Lyndale
Neighborhoods each have their own vernacular. Sometimes, this is as simple as the neighborhood bar that is so established as a landmark that everyone just knows it as “the bar,” its name only spoken by new visitors. Other times, it’s the shared knowledge of the best walking route between green spaces; or the familiar sound of bus hydraulics squeaking open at a stop at the same time every morning, the chatter of folks saying hello as they take an evening lap around Painter Park. Lyndale is a neighborhood uniquely committed to the vernacular: to finding the beauty in the everyday, the magic in the mundane. During the summers, block parties spring up across the neighborhood—often featuring bottles of non-alcoholic wine from neighborhood bottle shop Marigold—and year-round, restaurants like Hola Arepa and Ramen Kazama bring visitors from across the metro to walk along the neighborhood’s main corridor of Lyndale Avenue. In addition to an annual Book Fest, where neighbors donate and trade books, create art, and share stories, Lyndale also contains more than a dozen Little Free Libraries and community gardens, many adjacent to the arterial streets of Lyndale Avenue and Lake Street. Here, neighbors gather to plant and sow together, to storytell together, and to build connection and community through resource- and knowledge-sharing. This is where Lyndale’s vernacular can be found: in a sustained commitment to ensuring that each person who visits or lives in the neighborhood has the dignity of a beautiful space; in the practice of sharing memories, stories, plants, and sunshine; and in residents’ enthusiasm for ensuring that every neighbor has a place to share their story, and the tools to write a new one.
Lyndale is your go-to for:
Diversity: Influenced by many generations of immigrant entrepreneurs, the neighborhood’s businesses reflect Minneapolis’ diversity.
Markets: Small grocers and convenience shops means that your essential needs are always within reach including the Midtown Farmers Market
History: With two unique museums close by, the Somali Museum of Minnesota and American Swedish Institute, the area holds a lot of Minneapolis' history.
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