Lake Street Food Walk
The Lake Street Food Walk is a curated community tasting event hosted by Solcana Fitness that brings small groups of participants through the Lake Street corridor to experience and support locally owned restaurants. Guests will walk between selected stops, enjoy sample-sized dishes, and learn more about the businesses and cultures that make Lake Street one of Minneapolis’ most vibrant food destinations. The event is designed to drive exposure, foot traffic, and repeat customers to participating restaurants through a fun, organized, community-centered experience.
The goal is simple: introduce people to incredible local spots they might not otherwise try, and tell the stories of the restaurants on Lake Street.
Participants will move in small, staggered groups (~10 people) and spend about 10 minutes at each stop, where they’ll receive a small sample and a quick introduction to your restaurant. Solcana Fitness will be promoting all participating businesses across our marketing channels leading up to the event, and encouraging attendees to return for full meals after the walk.
Solcana Fitness is intentionally keeping this event small and well-organized to ensure it feels smooth for both guests and restaurants. In total, they will be selling 50-75 tickets to this event.
If you’re interested, they would love to include your restaurant as one of the featured stops.
What that entails:
Solcana Fitness will provide you a stipend of $150-$250 to cover food supplies.
You will provide a specific sample at your restaurant stop, that represents your food and tells some story about your business.
You may also choose to (but are not required to) provide an item for purchase (for example, a drink that participants can purchase along with their provided sample).
You may also choose to (but are not required to) provide a coupon or discount pass for a future visit to your restaurant.
You tell us the ingredient details prior to the event so Solcana Fitness can alert people to allergen issues.
Additionally, Solcana Fitness would ask that visitors can use your bathrooms if needed.
Visitors do not need to sit during their sample, but you are welcome to provide a table for them if it’s available in your space.
Additional details:
The walk will begin at 11 am on Saturday, with groups of 10 leaving the start point every 10 minutes, so that groups arrive in waves to your location.
Solcana Fitness will provide a window of time that you can expect groups to show up, depending on your location along Lake Street.
This event will happen rain or shine
If you are interested in becoming a participating restaurant in the Lake Street Food Walk on July 25th, 2026, please apply. Please contact hannah@solcanafitness.com with any questions. This form is due by May 31st.