenue neighborhood diner blending American breakfast classics with Korean dishes like bibimbap and kimchi.

St. Paul1

Mickey's DinerDiner

$ · Minnesota State Fair

Art Deco 1939 dining-car landmark serving around the clock again. (Downtown)

Winona1

Lakeview Drive InnDiner

$ · Great River Road

Winona's oldest restaurant since 1938, a family-owned drive-in making burgers, malts, and root beer to order from scratch.

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