I am in the middle of the 6 weeks business travel in Minneapolis, MN. It is a heaven for fishing here. Here are some impressions for places, restaurants, hotels, grocery stores:
Places I like to recommend : Lake Calhoun and Lake Harriet, canoe, kayak($10/hour), free concert,sailing boats,fishing boats; Centennial Park, just beautiful; Lake Minnetonka area(some very nice houses); State Capital in St Paul
Places I don't like: Minneapolis downtown and St Paul downtown area
Restaurants I like: Steak and Ales(close to Embassay hotel); the one close to Residence Inn Edina
Restaurants I dislike: Applebees, it is just crap.
Hotels I like to stay again:
No. 1Residence Inn Edina by Marriott
Good: fantastic services; free breakfast; close to the beautiful Centennial park; free access to the indoor park; big room;it is always my No. 1 choice but it is hard to book it.
Bad: none
No 2: Marriott at MSP Airport
Good: walk distance to MOA; nice sports bar; nice swimming pool and gym;
Bad: no refrigerator;small room
Hotels you should not stay:
Embassay :
Courtyard by Marriott
Grocery store chains(sort of like Loblaws, Dominion, no-frills, food basic, price chopper in Canada but much more inferior)
1)Lund's ; 2)cub foods; 3)Rainbow
URL for lake Minnetonka:
http://www.threeriversparkdistrict.org/parks/
