Restaurant Roundup: Lynette prepares to open, Saturday Dumpling Co. goes brick and mortar

Lynette , the café and full-service restaurant from the team behind Lyn65, will open in the former Riverview Wine Bar and Cafe space in about a month, according to local news site Longfellow Whatever .

🍜 In other restaurant news, Asian Duck Cafe is now open inside MN46 Apartments on Minnehaha Avenue, per its social media .

• The Laotian restaurant serves pho, bánh mi, dumplings, and boba tea, with a focus on grab-and-go and delivery service.

🏠 Planning next year's trip to the Wisconsin Dells? Uphoff Resorts is opening The Original 1855 Dawn Manor Restaurant, a themed "destination restaurant," bar, speakeasy, and gift shop on Mirror Lake in Lake Delton.

• The re-creation of the historic Dawn Manor will feature seven themed dining rooms across three floors, roaming musical and theatrical performers, and an all-day contemporary American menu, per a news release.
• Expect a spring 2025 opening.

🥟 Beloved pop-up Saturday Dumpling Company is opening a brick-and-mortar restaurant in Northeast Minneapolis this fall, according to a news release.

• Expect steamed, pan-fried, and deep-fried dumplings alongside rice bowls, scallion pancake burritos, and modern Chinese snacks.

😋 ICYMI: Gatherings Cafe inside the Minneapolis American Indian Center reopened late last month after a two-year break while the center underwent renovations.

• The breakfast and lunch spot, which has a new menu, aims to offer healthy, accessible Indigenous foods using ingredients native to Turtle Island, a name some use for North America.

🍻 North Loop Green , the massive two-building project overlooking Target Field, opened the walk-up restaurant and bar Bassett Hound along the one-acre green space late last month, per its social media.

Editor's note: This story was corrected to note Dawn Manor is expected to open next spring (not in January 2025).