About

Opening in 1988 in the back end of a merchandise mart, Manny’s had no street presence, no history. What it did have was the best Midwestern, corn-fed, Black Angus beef and a mission to give Twin Citians a steakhouse experience equal to any in the world.

It wasn’t long before publications like the New York Times took note of this upstart. “It seems wicked, even wrong, these days to revel in the discovery of a fine steakhouse,” wrote William E. Schmidt. “But there is good news in Minneapolis for those who still share the secret pleasures of red meat, well cut and seriously served.”