Top Rogers Venues

• Spaces for 125 Guests

• Spaces for 26-150 Guests
• 3 Restaurants
• 1 Bar
• 2 Event Spaces

French Meadow Bakery & Café, founded in 1985, holds the distinction of being the first certified organic bread bakery in the United States. The Uptown Minneapolis location on Lyndale Avenue S. is home to a collection of private event spaces — the Nord Social Hall, the Nord Tasting Room, the seasonal Nord Patio, and the Bluestem Bar — offering options for celebrations ranging from an intimate seated dinner of 26 guests to a cocktail reception of 150. All catering is prepared in-house by French Meadow's culinary team, drawing on organic ingredients and the kitchen's longstanding relationships with regional farms. Menus include gluten-free, vegan, and vegetarian selections, and all items are made from scratch.

• Spaces for 75-125 Guests
• 2 Outdoor Spaces
• 2 Parks

Tony Schmidt Regional Park is a Ramsey County regional park along Lake Johanna in Arden Hills, Minnesota. The park offers two rentable outdoor facilities — a pavilion and a covered shelter — available for reserved use from May through September, suited for gatherings ranging from family reunions to community celebrations. The Pavilion accommodates up to 125 guests and includes a handicap-accessible restroom. The Shelter holds up to 75 guests under covered, open-air seating. Both facilities sit within a large park campus that includes a gazebo with benches, picnic tables, a play field, two playgrounds, and a beach building. Parking for 136 vehicles — including 11 boat trailer spaces — serves event attendees and day-use visitors alike.

• Spaces for 75 Guests

• Spaces for 225 Guests

• Spaces for 64-500 Guests
• 1 Ballroom
• 4 Museums
• 4 Total Spaces

Mia (Minneapolis Institute of Art) is an encyclopedic art museum tracing its origins to 1883, housed in a neoclassical building that opened in 1915 — designed by New York architectural firm McKim, Mead and White. A 1974 addition by architect Kenzo Tange expanded the campus and introduced a three-story glass lobby overlooking Washburn-Fair Oaks Park. The collection spans nearly 100,000 works representing 5,000 years of world history, and admission to the permanent galleries is always free. Private events at Mia unfold across versatile indoor and outdoor spaces with views of downtown Minneapolis. The Reception Hall — a maple-paneled room with a barrel-vaulted ceiling — accommodates up to 500 guests for cocktail receptions and opens alongside the marble-floored MacMillan Atrium. The outdoor courtyard features elegant landscaping, abstract sculptures, a pavilion, and a grove of oak trees, providing a distinctive setting for warm-weather celebrations. Standard rental packages include event setup and strike, security, a staffed coat check, A/V equipment with a media technician, linens, and decorative lighting, with catering coordinated through an extensive roster of approved vendors.

• Spaces for 350 Guests

Graduate by Hilton Minneapolis sits at the heart of the University of Minnesota campus, steps from Huntington Bank Stadium. Designed around Gopher traditions and local legends, the hotel weaves college nostalgia into its interiors throughout, making it a distinctive backdrop for celebrations connected to the culture of one of the nation's most storied campuses. For private events, Graduate by Hilton Minneapolis offers 15 meeting and event venues, ranging from an intimate room that seats 16 to the Meridian Ballroom, which accommodates up to 600 guests with flexible configurations for banquet, theater, reception, and classroom setups. With 304 guest rooms on-site, the hotel is well suited for multi-day gatherings and celebrations that draw out-of-town guests.

• Spaces for 12-300 Guests
• 1 Ballroom
• 1 Event Space
• 4 Total Spaces

Founded in 1919 by University of Minnesota professors and civic leaders, Midland Hills Country Club occupies a 147-acre campus in Roseville, Minnesota — roughly equidistant between Minneapolis and Saint Paul. The golf course was designed by Seth Raynor, a protégé of Charles Blair Macdonald, and underwent a landmark restoration in 2020 that returned the layout to Raynor's original vision. The clubhouse offers four private event spaces, ranging from Turnberry Hall — a ballroom accommodating up to 275 guests with large windows overlooking the course and an adjacent seasonal patio — to the intimate Seth Raynor room, suited for private dinners of up to 16. St. Andrews seats up to 50 beneath an arched ceiling and dramatic windows, while the Mund Boardroom is purpose-built for confidential meetings and executive sessions of up to 12. Membership is not required for private events. The club's in-house team provides personalized catering for weddings, corporate gatherings, celebrations of life, and golf outings, with a dedicated events coordinator to guide planning.