Bradstreet Restaurant

Bradstreet Craftshouse Restaurant is located on the ground level of the Graves|601 Hotel featuring classic mixology and small plates under $10.

Hours of Operation
5:00 PM to 2:00 AM, Tuesday-Saturday

Bradstreet Craftshouse Restaurant is a high-end cocktail restaurant with a casual atmosphere and quiet music. The Restaurant is divided into 4 distinct sections each offering a unique experience.

•   The main dining space seats 24, banquet-style
•   The main bar seats 10
•   The "Chef's Counter" seats 12 in a semi-circle around the open kitchen
•   The "Parlour Room" seats 30 and is hidden intimately behind a floor-to-ceiling velvet drape with a private bar

Toby Maloney and Jason Cott, Co-founders, Alchemy Consulting, NYC and Master Bartenders.

Here, classic cocktails with a modern twist focus on the art and craft of mixing precise measurements creating perfect and unique flavor profiles. Mixologist is a term for a bar chef and Mixology refers to an in-depth study of the art and craft of mixing. Cocktails were first created and honed over the period of Bradstreet’s life from the mid 1850’s through Prohibition.

1.  All Cocktails are priced under $10 / Wines begin at $3 a glass.
2.  All ingredients are of the highest quality and drinks are created with fresh, house-pressed juices and a wide assortment of house-made bitters.
3.  Largest selection of Rye Whiskeys in the Midwest.
4.  Five specific types of specialized ice bring each cocktail to the correct temperature and lowers water content. Two examples: Japanese ice mold sculpts perfectly round spheres of ice and is used in addition to Kold Draft ice cubes which freeze 40% colder than traditional ice. 

Cuisine

Jesse Spitzack, Chef de Cuisine

The cuisine at Bradstreet Craftshouse Restaurant is unique yet approachable and is served on small plates priced under $10, which are designed for sharing. Each flavor, texture, and temperature balances harmoniously on the palate, the visual appeal and aroma feeds the anticipation. Staying true to Bradstreet’s commitment to “the fellowship of all good things” the cuisine delivers delightfully unexpected experiences enhanced through artistic infusion of global influences. The complex facets of design, food and drink are artistically crafted to create a refined experience of modern exotica through the melding of the beautiful and eclectic.

John Scott Bradstreet Restaurant Muse

So it all began, in a time when Minneapolis was little more than a frontier settlement. In the adept hands and under the creative vision of John Scott Bradstreet, a decorative arts aesthetic was created, revolutionizing the design movements of the time and ushering in a new era of innovation and creativity through the infusion of eclectic exoticism.

In 1904, Bradstreet opened his Craftshouse at 327 South 7th Street, just a few blocks from the Graves|601 Hotel. A showplace for marketing decorative arts and a museum for his global collections, the Craftshouse physically and philosophically embodied good style and high taste. As Bradstreet’s fame spread internationally, the Craftshouse became a mecca of culture, revolutionary in the Midwest at the time. A haven for concerts, artists, exhibits, literature and elaborate soirees, the Craftshouse became a meeting place of the arts, where the beautiful and exotic influenced and inspired.  

Impeccably attired and socially savvy, Bradstreet quickly established himself through his discriminating taste and distinctive style. Traveling extensively, he was connected world-wide with the social elite and adventurous - friends with the likes of Oscar Wilde and Louis Tiffany. As noteworthy and trendsetting in death as in life, in 1914 Bradstreet was struck and killed in the first fatal automobile accident in the state of Minnesota.

Bradstreet’s design legacy remains today in some of the finest homes and buildings in Minnesota and across North America.

Bradstreet Craftshouse Restaurant, finds its muse in the influence of the man who became known as Minneapolis’s first true tastemaker. Bradstreet lives again in our commitment to his belief in the “fellowship of all things good.” Like Bradstreet, we hit upon delightfully unexpected experiences, enhanced through artistic infusion of global influences. Here the beautiful and eclectic meldas the complex facets of design, food and drink are artistically crafted to create a refined experience of modern exotica.

The Homes
Devotees of Bradstreet included many of the influential wealthy Minnesota families such as Charles Pillsbury and William Dunwoody. Several of the most notable rooms in Duluth’s Glensheen Mansion are of Bradstreet’s design. Actively involved in a great number of commercial endeavors, Bradstreet was responsible for Donaldson’s Department Store, several rooms in the Minneapolis Club and the Commerce Exchange building. Today, single existing pieces of his furniture auction in the hundreds of thousands of dollars and one particularly significant room from the Prindel home in Duluth has been integrated into display at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts.

The Design
Traveling the globe, Bradstreet immersed himself in the design and artistic expressions of other countries and cultures. He is credited with bringing “Japanisism” to the Arts and Crafts movement while Moorish, European and Arabic influences are apparent in many of his designs. Working closely with Prairie School architectural team William Purcell and George Elmslie, Bradstreet also partnered with the likes of the Grueby Faience Company, Tiffany and Co., and Rookwood Pottery, further melding his design of sophisticated eclectic refinement.