Hello guys and gals. My birthday is coming up on Monday and I'm wanting to try something different and amazing for the occasion. I'm open to all types of foods just want a really great experience in an amazing restaurant that I have yet to try. I look forward to your yummy suggestions and I want to thank you all in advance for taking the time to give me your input.

I would suggest Sanctuary on Washington ave in downtown Mpls. Romantic too!

Travail
Butcher n the boar
Tin Jian (best Chinese hands down) but in Chanhasse

First of all Happy Birthday.  If you really want a unique dinning experience and really want to splurge I say try the Fogo de Chao in Minneapolis.  Were ever you go ENJOY!!!  Let us know where you went and how it was.

I absolutely love the suggestions and all the birthday luv! Please keep the suggestions coming. They all sound amazing after googling them. I think I may just have to try a different place each day all next week.

With a group or just the two of you ...  

I have tons of ideas
Been to a tons of restaurants

Tasting menu at Travail. Be sure to bring a friend as it is for two. Come hungry as it is 10 courses plus the cooks will bring you all sorts of stuff they are trying out.

you nailed it with the strip club meat and fish.

Moderately priced and VERY good too !  

Cafe Ena is Latin Fusion. Wonderful flavor combinations.
Burrough - Experimental chef. Unexpected combinations almost always work. Beautiful presentation.
Bachelor Farmer - pretty simple food, but fresh, organic and perfectly prepared. Great bar in the basement.

Great suggestions that cover the broad spectrum of the Cities dining scene.
Some observations:

Recommended to me by my trainer.  I haven't been there but he says it's the Best place ever.     I'll need to check it out firsthand myself.    

The Melting Pot sounds like a great place to check out.

Café Lurcat, 112 Eatery, Bar LaGrasa

Butcher and the Boar is great...I was there Tuesday...meat lovers paradise. Portia you would love the large juicy assortment of sausages

Get the Chef's tasting menu with the wine pairing. It is usually very good. Be sure to sit in the bar, which is more fun that the formal dining room. It isn't cheap.

You should check out the new Travail, I think the new location is an improvement in a lot of ways, and I really dig the open floorplan. Though you are right that noise can sometimes be an issue as they like to turn the music up but for some reason it doesn't bother me as much there as it does at say Butcher and the Boar where I always feel like a I need to shout to have a conversation.

The restaurants that I thought of have already been mentioned. So I'll just wish you a very happy birthday!!!

I've always had a weakness for Stella's and Figlio! Happy Birthday!

Downtown:
Bachelor Farmer
Bar LaGrassa
Sanctuary
Vincent

I thought you were pulling my leg for a minute there until I googled it. Silly me, the only "downtowner" I knew of was a car wash. HAHAHAHAHAHA!  Sounds like it's a really tasty place. Thanks for the suggestion, I may have to put this one in the top 5 to try.

Thanks for the birthday wishes & you have great taste. The melting pot is one of my faves. I haven't been to the one in Minneapolis yet though so I will have to put that on the to do list.  

Yum Karley you sure know how to make a girl hungry. Every single one of those places sounds amazing. I've tried Ruth Chris and Capitol Grille in other cities but not here yet. Although I will probably have to do Capitol Grille very soon because I love their fish that they filet right at the table with the butter caper sauce. I can't remember the name of it but I do know it was amazing and just thinking of it is making me hungry. Yum yum yum! Thanks for the great suggestions and it sounds like you love food just as much as me. Maybe we'll have to meet up for dinner and drinks sometime.

I appreciate all of your great suggestions and the birthday wishes even more! With all the amazing places you all have given me, I think I'll be trying new places for a month maybe two, but it will surely be a great way to get to know the Twin Cities. Thank you, thank you, thank you and cheers to an amazing weekend for us all!

I appreciate all of your great suggestions and the birthday wishes even more! With all the amazing places you all have given me, I think I'll be trying new places for a month maybe two, but it will surely be a great way to get to know the Twin Cities. Thank you, thank you, thank you and cheers to an amazing weekend for us all!

...when I'm looking for something new to try. Thanks to all.  

Well you'll have to invite me over sometime then  

Manny's is the Twin Cities best steakhouse, but reservations are always out there a ways.

La Belle Vie the dining room has no ambience...stuffy and quiet and boring...eat in the bar or not at all.

Jax cafe  http://jaxcafe.com/