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Dakota Jazz Club

Jazz club in Minneapolis, Minnesota, US

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name	Dakota Jazz Club
image	DakotaJazzClub&Restaurant Minneapolis.png
address	1010 Nicollet Avenue
location	Minneapolis, Minnesota
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type	Jazz club
opened	1985
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The Dakota Jazz Club and Restaurant is a jazz club in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The club opened in 1985 at Bandana Square in St. Paul, Minnesota as a restaurant with local jazz in the bar. In 1988, the programming expanded to national artists with performances by McCoy Tyner and Ahmad Jamal. In 2003, the Dakota moved to downtown Minneapolis on Nicollet Mall.

History

Opening in 1985 with owner Lowell Pickett and chef Ken Goff as Dakota Bar and Grill, a 1986 review called the food as "nouvelle bar-and-grill cuisine at its best ...". By 1988, local newspaper The Star Tribune noted that Dakota chef Ken Goff stylized the food as "upper Mississippi cuisine" using "local ingredients ... with European techniques." Although music has become what it is now most widely known for, food has continued to be a significant part of the Dakota. The Dakota was one of the first Minnesota restaurants featuring "farm-to-table," working closely with Minnesota growers and developing a new "Midwestern Cuisine" under original Chef Ken Goff.

The Dakota was one of three midwestern restaurants (along with Prairie in Chicago) to be featured in a major New York Times article about the emergence of a regional cuisine in the Midwest. Since then, the Dakota has continued to emphasize fresh ingredients from sustainable sources and continues its creative culinary approach.

Acts

The list of jazz musicians who have played the Dakota includes Patricia Barber, Charles Brown, Ray Brown, James Carter, Bill Carrothers, Regina Carter, Billy Cobham, Larry Coryell, Joey DeFrancesco, Al Di Meola, Kurt Elling, Sonny Fortune, Von Freeman, Bill Frisell, Benny Green, Roy Hargrove, Roy Haynes, Dave Holland, Zakir Hussain, Ahmad Jamal, Bob James, Stanley Jordan, Billy Higgins, Bobby Hutcherson, Charles Lloyd, Los Lobos, John McLaughlin, Frank Morgan, Jack McDuff, Jimmy McGriff, Pat Martino, Nicholas Payton, Madeleine Peyroux, Joshua Redman, Wallace Roney, Arturo Sandoval, John Scofield, Ben Sidran, Toots Thielemans, McCoy Tyner, Joe Williams, and Chucho Valdés.

References

Beam, Jon. (August 11, 2025). "The Dakota will celebrate its 40th anniversary with free block party in Minneapolis". The [[Minnesota Star Tribune]].
Bream, Jon. (October 10, 2003). "Key change: Jazzy new digs for Dakota". The [[Minnesota Star Tribune]].
Iggers, Geremy. (July 28, 1986). "Dining out". The [[Minnesota Star Tribune]].
Burkhardt, Ann. (January 31, 1988). "Dakota gives local foods a European flavor". The [[Minnesota Star Tribune]].

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