Downtown: Location Description/Map
Downtown is defined as the area on the West side of 35W from Washington Avenue to Loring Park. Downtown is major shopping and business center of Minneapolis.. Areas to go out in are by the Metrodome, Warehouse District, and Loring Park area. Most places are modern and unique. The 1st Avenue strip is where you want to go for drinking and fun if you are a tourist; 7 Blocks of busy, packed bars await you. Check below on how to find cheap parking in downtown Minneapolis.
Staff Picks
- Brits Pub
- Imperial Room, The
- First Avenue
- OM Contemporary Cuisine
- King and I Thai
- Joe's Garage
- Barrio Tequila Bar
- 414 Soundbar
- 508 Bar & Restaurant
- Bewiched Deli
- Bradstreet Crafthouse Restaurant
Location Tips
- Parking is cheap in the Marshal fields ramp after 6 pm.
- Free meters by Sex World at night after 9pm. You can usually park here and walk up the few blocks to the bars to avoid paying for parking.
- Weekdays are best; Downtown gets extremely busy on the Weekends.
- The ramp on 2nd Ave. & 7th St. has $1/hr. parking after 9pm on the weekends.
Featured Events in Downtown
Downtown

- 112 Eatery
- 414 Soundbar
- 501 Club
- 508 Bar & Restaurant
- 7th Street Entry
- 8th Street Grill
- Acme Comedy Company
- Annex
- Aqua Nightclub
- Bar Fly
- Bar Lurcat
- Barrio Tequila Bar
- Bewiched Deli
- Bootleggers
- Bradstreet Crafthouse Restaurant
- Brits Pub
- Brothers Bar & Grill
- Bunker's Music Bar & Grill
- Capitol Grille
- Chambers Art Bar
- Club 3 Degrees
- Clubhouse Jager
- Cosmos @ Graves 601 Hotel
- Cue at the Guthrie
- Cuzzy's Bar
- Dakota Jazz Club & Restaurant
- Dancing Ganesha
- Downtowner Woodfire Grill
- Element Nightclub
- Elixir Lounge
- Eli's Bar
- Envy Nightclub
- Fine Line
- Fire Lake Grill
- First Avenue
- GameWorks-CLOSED
- Gangchen Bar & Restaurant
- Glueks Bar
- Grumpy's Bar
- Hard Rock Cafe
- Harry's Food & Cocktails
- Hubert's Sports Bar & Grill
- Hubert's Bar
- Ichiban's Japenese Steakhouse
- Ike's Food & Cocktails
- Imperial Room, The
- India House
- JD Hoyt's
- Joe's Garage
- Kierans Irish Pub
- King and I Thai
- Koyi Sushi
- La Belle Vie
- Lee's Liqour Lounge
- Local, The
- Loon Cafe
- Loop, The
- Lounge Nightclub
- Lyons Pub
- M&S Grill
- Mackenzie
- Manhattans-CLOSED
- Market BBQ
- Maxwell's Pub
- McCormick & Schmick's
- Monte Carlo Bar & Cafe
- Murray's Restaurant
- Nami Sushi Bar
- News Room, the
- Normandy Kitchen
- Old Spaghetti Factory
- OM Contemporary Cuisine
- Origami Sushi
- O'Donovans
- Palomino
- Pings Szechuan Bar
- Pizza Luce (Downtown)
- Refuge
- Riverview Cafe
- Rock Bottom Brewery
- Rosens & The District
- Runyons
- Saffron Restaurant
- Salsa a la Salsa
- Sanctuary
- Sapor Bar & Cafe
- Sawatadee Thai (Washington)
- Sawatdee Thai (1st Ave)
- Seven Sushi Ultra Lounge & Steakhouse
- Seville Club
- Shout House Dueling Pianos
- Smalley's 87 Club
- Sneaky Pete's Fun Bar
- Solera Restaurant
- Spoonriver
- Staccato Restaurant & Bar
- Vincent A Restaurant
- w xyz bar
- Wasabi Sushi Fusion
- Zahtar by Fhima


