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Dakota Jazz Club

DTDowntown Minneapolis
4 upcoming shows on the books
iconicseateddate-nightvisitor-friendly

A serious jazz club downtown, with a supper-club seating arrangement and a bookings calendar that brings in genuine national touring jazz acts week after week. The room is dim, the steaks are real, and the music is the focus.

Notes from the room

Reservations strongly suggested for any name act — the room sells out for the early set most weekends. Bar seating is the unsung move: cheaper, looser, same music. The kitchen is real (not "venue food"), order accordingly.

Plan the night

Before · After

Eat before
Dinner IS at the Dakota — the kitchen is the play. If you want to eat elsewhere first, the bar at Spoon and Stable (10-min walk) is the move.
Drink first
Stay at the Dakota bar after the set; bar service runs later than the dining room.
Second stop
Murray's Steakhouse two blocks for an old-Mpls nightcap, or walk to Brit's Pub.
Late food
112 Eatery in the North Loop (1 AM Fri-Sat) is the late-night chef move.

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