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    4.3 (36 reviews)
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    Good for groups
    Good for kids

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    The "Boss" sandwich with tots

    The Boss breakfast sandwich is the bomb. Going back for this bad boy again. Everything bagel + egg + cheese + sausage + bacon + secret sauce + tots = awesome.

    Biscuits and Gravy with scrambled eggs. Yum!
    Curtis Z.

    The Skyway Grill is the go to breakfast spot in downtown St. Paul. I eat there several times a week and the food is always great. I recommend the Boss breakfast sandwich on a croissant with avocado added, the biscuits and gravy with scrambled eggs added, or the French Toast. They also serve lunch, which I assume is equally as good, but I've never had it so can't provide a review. But with the variety of burgers they offer there is something for everyone. And the staff is fantastic!!! So friendly and courteous!!!! Don't be surprised if you see the owner Scott behind the counter or working the grill. He is a longtime restaurant owner in downtown St. Paul and that is because of the care he has for his customers and staff, and his desire to provide great food at reasonable prices. If you work, live or are just visiting downtown and haven't been to this place yet you need to check it out!

    Capitol burger and fries
    Brian H.

    I just ate at the Skyway Grill for the first time at lunch today. I'm not sure exactly when it opened, but it must have been very recently. They are in the old mcdonalds location. I ordered the Capital Burger, which had pepper jack cheese, grilled jalepenos, jalepenos bacon, and jalepeno cream cheese on a jalepeno chedder bun. Sounds like a lot of jalepenos, but it really wasn't too much. The cream cheese was very good and gave the burger a nice gooey texture. The bacon was a bit overpowered by all of the jalepeno and cheese flavor, which was a little dissapointing. Also, the burger patty was a bit thin and a bit overcooked for me. Finally, I thought the bun was too dry. It wasn't like stale dry by any means, I just prefer a more moist bun (usually buttered). Overall, with all the flavors combined, the burger was pretty good. I would order it again, but will probably try something else next time just to see what else they have. I also ordered fries, which were good but nothing exciting. Really not much to say about them. The menu is simple, they have about 8 pre-set burgers or you can build your own, I think 3 side options, and drinks. The prices are pretty reasonable I think; you can find a slightly cheaper meal in the food court, but they're going for a slightly higher end product I think. Good experience, fun to have new options downtown. Hopefully they do well.

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    Fantastic team of people, great at both breakfast and lunch. One of my favorite skyway restaurants.

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    A solid food court restaurant in a bank building downtown , with excellent and complex burgers. Clearly a local favorite.

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    Looking for something to kick your taste buds and make your life better??!! This is it, great burgers! Mic drop...I'm out.

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    I love their burgers and fries. Sometimes when I crave good greasy food, this is the place I go to.

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    Bumping my review to 4 stars. I was back today and service was a lot faster.

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    The jalapeño pepper jack burger is the best burger I have ever eaten. Nummy nummy nummy. I can't wait to get another one.

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    Their food is so delicious; I'm no longer able to eat burgers from other establishments.

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    Tongue In Cheek

    4.5
    (774 reviews)
    1.8 mi
    $$

    Wow. Happy hour here is amazing. A great deal and a great restaurant…read more Here is the rundown: Bacon & Egg Teaser - so great my husband ate 2 East Fried Pride - excellent pork belly Shroomin - it was just okay and I love mushrooms Fried Chicken Buns - very good Yellowfin Tuna Tostada - very good (me), excellent (husband) Smash Burger - EXCELLENT, we both agree that this ranked #1 or #2 EVER Dome Dessert - really good but the buttermilk is a contrast John's Candy NA drink - Excellent Riley was a great server and we had so much fun. Street parking and casual. HIGHLY recommended!

    Two reviews Vegasm -…read morekimchi potato cakes. $16.00 this is a special that may not stay on the menu. I eat what I want and this just stuck me as something to try. They were good. The whole menu was interesting. The surf and turf was octopus and beef tongue. $13. My wife liked it very much. Meals were about $12 to $20 dollars. Mixed drinks about $10. They have a very interesting flight of mixed drinks for $20. You get to try 5 items. About an ounce and a half each. The deserts were the surprise. About $7 to $9 and very good. Not too large but enough. We are looking forward to going again. ************ Always good food and fun drinks Red headed stranger $15 very good Two people got cocktail flights $6 per shot and each in a different style glass. Ron Swanson, Mother of Dragons, why not, palapa no más, cross eyed, 2 had Pork belly ramen $24. Very nice broth and good sized bowl. Took a good portion home for lunch and it was good then also. 2 had grouper. $30 Said it was cooked perfectly Some had brandy Alexander $24 and said were very good Expresso martini $14 good comments Server was Katie R but she had good support for others including one owner. We had a good time and our friends had not been before and said they would be back. As of course will we.

