Blog & PressNoteworthy Food & Music
We love what we do, and we love talking about it. Read through the posts below to see reviews and press articles written about the Dakota, as well as updates about our community involvement, events, and restaurant menus.
Posted on February 16, 2018 in Featured Blog Post
Davina & The Vagabonds March 15 & 16 | 7pm Call 612.332.5299 or Click Here For Tickets Since exploding onto the scene in 2005, Davina and the Vagabonds have grown from a down-and-dirty blues band into one of the most exciting acoustic ensembles on the international stage. This high-energy quintet has established itself with a stellar live show, a professional look, and good old-fashioned hard work. With influences ranging from…
Posted on February 9, 2018 in Featured Blog Post
ADDED SHOW: Stanley Jordan – Solo February 20 | 7pm Call 612.332.5299 or Click Here For Tickets In a career that took flight in 1985 with commercial and critical acclaim, guitar virtuoso Stanley Jordan has consistently displayed a chameleonic musical persona of openness, imagination, versatility and maverick daring. Be it bold reinventions of classical masterpieces or soulful explorations through pop-rock hits, to blazing straight ahead jazz forays and ultramodern improvisational…
Posted on January 26, 2018 in Featured Blog Post
Stronger Than Pride: A Tribute to the Passionate Songs of Sade feat. Cate Fierro February 22 | 7pm Call 612.332.5299 or Click Here For Tickets Cate Fierro has one of the strongest and freshest voices to hit the Twin Cities music scene. She is one of the lead singers in The Irresistables, a soul R&B Band led by legendary and award winning frontman, Mick Sterling also performing in Mick Sterling…
Posted on January 19, 2018 in Featured Blog Post
Stanley Jordan – Solo February 19 | 7pm & 9pm Call 612.332.5299 or Click Here For Tickets In a career that took flight in 1985 with commercial and critical acclaim, guitar virtuoso Stanley Jordan has consistently displayed a chameleonic musical persona of openness, imagination, versatility and maverick daring. Be it bold reinventions of classical masterpieces or soulful explorations through pop-rock hits, to blazing straight ahead jazz forays and ultramodern improvisational…
Posted on January 12, 2018 in Featured Blog Post
The Hilarious World of Depression: Season 2 Wrap Party February 8 | 7pm Call 612.332.5299 or Click Here For Tickets A show about clinical depression…with laughs? Well, yeah. Depression is an incredibly common and isolating disease experienced by millions, yet often stigmatized by society. The Hilarious World of Depression is a series of frank, moving, and, yes, funny conversations with top comedians who have dealt with this disease, hosted by…
Posted on January 8, 2018 in Featured Blog Post
On the off-chance that you’ve been living under a rock for the last year or so, allow us to be the first to inform you: the Super Bowl is coming to Minneapolis! Come the beginning of February 2018, downtown Minneapolis will be transformed into a national locus of activity as football fans from around the United States gather to celebrate the sport’s most important game. In the days leading up…
Posted on January 5, 2018 in Featured Blog Post
New Power Generation February 3 | 7pm & 9:30pm Call 612.332.5299 or Click Here For Tickets “Welcome to the New Power Generation,” announced Prince in “Eye No,” the opening song on his 1988 album Lovesexy. Two years later, the Graffiti Bridge soundtrack contained “New Power Generation” with a group of the same name credited as background vocalists. The New Power Generation was featured on Prince’s Diamonds and Pearls (1991) and…
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