Location: Uptown
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With its gleaming skyscrapers set amid glittering lakes, Minneapolis makes for an attractive and fun getaway. A truly year-round destination, the city offers activities for every season. In winter, one can explore the downtown area through more than seven miles of glass-enclosed skyways. In addition to keeping you warm, they create a lively thoroughfare filled with specialty shops, restaurants and services. Whether you want to escape the winter cold or the summer warmth, the Mall of America offers shopping, dining and entertainment options for any time of the year and every member of the family. Art lovers have plenty to see at the Minneapolis Art Institute, Walker Art Center and the Frederick R. Weisman Art Museum, which all house world-renowned collections. The theater scene is thriving. With more than thirty theaters, Minneapolis has more seats per capita than any U.S. city except New York. See a Broadway show and enjoy dinner and live jazz at a fabulous restaurant. With kids in tow, check out the Science Museum of Minnesota, where visitors can produce their own video, or come face to face with a shark at the UnderWater Adventures Aquarium. In summer, the action moves outside. Known as "The City of Lakes," Minneapolis has 22 lakes located within city limits and many more in the surrounding area. In town, hordes of locals and tourists in-line skate or stroll around Lake Calhoun, stopping for ice cream along the way. Just outside of town, Fort Snelling State Park offers outdoor recreational activities from hiking to biking and golf to boating. No matter when you visit, Minneapolis offers lots for everyone to enjoy.
Restaurants in Minneapolis
1. Bottle and Bottega Minneapolis
Overall Ratings
5.0 based on 5 reviews
One part artistic adventure and one part cocktail party, Bottle & Bottega inspires the inner artist in everyone regardless of skill or practice, through a blend of hands-on art sessions, on-site professional instruction and, of course, a glass of your favorite wine. Bottle & Bottega paint and wine parties are perfect for individuals, couples and groups of all sizes.
2. Healthy Touch Massage and Wellness
Overall Ratings
5.0 based on 4 reviews
Healthy Touch Massage & Wellness is a premier provider of therapeutic and relaxation massages. Open 7 days a week with generous hours of availability, we have 7 comfortable therapy rooms fully staffed for your convenience. We also have an Infrared Sauna that accommodates two people. We are conveniently located in the prestigious Uptown area of Minneapolis. Parking is readily available, as are a great selections of restaurants, movie theaters, shopping, and a host of entertainment venues. While booking in advance is recommended, we also often have walk-in sessions available.
3. Uptown
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 140 reviews
Funky South Minneapolis area offering interesting stores and restaurants.
Reviewed By 522mardees - Cincinnati, United States
One of my favorite places to go shopping, or have a drink, or just walk around and window shop. Uptown has a very eclectic and vibrant vibe to it that is very appealing.
4. Kitchen Window
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 40 reviews
Kitchen Window is a gourmet kitchen store and cooking school located in Calhoun Square. Kitchen Window offers over 16,000 gourmet kitchen products, recreational cooking classes and has facilities to host private cooking events. Kitchen Window is a culinary mecca for anyone who like to cook, bake or grill! You might think your kitchen is complete, but after five minutes you'll find something you didn't know you needed and wonder how you've lived without it.
5. Comedy Sportz
6. Bde Maka Ska
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 607 reviews
Reviewed By CaptTrouble - Hudson, United States
This is a large and beautiful lake to walk around in Minneapolis. I would recommend walking on weekdays as it and the other lakes in the chain can be absolutely crazy busy on the weekends. My husband and I took a brisk walk around it in October to admire the sunshine and the fall leaves. Bde Maka Ska is now the official name of this lake; there is still a Lake Calhoun in Kandiyohi County. Bde Maka Ska is the largest lake in the City of Minneapolis with a size of 401 acres and a maximum depth of 87 feet. The name is a Dakota one, pronounced Be-DAY Me-KAH-Ska, which in English means Lake White Earth. The lake was given the name Calhoun in the early 1800's by the U.S. Army in honor of the United States Secretary of War while the Army was surveying the area for Ft. Snelling. Calhoun's history as a slaveowner and pro-slavery politician led to modern day questions about whether the lake was best named after him. In 2017 the Minneapolis Park Board voted to change the name back to the Dakota name Bde Maka Ska, with the Hennepin County Commissioners agreeing. In 2018 the MN DNR made it the official name in Minnesota. The State submitted materials to the federal government to change the name on the federal level, which was approved in June 2018. Signs were changed around the lake. On April 29, 2019, the Minnesota Court of Appeals ruled that the name could only be changed by legislation. The federal government has declined to change the name back and the Park Board has declined to change the signs back.
7. Wheel Fun Rentals
Overall Ratings
4.0 based on 18 reviews
Reviewed By randyz589 - Niverville, Canada
It was a lovely September afternoon, leaves were starting to turn colors and the water was calm. As we rented our canoes and kayaks at Lake Calhoun we anticipated paddling around the lake before us, however, we were pleasantly surprised by the small water passages under arched bridges taking us to other small lakes and scenic byways lined by the colorful fall foliage. There were areas that were breathtakingly beautiful and almost storybook like. We saw turtles on logs, lilypads and a heron (we think). As one byway opened up to yet another lake we heard classical music.....as we paddled towards it, we saw a large group of professional dancers (ballet/contempory dance?) practicing in the back yard of a large lake side home. We were delighted to watch and clapped loudly for them as the musical piece and their dance concluded. (I would have given them a standing ovation if not for fear of tipping the canoe:)) Where else can one paddle on a lake and feel like they are getting into nature and away from the city and see skyscrapers on the horizon? The next time we visit we will be sure to do this again and then we will also rent bikes! The area is SO pretty with many scenic bike trails as well! It was a most lovely afternoon and money well spent!
8. Calhoun Square
9. Lake Calhoun Bridge
10. Revamp Spa
Relax, rejuvenate & revitalize with the exclusive Spa V signature series of body treatments. Unique services like our V-Therapy Hot Stone Massage or V-Premier Massage make the revamp! Certified Massage Professionals the talk of town. Highly trained & just plain wonderful to spend time with the massage team boasts the most therapeutic & tranquil experiences you've yet to discover.
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