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    $14 Cocktail (Why Not Minot) $4 Teaser (Shroomin 5)

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    1881 Eating House

    1881 Eating House

    4.1
    (37 reviews)
    0.3 mi

    The atmosphere is very cool, sitting in the train station watching the world pass by. The food has…read morealways been top notch, with the chefs putting in extra effort around my weird allergy. The staff and the service put this place over the top. If you want the best martini in town try to get Ben to make it for you. He has an easy smile and a gracious manner. Say Hi from me, or to me.

    We moved to a magnificent 1900's old renovated building 1/26 in Lowertown and are EXTREMELY happy…read morewith all elements of this location. We both grew up in NYC's suburbs/ worked in manhattan until 2000 and then moved to VA MN FL and back to MN. The well discussed homeless situation we find in outstanding meticulous control by the very attentive St Paul Police who know the community on a first name basis. (Weekends you don't see them, and during the week only spotted. They never approach us.). I have worked with the impoverished communities in Harlem, Boston, Richmond, Va and Mn as a volunteer and a few full time positions in Boston. Catholic charities has done a REMARKABLE job supporting/effectively aiding the entire homeless community in the Twin Cities! As a result, we are very comfortable walking anywhere during the day and early evening. So with great joy we joined hundreds of others on St Paul's famous " Train Days" with family and grandson. Then we went to 1881 for a light lunch for the first time. They were happily packed, and all the diners were voraciously downing their meals for a considerable time. I saw a beautiful " fish and chips platter" and will definitely come back to try it for dinner. The setting, ambiance are stellar! The main majestic thrilling lobby of this venerable giant ELEGANT old train station-- more beautiful than NYC and Boston's but similar to those in the Canadian Rockies ( took the Canadian Pacific northern route in 1970 w 70 lb backpack fr Vancouver to Detroit... unforgettable). This majestic rare location....makes the dining experience unique and wonderous! We both had excellent martinis expertly prepared and their famous French onion soup and salads. Our family ate croissant sandwiches and a wonderful egg dish. Beautiful exhilarating awe inspiring places like this have almost completely disappeared all across the USA. Old world cooking and meticulous good delicious seasoning is also FAST disappearing. Places like this desperately NEED us to survive. HIGHLY recommend!!! Enjoy!

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    Hydrating between shopping and site seeing

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    Holman's Table

    Holman's Table

    4.2
    (305 reviews)
    1.4 mi
    $$

    Wanted to grab a holiday drink and watch some planes in a snowy Saturday, and we got one of the…read moretwo. This was our first time here and we heard about it because of the makers market they had. They only had a couple vendors in the lobby, but it was still nice to drop in and have an excuse to grab a holiday drink. Pro tip - do not sit at the bar if you're hoping to watch planes. There's no good window to look out of when sitting at the bar. I wish I asked for a table since it wasn't too busy!! I had the hot cocoa drink and it was delicious! Hit the spot and definitely made me warm and fuzzy. Our bartender was so great and we had the best time. I'm definitely coming back and sitting at a table facing a window.

    We make it here every few months for lunch, over the past few years, and I think it has gone from…read moregood to meh, a trend that I don't see reversing. Previously, the food saved it from itself. The dining area is so noisy, and the tables are jammed into each other - there is no way to get in or out without bumping into another chair - but for good food at acceptable prices, it was worth it. After the last visit, the food isn't worth it for me. On this most recent stop, several of the regular items i had gotten had been discontinued, and I could find nothing else that was appealing, so I went with their omelette special. It was disgusting. I ate the individual elements by themselves, so that it wouldn't be a total waste, but much of the bacon just tasted bad - not undercooked - just bad, like they didn't know how to make bacon. The decline in food quality seems to mimic the overall decline in this establishent. I can't foresee ever going back. PS The Service was good.

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    Baldamar

    Baldamar

    4.5
    (631 reviews)
    5.9 mi
    $$$

    Baldamar is a beautiful restaurant! I've had take-out a couple of times (the burger is worth it!)…read moreand finally dined in recently. We started with the Brussels sprouts, which are flavorful and crispy. For entrees, we tried the short rib (melts in your mouth) and had to get the burger (decadent + delicious). Our server was very attentive and multiple friendly people working there made it a positive experience overall!

