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It might not be one of the seven wonders of the world, but it sure ranks as one of the seven design wonders of Minnesota. The word breathtaking doesn’t even do justice to this Charles-and-Ray-Eames-meet-the-Matrix marvel of a dining room, where elements of classic Modernism are interpreted through natural, elemental materials. The kitchen uses top-shelf ingredients (like meats and cheeses culled from the best farms in the country, including products from some of the best Minnesota farmers). By the time you’re swooning over your plate at Cosmos, you will have mastered at least one of the mysteries of the cosmos—namely, where the heck the place is. (Up on the fourth floor of the Graves 601 Minneapolis, on First Avenue, accessible only through the hotel lobby.)

Cuisine(s): Breakfast, Contemporary, Seafood, Wine Bar

Hours: Sun-Thu 6:30am-10pm, Fri-Sat 6:30am-11pm

Price: $$$
Payment Types: All Major Credit Cards, cash

Features: Private Party, Wheelchair Accessible

Serving: Breakfast, Brunch, Dinner, Lunch
Alcohol: Full bar

Reservations: Accepted

Parking: Valet, Validation Available

2010 | BEST DESSERTS

We may never tire of ordering the Cosmos Chocolate Globe, a fixture on the Graves Hotel restaurant's menu since its earliest days. Not only is it a stunning dessert, it's also a piece of performance art. The server brings an austere chocolate... More >
2009 | Best Restaurant When Someone Else Is Paying

Making dinner plans for four to six people, and somebody else is picking up the tab? Book the chef's table at Cosmos in the Graves Hotel, which serves the most elaborate blowout in town. The kitchen charges an eye-popping $200 per person for nine... More >
2008 | BEST RESTAURANT FOR DESSERT

At Restaurant Levain and Auriga, pastry chef Khanh Tran developed a reputation for her creative contradictions, mixing crisp and creamy textures, or pairing savory flavors with sweet. Now that she's at Cosmos, the ultra-mod room seems an... More >
2004 | BEST NEW RESTAURANT

Service has been in free fall in Minnesota over the last several years as the heavy-hitter, big-ticket restaurants of yore lost their luster, and their professional staffs were absorbed into the general population of the clueless. Decor hasn't... More >
2004 | BEST SERVICE AT A RESTAURANT

After thinking and thinking and thinking about it, we have concluded that the main problem with service in this town is a blind-man-and-the-elephant one. Follow along: Servers are raised in TV rooms in various suburbs and small towns, going out... More >

City Pages Reviews and News

Carrot Invitational

By Dara Moskowitz Grumdahl | Wed, August 23, 2006

Cosmos Graves 601 Hotel 601 First Avenue N., Minneapolis 612.677.1100 www.cosmosrestaurant.com jP American Bistro 2937 Lyndale Ave. S., Minneapolis 612.824.9300 www.jpamericanbistro.com It was one of those winter days in Minnesota that's as gray ... More >
The Late Late Show

By Dara Moskowitz Grumdahl | Wed, July 07, 2004

Remember the Mad, Mad Mexican, East Lake Street purveyor of remarkably thin enchiladas and other questionable Southwestern fare? Of course you do, because for years and years it was virtually the only middle-of-the-night alternative to Perkins, E... More >
Cosmopolitan Heights

By Dara Moskowitz Grumdahl | Wed, October 15, 2003

Cosmos Le Meridien Minneapolis 601 First Ave. N., Minneapolis 612.677.1100 Me, I have experienced the miracle of the cosmos, here and there. One time it was when I stood in Giotto's Arena Chapel, with the blue plaster and gold stars above an... More >

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| Wed, May 06, 2009

At Restaurant Levain and Auriga, pastry chef Khanh Tran developed a reputation for her creative contradictions, mixing crisp and creamy textures, or pairing savory flavors with sweet. Now that she's at Cosmos, the ultra-mod room seems an appropriate backdrop for her stunning, sculpture-like works. She might be serving a chocolate fig tart with smoked hot chocolate and white-pepper ice cream. Or a tiny tumbler of avocado custard, topped with a layer of lemon-thyme-basil gel and a dollop of buttermilk sorbet�sure, it sounds like a crazy concoction, but it tastes as pleasant as a sunny pasture. Of course, you can always stick with the classic Chocolate Globe, which is served on an edible pedestal. When it hits the table, the server pours warm chocolate sauce on top and the shell melts away to reveal brandied cherries and a cherry sorbet core. It's the kind of performance that's a pleasure to watch�and even better to eat.

