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Dining at Travail is an experience unlike any other. We serve a chef’s tasting menu inspired by traditional and contemporary culinary techniques, seasonal ingredients, and the whimsy of ideas. Our menu is continuously evolving in our endless pursuit of the best, freshest, and most delicious ingredients. Expect tableside cooking with personality and curated beverage pairings.
Located in the heart of Robbinsdale, our restaurant hosts a variety of tasting menu experiences, rotating menu concepts, and pop-ups in our Basement Bar.
The Ultimate Travail Experience
Signature chef’s tasting: Dueling Decades
Dueling Decades is a high-energy culinary face-off between three chef teams, each repping a different iconic era—the Roaring '20s, the Groovy '60s, and the bold, rebellious '90s. Each course brings a head-to-head-to-head showdown, with every team crafting their own take on a shared theme. You'll taste three distinct interpretations side by side, then cast your vote for the winning dish.
Introducing the Travail Eras Dinner Series
Three Eras. Fifteen Courses. All Hits.
To celebrate 15 years of culinary chaos, creativity, and pure madness, we're throwing the ultimate anniversary dinner series. The Travail Eras Dinner Series is a nostalgic journey through the three defining chapters of Travail Kitchen. Enjoy a 15-course tasting menu with your choice of spirit or non-alcoholic pairings—hosted in our Travail Sky Lounge Rooftop.
prepare for fear!
haunted basement bar
Step right up to Travail’s Haunted Basement Carnival. This Halloween, our Basement Bar is transformed into a nightmarish carnival of chaos, featuring a multi-course tasting menu, sinister cocktails, interactive beverage flights, and haunted theatrics with mischievous clowns and eerie surprises around every corner. Dine, sip, and dare to enter the carnival of thrills!
DISCOVER THE UNEXPECTED AT TRAVAIL KITCHEN AND AMUSEMENTS
We are a group of culinary innovators and event curators passionate about hospitality. Travail Kitchen and Amusements is led by chef-owners and James Beard semi-finalists Mike Brown, Bob Gerken, and James Winberg in downtown Robbinsdale, Minnesota. Our newly constructed three-story restaurant hosts a variety of innovative dining concepts, public parties, private events, and local chef collaborations.
