Restaurants near Macalester College Observatory

Going to Joan’s in the Park is like getting together with family with a perfect meal. It’s our favorite place to have a date night or bring friends or family for a special evening. Always an amazing food experience with the best service by the best of people! Highly recommend!

The ambience of this resturant was amazing! Not loud at all and very welcoming. Management personally came to our table to wish our guest a happy birthday with a gift. Highly recommend this place

Came here before concert. My husband has dined here a number of times for business but it was my first visit. We did the happy hour menu. Good food, nice ambiance, good value and our server Ann was friendly and attentive. Will return.

This was a girls night out, and it was fantastic! If you enjoy superior customer service, and excellent food, this is the place for you. I was greeted warmly at the door, they took my coat, and put my packages at my table. Had a drink at the bar with my friends before dinner. Had fun joking around with the bartender. The drinks were as beautiful as they were delicious. Highly recommend the Lex Cup. Matt, our server, as well as the others who helped along the way, were attentive, knowledgeable, and a pleasure to be around. Our dinner was delicious. We had the Sweet Onion Boullion (get it: the presentation is beautiful and the cheese, crostini, and broth are excellent), filet mignon, sea scallops, whipped potatoes, truffle Gouda gnocchi, and asparagus. All of it was top-notch. Prepared perfectly. We can’t wait to go back in the summer and visit the rooftop patio. The old school steakhouse is alive and well at the Lexington. 

Wonderful spot for our Christmas gathering. Our wait staff was a great guy who was very attentive. Each of us enjoyed our menu selection. I got a gift card plus bonus card for next year!