About Twin Cities Originals ~ Taste the Difference

The Twin Cities Originals is a group of independently owned restaurants dedicated to promoting and preserving unique dining experiences.

The restaurant business is Twin Cities Originals passion. We live our business, breathe it, work in it and play in it. Local, independently operated restaurants provide the soul and distinctive flavor of food that helps define a sense of place in Minneapolis/St. Paul. The Twin Cities Originals exists to promote dining in local independent area restaurants, to provide diners with a unique, local flavor and to raise awareness of independent restaurants both locally and nationally.

Local restaurants like local bookstores, hardware stores and coffee shops support their communities. The dollars spent in local restaurants stay in the Twin Cities and local restaurants support vital local charities. Passionate individuals develop local restaurants. These individuals are driven by a desire to offer something unique and exciting both to our local patrons and to the guests who visit Minneapolis/St. Paul.

The Twin Cities Originals believe that a vibrant, independent restaurant community makes Minneapolis/St. Paul a better place to live. A vibrant local restaurant community increases a city's culinary and cultural strength. Minneapolis/St. Paul is an area with a unique flavor, one that we can all be proud of. Local restaurants ensure that this local flavor and feel continue to be delivered. It is our hope that you take a moment to think about this important issue and support all those things that make the Twin Cities unique, a source of pride and, above all, a great place to live.