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Main Menu

Appetizers

$3.25

Soup Du Jour

$7.25

Small Antipasto

$8.75

Large Antipasto

$2.75

Side Of Meatballs Or Sausage

$2.25

Garlic Bread

$3.00

Garlic Bread With Cheese

$0.75

Garlic Bread With Sauce Add

Salads

$3.50

Tossed

$6.25

Chicken Salad

$6.25

Chef Salad

$6.25

Italian Salad

$6.25

Tuna Salad Platter

Dressings
italian, ranch, french, blue cheese, thousand island, honey mustard and oil & vinegar

$0.50

Extra Dressing

Pizza (Create Your Own)
items: pepperoni, sausage, meatballs, ham, bacon, mushrooms, onions, black olives, pineapple, bell peppers, extra cheese, fresh garlic, fresh tomatoes, anchovies, spinach, hot peppers, roasted peppers (not available on slices), artichoke hearts (not avail

10" $6.25
14" $8.50
16" $9.25

Cheese

10" $0.75
14" $1.25
16" $1.50

Extra Items

10" $6.75
14" $9.00
16" $10.25

White Pizza

16" $1.00

Extra Thick

Per Topping $0.35
16" $1.25

Slices

Stromboli / Calzone

$10.25

Stromboli W/one Item

$11.75

Stromboli W/two Items

$13.25

Stromboli W/three Items

$5.50

Calzone Plain Cheese

$6.00

Calzone W/one Item

$6.75

Calzone W/two Items

$0.75

Calzone (per Extra Item)

$1.50

Stromboli (per Extra Item)

$13.00

Steakboli (mushrooms, Peppers & Onions)

Large $1.50
Small $0.50

Stromboli For 1 Available Extra Sauce

Philly Cheesesteak Philly Turkey
extra cheese add .50

5" $4.00
10" $6.00

Cheese Steak

5" $4.00
10" $6.00

Turkey

5" $4.25
10" $6.25

Mushrooms

5" $4.25
10" $6.25

Peppers

5" $4.25
10" $6.25

Onions

5" $4.50
10" $6.50

2 Items

5" $4.75
10" $6.75

Combination

Cosmo's Burgers - 1/2 Lb.
(sub Or Kaiser Roll W/chips & Pickle). Consuming Raw Or Under Cooked Meats Or Seafood Can Be Hazardous To Your Health.

$5.50

Cosmo's 1/2 Lb. Burger

$6.00

Cosmo's 1/2 Lb. Cheeseburger

Hot Subs

5" $3.50
10" $5.00

Meatball

5" $4.00
10" $5.50

Meatball & Pepper

5" $3.75
10" $5.75

Meatball Parmigiana

5" $3.50
10" $5.00

Sausage

5" $4.00
10" $5.50

Sausage & Pepper

5" $3.75
10" $5.75

Sausage Parmigiana

5" $4.00
10" $5.75

Eggplant Parmigiana

5" $4.00
10" $6.00

Chicken Parmigiana

5" $4.50
10" $6.75

Veal Parmigiana

Cold Subs
available hot. Choice of lettuce, tomato, onion, oil & vinegar, mayonnaise

