Ed L.
Yelp
A friend of mine recommended Stone Arch restaurant in the Minneapolis-St Paul international airport. I had time to kill and sure, have a 2nd breakfast before boarding the aircraft.
Stone Arch restaurant is right after you pass thru the TSA security checkpoint, not sure which one but I found it. It was a Sunday morning around 9:30am and figure, why not. They also have a pretty good spread of beers on tap, so I decided to mix beer and breakfast to make things a bit more interesting for the flight home. The restaurant itself was packed but found myself sitting at the counter. The experience in total was about 45 minutes. The airport vibe was just right and felt blessed to be
Traveling. It felt like a restaurant / cafe in a sense but it's the airport and people are just coming and going non stop anyway. I think I ordered their standard breakfast, which came out to be around $13 ish, which is pretty standard for airport restaurant pricing. Everything is inflated nowadays. The service could have been better, but thankfully it was a quick eat, pay, and fly kind of thing. They do have an online payment system, which I tried that. Managed to pay twice but the server said the first time went through, so I was good. For the most part, though, it was decent and very good to have a beer with breakfast. It was cool to have beer with breakfast. The restaurant was busy and quite small. I imagine it had about maybe 50 people at one time it can seat to capacity. The service was decent enough, but I feel like the server that took my order really didn't not want to be there but it was OK. Oh, can't complain too much. It is what it is.
The over experience here at the Stone Arch restaurant at the Minneapolis St. Paul international airport was pretty decent and typical of what you'd find at most large airports in terms of restaurants. I don't think it had air conditioning since the airport terminal had its own, I think. Plenty of people here for morning flights. It was nice have a bar while having breakfast. My friend had recommended this place so I decided to try it. If my future travels route me to MSP airport and I have a long layover, I'll definitely will try to come here to enjoy a few beers before heading off to my destination. The place was fairly clean although plenty of people were dining that morning. Stone Arch is probably one of the better places in the Minneapolis-St Paul international airport for food and drinks. If you are here either coming departing, or just laying over MSP, consider dining here or just having a few drinks while you wait for your flight or friends flying in. They have a pretty good selection of beers on tap, but not so much of a selection of food items. I guess what they lack is probably a happy hour, although I'm not sure if they do this at the airport.
Stone Arch restaurant is located on the departures level of the Minneapolis-St Paul international airport just after you pass through the TSA security check point. They accept major credit cards as well as cash. They have a scanning system where you can scan a QR code to pay your bill. It was pretty cool alternative than the typical way to pay the tab. As far as getting here, you should be either apart of the traveling public, work at the airport thru the various merchants, with the airlines, or other various entities. All others are generally not allowed. There is parking garages around the MSP airport, so you can use those to get here. There is also Uber and Lyft to use as well. And so, it's not the best that the Minneapolis international airport has to offer but they do have beer. Lots of beer. Can't be too shabby when you are waiting for your flight or just arriving at Minneapolis St. Paul. It'll do you good to stop here for a drink or two just to take edge off of traveling. Definitely recommended if you're flying in and out of this airport. Cheers!
4.0 stars for the overall experience. 3.5 stars for the service and 3.0 stars for the service. 5.0 stars for the location. Pretty close to my departure gate.
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