Uptown Diner, Minneapolis

Uptown Diner’s chefs serve classic breakfast and lunch dishes with creative twists. They revamp the waffle with a topping of cooked cinnamon-apple chunks, caramel, whipped cream, granola, and cinnamon sugar. Chocolate-chip cookie-dough and pineapple upside-down pancakes are also among the sweet breakfast options, while those with recently pulled sweet teeth can check out the catfish breakfast or one of five varieties of eggs benedict. Meanwhile, during lunchtime hours, chefs toss cashews into a chicken-salad sandwich and serve the Uptown burger on thick-cut sourdough toast.