Latinx (Hispanic) Heritage Month
Nationally known as Hispanic Heritage Month, Minneapolis celebrates Latinx Heritage Month September 15 through October 15, 2023. Check out the events, businesses and restaurants where you can celebrate and support the Latinx/Hispanic community and enrichment of Minneapolis’ culture.
Check out Minnesota Latinos to discover everything Latino and Hispanic in Minnesota.
Art Studios
Ricardo Levins Morales Art Studio
Artwork with a focus on social justice created by Ricardo Levins Morales over years to encourage the laughter, hope, love and anger that move us toward a better world. The shop also produces custom buttons at bulk prices – your design or theirs!
Electric Machete Studios
Twin Cities artist-run art and music collective production house featuring the work of Latinx and Xicanx artists Indigenous to las Ámericas.
Zinnia Folk Arts of Mexico
Collections of authentic Mexican gifts and jewelry
Markets
Mercado Central: houses 35 businesses from all across Mexico, Central and South American including shops and eats!
• Food: 11 restaurants with authentic Mexican food and flavors
• Shopping: 16 shops with traditional and daily use products
Midtown Global Market: internationally-themed public market featuring various stops for Hispanic cuisine
Lake Plaza: A market with shopping for all types of needs, including apparel, footwear, jewelry, and great food.
Marissa’s Supermarket: Mexican market and bakery
Restaurants & Breweries
Abi's Cafe: Salvadorian staples
Adelita’s Mexican Restaurant: Mexican cuisine
Arepa Bar: Authentic Venezuelan cuisine (Midtown Global Market)
Boludo: Argentina empanadas and pizza
Café Ena: Pan-Latin cuisine
Casa Maria: traditional Mexican cooking and house specialties
Centro: Casual Mexican cuisine
Chimborazo: Ecuadorian and Andean foods
Cocina Latina: Ecuadorian, Colombian and Mexican specialties
Colita: Modernized Mexican eatery
Conga Latin Bistro: Latin American cuisine
Dominguez Restaurant: Family-run Mexican restaurant
El Taco Riendo: Mexican staples
Guavas Cuban Cafe: Traditional dishes from Cuba
Hambuergesas el Gordo: Authentic street tacos and burgers with northern flavor
La Alborada: Mexican restaurant and market
La Colonia Restaurant: Colombian and Ecuadorian dishes/cuisine
La Doña Cervecería: a unique brewery, taproom and entertainment space fusing Latin culture and The North (Minnesota!)
La Loma Tamales: Caterer and business that specializes in tamales
La Mesa: Ecuadorian and Latin inspired cuisine
Los Ocampo: Mexican cuisine
Los Andes: South American cuisine from Ecuador, Peru, and Colombia.
Manny’s Tortas: Traditional Mexican cuisine (Mercado Central and Midtown Global Market)
Maria's Cafe: Colorful Colombian diner
Martina: Modern Argentinian cuisine
Maya Cuisine: Mexican cuisine
Nico’s Taco & Tequila Bar: Authentic street tacos
Nixta: takeout-only storefront offers family-style meals featuring fresh made tortillas
Orale Mexican Eats: New and fresh take on authentic, contemporary Mexican street food
Pancho Villa: Authentic Latin-American cuisine
Prieto: casual counter service with a ceviche and raw bar
Rincon 38: Spanish cuisine
Salsa A La Salsa: Mexican food with traditional recipes, authentic ingredients and savory sauces (Midtown Global Market)
Sonora Grill: South American and Spanish cuisine
Taqueria La Hacienda: Boldly flavored Mexican cuisine
Tinto Kitchen: Latin inspired cuisine
Victor’s 1959 Café: Cuban classics
ViV!R: Fast-casual cafe and bakery with Mexican flavors (opening in September)
Events
September 16, 2023
Noon-4pm
CLUES St. Paul
Join us in celebrating the richness of Latino culture at our annual Fiesta Latina. A free, family-friendly community festival celebrating Latino heritage through Arts, Health and Wellness, Food, and Entertainment!
September 17, 2023
Minnesota Zoo
Join us at the Zoo to celebrate Hispanic Heritage Day. This family-friendly event, included with Zoo admission, features live music, performances, artisan vendors, food trucks and more!
September 17, 2023
Noon-7pm
Lake Street
Disfuta con nosotros en familia! Un evento totalmente Gratisss. Festival en la Lake!
Musica Entretenimiento y Diversion. Payasos, Brincolines, Ponies, Antojitos.
Artistas locales e Internacionales, Chinelos, Danzantes, Aztecas, Vallet Folklorico, y mucho mucho mas...
Celebrate with us! This event is free. Music, entertainment and fun! Clowns, bouncers, ponies, snacks. Local and international artists, chinelos, dancers, Aztecs, Ballet Folklorico and much much more...
October 5, 2023
5:30pm-8:30pm
Minneapolis Institute of Art
Across Latin America, the tradition of poster making has been particularly prevalent. Posters were often political, as seen in the imagery of Che Guevara throughout the Cuban Revolution. They communicated critical messaging throughout the Mexican American Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s. They were also used for entertainment, such as in movie posters of the 60s and 70s, which often made nods to the US and UK’s Pop Art movement. Today, posters continue to show the complexity of people, politics, and heritage.
This Hispanic Heritage Month, get inspired by the work of Mexican poster artist Luis Fitch. Drop into Mia’s Studios and create your own original mixed media poster alongside the artist himself.
October 11-15, 2023
The Main Cinema
CINE LATINO is the upper Midwest’s largest showcase of the best new films from U.S. LatinX, Latin American, and Iberian cinema, and this 10th anniversary festival promises to blow the roof off with a full array of lively film screenings, engaging filmmaker conversations, and exciting parties to engage the Twin Cities’ growing Spanish-speaking populations and vast community of global cinephiles.
October 14, 2023
Noon-3pm
Midtown Global Market
¡En este festival los artistas Cadex Herrera y Zamara Cuyún te ayudaran a hacer tu propio barrilete! Los barriletes son originarios tradicionalmente de Guatemala. Los barriletes en Guatemala son piezas de arte que se elevan por los cielos durante octubre dado la temporada de fuertes vientos y otras celebraciones. ¡Los barriletes que crearas podrán ser usados afuera para volar! Todo esto mientras estará escuchar música en vivo.
In this festival the artists Cadex Herrera and Zamara Cuyún will help you make your own barrilete kite! The kites are traditionally native to Guatemala. Kites in Guatemala are pieces of art that rise to the skies during October due to the season of strong winds and other celebrations. The kites you create can be used outside to make them fly! All this while listening to live music.
