The Best Food Trucks You Can Find at Minneapolis Breweries

Nothing improves a night out with friends and a few local pints more than great food pairings. And while there’s a time and place for fine dining, food truck fare and more casual menus just hit the spot when it comes to beer crawls. Luckily, Minneapolis breweries are now the best places to reliably find these mobile kitchens, and you can feel great knowing you’re supporting start-up chefs and sating your appetite at the same time. Here are some of Minneapolis’s best food trucks, offering everything from barbecue to tacos, and some tips on which breweries to find them.

Animales Barbeque Company at Able Seedhouse + Brewery

Great barbecue isn’t exactly as simple as knowing your ABC’s, but Animales Barbecue Company’s Jon Wipfli makes it look easy with delicious brisket, ribs, and pork pastrami sandwiches served up every Thursday through Sunday in the warmer months. The most popular menu items tend to sell out, so grab your Able beers and birria tacos early, and enjoy the evening from the plentiful picnic tables. (You can also grab a scoop or two from nearby MN Nice Cream next door to make it the ultimate night out in Northeast.)

Animales Burger Co. at Bauhaus Brew Labs

Want even more goodness from the meat masters at Animales? Double down with a burger from their second food truck, Animales Burger Co., permanently parked on the Bauhaus patio and slinging patties Wednesday through Saturday. You’ll find loaded, crispy-edged burgers made with pasture-raised beef on homemade buns along with pastrami sandwiches and a seasonal menu of specials, like farmers market tomato salad and marinated peaches with basil and whipped goat cheese.

Rotating Food Trucks at 56 Brewing

Peep the menu of events and food truck pop ups at this Northeast brewery for a wild range of flavors, like Jamo’s New Zealand Pies offering handmade meat pies and sausage rolls, Northern Girl Food Truck slinging burgers, grilled cheese, and fries, and Comfort Smash Foods’ gyros and tacos. (Want to work up a sweat before your meal? The brewery also hosts Sunday Sweat sessions with pop-up fitness classes like kickboxing and Yoga HIIT.)

Surly Food Truck at Surly Brewing

Minneapolis beer institution Surly nailed the brewery game so well, they decided to branch out into the food truck biz with stellar results. Every Thursday through Saturday, dig into double-patty burgers, smoked prime rib Philly cheesesteaks, and boar bratwurst as you soak in the suds and sun in Surly’s epic beer garden.

Sammy’s Avenue Eatery at Sociable Cider Werks

Sociable doesn’t just host food trucks—they offer up-and-coming local chefs a space to hone their cooking skills and try out new menus. In 2019, the cidery purchased a mobile food trailer to set up as a resident kitchen for a rotating roster of local cooking talent for a few months to a year. Currently, chef Sammy McDowell is offering his simple but satisfying menu of soups and footlong sandwiches to soak up your cider buzz.

Kinfolk Food Truck at Norseman Distillery

At this food truck in residence, chef Andy Denkinger whips up crispy chicken tacos, fried cheese curds loaded with blue cheese and buffalo sauce, and pickle-fried chicken thighs. Everything on the menu pairs well with the creative cocktails made with spirits crafted onsite.

Rotating Trucks at Lakes and Legends

Lakes and Legends is friendly all around: family friendly, dog friendly, and food friendly—which means you can bring your own meal, order delivery directly to the taproom, or grab a meal from the on-site food truck of the day. Regulars include Brixton's British Pub Grub (traditional English comfort food), La Tortilla (fresh Mexican with many vegetarian options), Full Belly Happy Heart (Latin fusion—think jerk and Peruvian tostadas), and Chicks on Wheels (Food Network-favorite tacos and sandwiches with global-inspired flavors). Check out the food truck and events calendar to plan your perfect beer-and-food pairing.

Market BBQ, Parlour Burger, and More Utepils Brewing

Utepils' Beer Garden is what al fresco drinking dreams are made of. Umbrella-covered tables, lawn chairs under mature trees, friendly dogs (and their people), strings of cafe lights, and frequent live shows from local musicians. The vibes are enhanced by a regular rotation of excellent food trucks, like Market BBQ, Parlour (serving up the famous Parlour Burger and hand-cut fries from their North Loop restaurant), and Sasquatch Sandwiches. Check out the taproom events calendar to find out who’s cooking dinner!

Local Food Trucks at Inbound Brew Co.

Check out Inbound’s food truck calendar to plan your night out according to your tastes: charcoal-roasted rotisserie from Over the Coals, British hand pies from Potter’s Pasties, and Nashville Hot Chicken from Nashville Coop.

Union Hmong Kitchen at Various Breweries

Chef Yia Vang's pop-up restaurant can be found occasionally at local breweries like Fair State Brewing Cooperative and Brother Justus Distillery—it may be a rare occurrence, but if you’re free when it happens, run don’t walk to get some incredible Hmong eats like Khao sen noodles with sweet chili dressing, chicken fried rice with roasted tomatoes and Thai chiles, and BBQ pork.