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 CONTEMPORARY ITALIAN ON NICOLLET MALL

At Zelo, we serve simple, fresh Italian cuisine made from local and Italian ingredients. Our handcrafted meals accompany a thoughtful, approachable wine list and hand crafted cocktail selection. We believe dining is more than a menu: it is an experience, and ours is quality. When you’re our guest, our staff learn your name and remember your favorite drink. We passionately commit to bringing you the full dining experience – quality food and drinks presented with welcoming service. Every meal. Every day. Please join us.

An enduring Minneapolis destination, Zelo was opened in 1999 by Rick Webb, a Minnesota restaurateur whose pursuits have set the standard in Twin Cities dining for over 40 years. Looking for another unparalleled dining experience in the south metro? Visit Rick Webb’s acclaimed Ciao Bella, the restaurant that inspired Zelo’s handcrafted food and dedicated service.

Dining Hours

Lunch: Tuesday to Thursday 11:30am – 2:00pm
Dinner: Monday to Thursday 4:00pm – 9:00pm
Friday and Saturday 4pm – 10:00pm
Sunday Closed


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Menu

We bring you a variety of the freshest in-season, local produce. We serve the highest grade, 100% natural, vegetarian-fed, hormone and antibiotic-free beef, pork and poultry, raised by local farmers. Our fish is flown in daily, fresh from its source. Our desserts are handmade with certified organic dairy products. Our cellar is stocked by the most notable wineries of Italy and the United States. By the glass or bottle, salut. We look forward to serving you.

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Wine and Cocktail List

FROM THE ZAGAT REVIEW (2017)…

“High-quality” contemporary Italian plates are what it’s about at this “rock-solid” Downtown enclave where “modern minimalism” meets “old-fashioned” class, and service is “respectful without being cloying”; a few find it a “bit pricey” for the genre, but it is still “popular and crowded”, especially the “cool” bar area that doubles as a “runway for people-watching.”

-ZAGAT