11 Twin Cities Restaurants Earn Wine Spectator Awards: See Which Ones

MINNEAPOLIS — While metro areas like New York City and high-profile wine-growing regions like Napa tend to get all the attention, wine critics have also shown some love to Minnesota.

Wine Spectator unveiled the 2022 Restaurant Awards winners, which honor the world's best restaurants for wines. This year's awards program recognized 3,169 dining destinations from all 50 states and in more than 70 countries worldwide.

Here are Minnesota's 2022 winners:

Best of Award of Excellence

The St. Paul Grill

• Wine strengths
  • California

Woolley's Kitchen & Bar (Bloomington)

• Wine strengths
  • California

Cedar+Stone, Urban Table (Minneapolis)

• Wine strengths:
  • California
  • France

FireLake Grill House & Cocktail Bar (Bloomington)

• Wine strengths:
  • California
  • France
  • Italy

The Oceanaire Seafood Room (Minneapolis)

• Wine strengths:
  • California

Fogo de Chão (Minneapolis)

• Wine strengths
  • California
  • Argentina
  • Chile

Arezzo Ristorante (Minneapolis)

• Wine strengths:
  • Italy

Lake Elmo Inn

• Wine strengths:
  • California

Bloomington Chophouse

• Wine strengths:
  • California

Lela (Bloomington)

• Wine strengths:
  • California
  • France

Tria (North Oaks)

• Wine strengths:
  • California