Minnesota is lucky to have a great selection of amazing restaurants. Many have been featured on the Food Network, and others have received praise from popular publications like Delish, Food & Wine, and Eat This, Not That.

According to US Foods, the average American dines out about three times a month and orders takeout or delivery 4.5 times a month. If you enjoy eating out but are looking for something new, consider visiting the Minnesota restaurant recently named one of the top 20 new restaurants in the country.

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Bon Appétit is a website dedicated to foodies with: "Recipes you want to make. Cooking advice that works. Restaurant recommendations you trust."

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Their crew just completed a 6-month journey across the country in search of the hottest new restaurants in America and one of the standouts is right here in Minnesota.

*Bon Appétit considered the restaurant new if it opened between March of 2023 and March of 2024.

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Oro by Nixta in Minneapolis was selected as one of the 20 best new restaurants in the country. 

Kate and Gustavo Romero opened Oro by Nixta, "A full-service masa kitchen dedicated to promoting corn from overlooked side dish to star of the show." in 2023.

"Corn Evangelist" Chef Romero explains the restaurant's mission is to help save heirloom Mexican corn and to "celebrate the power of corn, prepared in diverse ways with seasonal ingredients..."

Bon Appétit's write-up says, "Oro’s casual paper menu is designed to enlighten, educating diners on varieties of mole, salsas, and other ingredients and describing how nixtamalization allows hard kernels of corn to transform into supple dough. With their anti-pretentious approach, chef-duo Gustavo and Kate Romero invite their diners to marvel at the diversity of Mexico’s heirloom corn options and to be thrilled by the way it anchors a beautiful meal"

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