Martina is Chef Daniel Del Prado’s Argentinian-Italian dining room in Linden Hills, a Minneapolis neighborhood known for its walkable streets and independent shops. Since opening in 2017, it has built a reputation on live-fire cooking, housemade pastas, and a bar program serious enough to earn mentions as home to one of the best espresso martinis in the Twin Cities.
The menu leans on South American technique married to Italian comfort — think crudo plates built around raw fish and citrus, hand-cut pastas, and grilled meats finished with chimichurri. The room itself reads bright and airy, with large windows and an open layout that feels suited to both a lingering weeknight dinner and a dressed-up anniversary meal. Cocktails get the same attention as the food, with a rotating list of craft drinks that regularly draws praise from regulars on OpenTable and Yelp, where the restaurant holds a 4.7 rating across hundreds of reviews (source: Yelp).
Visitor Highlights & Practical Info
Martina serves dinner nightly plus weekend brunch, and reservations are strongly advised for Friday and Saturday evenings, when the dining room fills quickly (source: Martina). Weeknight dinners offer a calmer pace for sampling the pasta and crudo menu without a wait. The restaurant sits within the same restaurant family as Colita and Rosalia, so its kitchen occasionally shares menu items across the group. Linden Hills is easy to pair with a pre- or post-dinner stroll past nearby Lake Harriet.