    We ate at Baldamar for lunch. It has been a long time since I've been over in Roseville so I was…read moresurprised when we rolled up to find such a large building in the parking lot of the mall. The restaurant itself is really beautiful and it's also very big. I guessed 200 seats plus patio. The space is very elegant, and clearly a lot of attention went into the design. I would describe it as kind of modern steakhouse vibe. Dark wood, faux fur and leather finishes, etc. Elegant. We were seated at a booth by the bar with a big window view of the patio and parking lot. We were immediately slightly offput because the marble ledge separating the booth from the window was dirty - grease and little food crumbs. Not the best first impression. The booth and table were both clean though. Our waitress, Ash, did provide good service but I would say honestly she was a bit too attentive if that makes sense, and she was also too chatty for us. There were several times when she lingered at our table to tell us something we didn't inquire about or to just talk about something. It was a bit annoying honestly. But the service itself was good. We were also visited by a manager during our visit. We each got a mocktail (it was lunch) but they have an impressive drink menu. I got the Red Rose which was really tasty, and my husband got the pineapple drink, which he also said was good. -We ordered the chimichuri shrimp appetizer, which was pretty banging. Four really large shrimp, each on its own piece of bruschetta, doused in chimichuri sauce. Even for me, with a low spice tolerance, it was just the right amount of spice and it was really really good. -We also got a round of oysters. The oysters themselves were fresh - no complaints there. When they were delivered to our table, the person did not tell us which variety was which (pretty standard when serving oysters at any restaurant). Because we eat oysters a lot and one of the varieties was sweet petite, it was fairly easy to tell which was which. But in my opinion, there should have been information given when the oysters were served. The other big issue was the shucking. Some of the oysters hadn't been fully separated from the shell, and we both found ourselves picking bits of shell from our mouths. We actually had a little discussion about the $6 price tag. I felt it was reasonable, my husband felt it was high. But for $6 apiece, the oysters need to be shucked properly and these were not. Ash also made a point to tell us all kinds of information we didn't ask for about their happy hour, which includes $3 oysters. That would be a steal if they learn how to shuck them. -I got the half french dip sandwich, and I was really glad I just ordered the half because what I was served was totally a whole sandwich in my book. The accompanying fries were delicious, crispy, deep golden brown and hot. The au jus served with the sandwich was slightly on the salty side but not terrible. And I do realize it's au jus. In all it was a pretty decent sandwich. -Hubby got the sea bass sandwich, which was also pretty tasty. I'll be honest and say that I think the entree sea bass would have been better. The fish was so good that I don't honestly think you needed the bun. But it was really good and fresh and delicious. We skipped dessert. In all, a pretty solid dining experience and the food was very good. But it was the minor things mentioned that bothered us, so 3 stars with room for improvement upon our return.

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    Steakhouse burger with Caesar side salad
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    Local Rumor

    Local Rumor

    4.4
    (47 reviews)
    4.1 mi

    The interior of this place is incredible, such a cute spot with moody lighting, intimate seating,…read moreand vibey music. It's a great place for drinks and appetizers. The drinks were good, and they also have a solid selection of beer on tap. The food portion are a bit small imo but I will say the Mac and cheese was pretty darn tasty!

    I'd seen rave reviews about this place, so we decided to go here to celebrate a personal…read moreaccomplishment last weekend! It's a really cozy moody interior, with *no big lights* aka great low lighting and comfy seating options. When we went, there were just a few other parties there so pretty quiet. I liked that we had a whole corner to ourselves with a sectional couch of sorts and some chairs. They close at 10pm on a Friday night, which felt absurdly early for a cocktail bar. But, we were able to order and drink one drink during the ~45 minutes we had. They closed up shop promptly at 10pm. They had a classics and a "rumors" section of the menu. I didn't think the signature drinks were overly unique, with classics like Paper Plane making that menu side. I had a pomegranate mojito which was good! Consensus was that the cocktails were good not exceptional, especially for the $16-17 price point. We ordered churros for the table which were a table favorite! I wouldn't go out of my way to come here again, but we enjoyed our time and could see this being a good option if you lived in the neighborhood and don't mind the early close hours.

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    Elevated mocktail program
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    Parlour Bar St. Paul

    Parlour Bar St. Paul

    4.2
    (315 reviews)
    0.8 mi
    $$

    My friends and I went to visit here for our monthly restaurant night and it just happened to be a…read morevery snowy night. There was only one guy waiting tables and working the bar and he did such a great job on such a snowy night. We started with some apps; the French onion dip with homemade chips, loaded fries and Brussel sprouts. Those were all tasty and I enjoyed the homemade cheese dip that was on the fries and wanted to eat it with a spoon. We then each got a burger; funny is that we all chose a different one. We like to stay and chat and catch up about what has happened since last month so we decided to order dessert. My two friends each got a slice of pie and I only wanted a bite of my sisters pie and made a joke that I only wanted a bite and the waiter over heard me and he actually brought me a small slice on the house; he was so nice and I wasn't expecting that at all. It was such a nice booth that we were in and the restaurant wasn't very busy so we pretty much had the whole place to ourselves. I could sit there for hours and just chat and relax. I can't wait to go back and try more food next time.

    Living in the cities for over two decades, I think I've heard the most about this burger. I had…read morehigh expectations, but left felling... meh? The service was friendly, but frankly slow. It was hard getting drinks or refills. They were out of sausage and turkey for their breakfast items, but willingly made adjustments to their dishes for free. Three of us got the burgers in our group and only one of us thought the burger lived up to its reputation. Apparently I'm a burger snob now. I still don't think I'll find one better than Saint Dinette. (RIP )

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    Skyway Grill - newamerican - Updated July 2026

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