A lone Twin Cities restaurant is featured on OpenTable's 2025 Top 100 Restaurants list.
Joan's in the Park in St. Paul made this year's list, based on "insights and reviews" from users on the restaurant booking platform. The 40-seat restaurant currently has a five-star rating on the site, with reviews from more than 2,200 people.
OpenTable says its list is "driven by diner demand," whereas others are "decided by critics."
Co-owners Susan Dunlop and Joan Schmitt opened Joan's in the Park on Snelling Avenue in 2011. The restaurant serves a four-course tasting menu that routinely changes, plus a wine pairing option.
Joan's in the Park isn't a stranger to OpenTable honors. The restaurant made its 2015 Top 100 Best Restaurants for Foodies list, along with seven other Minnesota eateries, inc

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