5" $3.75
10" $6.00

Italian
ham, salami, provolone

5" $4.00
10" $6.25

Italian With Capicola

5" $3.50
10" $5.50

Ham & Provolone

5" $3.50
10" $5.50

Salami & Provolone

5" $3.50
10" $5.50

Ham & American

5" $4.00
10" $5.75

Tuna Fish

5" $3.50
10" $5.25

Turkey
w/cheese add .25

5" $4.25
10" $6.25

Chicken Salad

Cosmo's Specialty Pizzas

14" $11.00
16" $12.25

Hawaiian Pizza
ham & pineapple

14" $12.25
16" $13.75

Cheese Lovers
mozzarella, cheddar & feta cheese

14" $12.25
16" $13.75

California Pizza
artichoke hearts, fresh tomatoes and roasted peppers

14" $11.00
16" $12.75

Cosmo's Classic White Pizza
mozzarella, ricotta, fresh tomatoes, fresh garlic

14" $12.25
16" $14.25

Veggie Delight
artichoke hearts, roasted peppers, spinach & fresh tomatoes

14" $12.50
16" $14.00

Seafood Lovers
mozzarella, shrimp and baby clams with garlic butter sauce

14" $13.95
16" $15.95

Meat Lovers
pepperoni, sausage, meatballs, ham and bacon

14" $13.95
16" $15.95

Cosmo's Works
pepperoni, sausage, meatballs, mushrooms, onions, bell peppers, black olives, and extra cheese

Beverages

$1.75

Mountain Dew

$1.75

Pepsi

$1.75

Diet Pepsi

$1.75

Sierra Mist

$1.75

Dr. Pepper

$1.75

Lemonade

$1.75

Ice Tea

$1.75

Coffee

$1.75

Hot Tea

$1.75

Milk

$0.35

Water To Go

$0.25

Cups To Go

$1.75

Bottled Water

$1.00

Refills To Go

Specials

$8.95

Every Monday
shrimp scampi over angel hair or linguini w/ salad & bread

$7.99

Rush Hour Special-large Cheese Pizza
price plus tax. mon. - thurs. 4 p.m. - 6 p.m. pick up only

$7.50

Every Tuesday
buy 1 dinner at regular price and receive a second dinner of equal or lesser value free. must purchase 2 large beverages. dine in only (no coupons). after 4 p.m. up to $7.50 value

$6.00

Every Wednesday
all-u-can-eat spaghetti w/ one serving of meatballs or sausage w/ salad & bread and 1 medium drink (wine & beer excluded). no doggie bags on reorders. plus tax

Desserts

$3.25

Cheesecake

$3.25

Homemade Cannoli

$4.25

Chocolate Cake Of The Day

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2010 | BEST DESSERTS

2009 | Best Restaurant When Someone Else Is Paying

2008 | BEST RESTAURANT FOR DESSERT

2004 | BEST NEW RESTAURANT

2004 | BEST SERVICE AT A RESTAURANT

City Pages Reviews and News

Carrot Invitational

By Dara Moskowitz Grumdahl | Wed, August 23, 2006

The Late Late Show

By Dara Moskowitz Grumdahl | Wed, July 07, 2004

Cosmopolitan Heights

By Dara Moskowitz Grumdahl | Wed, October 15, 2003

User Reviews

1 User review

citypagesbestof

Looking for another city?

Cosmos

601 First Ave. N. Minneapolis, MN 55403

612-312-1168 | Website

More Minneapolis (Downtown) Bars/Clubs >

2010 | BEST DESSERTS

2009 | Best Restaurant When Someone Else Is Paying

2008 | BEST RESTAURANT FOR DESSERT

2004 | BEST NEW RESTAURANT

2004 | BEST SERVICE AT A RESTAURANT

City Pages Reviews and News

By Dara Moskowitz Grumdahl | Wed, August 23, 2006

By Dara Moskowitz Grumdahl | Wed, July 07, 2004

By Dara Moskowitz Grumdahl | Wed, October 15, 2003

User Reviews 1 User review

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601 First Ave. N.
Minneapolis, MN 55403

User Reviews

1 User review