My Main Street – 10 North Main – A Dining Experience

10 North Main

At 10 North Main Street

Minot, ND  58701

10 North Main is open Tuesday-Saturday from 5:00 p.m. to close.

Connect with 10 North Main on their website, Facebook, and on Twitter.

The owners

Jonathan and Chad

Chad Schmidt, General Manager

Jonathan Peterson, Executive Chef

Lance Behm, local children’s dentist

Josh Duhamel, Minot-born actor

About 10 North Main

10 North Main opened in 2005. The restaurant is located on the north side of downtown Minot, across the street from the historic Soo Line Train Depot.

The atmosphere at 10 North Main is warm and cozy – all guests feel comfortable enjoying a night out or celebrating a special occasion. What is most important is that, when you leave, you feel you had a wonderful experience at an exceptional value.

Mouth-watering menu

I couldn’t possibly mention all menu items here, but let me give you a taste (pun intended).

Appetizers – Crab Cakes, Pheasant Strips, Calamari

Soups – French Onion and Wild Rice and Smoke Duck

Salads – Along with the house salad, they offer Italian, Caesar, and Spinach & Strawberry

The main course

10 North Main offers delicacies from “field, smoke, stream,” and pasta.

Field – Filet Mignon, NY Strip, Rib Eye, and Prime Rib. They also offer elk, bison, and veal.

Smoke – Chicken, Duck, BBQ Ribs

Stream – Chilean Sea Bass, Tasmanian Salmon, Shrimp, Crab, Walleye

Pasta – Penne Carbonara, Pheasant Marsala, Squash Ravioli

More info on their fabulous dishes available on the menu.

Red, sparkling, and white

Like wine with dinner? See 10 North Main’s full list of wines.

Sweet treats

After-dinner goodies include Crème Caramel, Peanut Butter Chocolate Torte, Sour Mash Cheesecake (with chocolate Cognac & caramel sauce), Main Street Sundae (rich chocolate brownie, vanilla ice cream, and oh-so-delicious caramel-peanut butter sauce), and Blueberry Bread Pudding.

See more about sweet treats.

If that’s not enough

10 North Main also offers dessert wine, French press coffee, and ports.

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Do you have a favorite restaurant in your town? What are some of their signature or specialty dishes?

My Main Street – The Taube Museum

Lillian and Coleman Taube Museum of Art
2 North Main Street, Minot, ND 58703
Tuesday-Friday: 10:30 am-5:30 pm, Saturday: 11:00 am-4:00 pm

Connect with the Taube Museum on their website, on Facebook, and on Twitter.

Artwork by Judy Bell

Founding organization

The Taube’s founding organization began in 1970. The museum moved to their current location in August, 1997.

Art featured

The Taube Museum primarily features contemporary art from local, regional, and national artists, as well as international artists.

Special Events and Programs

There are loads of special events at the Taube!

Artfest, North Dakota Student Art Show, Artcards Fundraiser, Soup It Up!, Run for the Arts,  Great Tomato Festival, Small Works Art, Revel in the Rubble, exhibits and auctions, and more!

See the Calendar of Events for more information.

Art Classes

Adult Art Class: Paint the Town Red offered on a monthly basis.

Educational

Educational programs include Goodnight, Art!, Gallery on Wheels, August Art Camp, A Start in Art, Paint a Purple Cow, Summer “Art”ventures, Youth Arts Month, Art Birthday Parties, and Tours with Art Activities.

Click the link to see more educational opportunities.

Inside the Taube

A little nostalgia and a long history

The building at 2 North Main has a long history. It began as the Jacobsen’s Hardware Store and Opera House in the early 1900s. In 1923, the building caught fire and sustained extensive damage. Jacobsen’s did not want to rebuild due to finances. So the small bank that was in the corner of the building bought the property and rebuilt into the Union National Bank. In the 1960s, the bank moved to a different more modern location.

2 North Main was then a USO for about ten years. After that, it sat empty for over 20 years and was then gifted to the Minot Art Association (our previous organization name).

Jacobsen’s
Photo from Digital Minot

Do you have favorite museum in your area?

My Main Street – Main Street Books

Main Street Books
106 South Main Street
Minot, ND 58701

Monday to Friday – 10am to 6pm

Saturday – 10am to 5pm

Sunday – Noon to 4pm

Extended hours during the holidays

Connect with Main Street Books on their website, Facebook, and Twitter.

About Main Street Books and owner Val Stadick

Main Street Books opened on March 27, 2006, by owner Val Stadick. Val was born in Minot, North Dakota and moved to California in 1960 when she was just one year old. She moved back to North Dakota about 20 years ago. Val graduated from Minot State University in 1999 with a B.A. in English and minor in Business Administration. She wrote grants and worked as coordinator for ReStore for five years prior to opening the bookstore.

Val has three kids and six grandchildren. She likes to run, she reads (of course!), and wishes to someday write.

Main Street Books is a local, independent bookseller that specializes in new and used books and a wonderful collection of children’s educational, classic, and fun toys.

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Special Events
Main Street Books is offering their first-ever book clubs for kids this summer and has at least one monthly themed children’s event. Also during  the summer, they have two children’s story times on Fridays at 10 am and 11 am.

Sundays are BOGO used books, and they offer a frequent buyer program on books. Main Street Books tracks your books purchased, and when you reach ten, you get a credit for 10% of what you spent – it’s like getting a free book. In July, they sponsor a month-long “Where’s Waldo Scavenger Hunt” in which 25 other local businesses participate. FUN FUN FUN!

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Before it was Main Street Books
Years ago, the store housed Jay’s Men’s Store, around the 60s and 70s. After that it was Mr. Wish Gift Shop. The building was renovated right before Val and Main Street Books moved in. Renovations brought back the original hardwood floors and the original brick walls were exposed.

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Main Street, Minot

Do you have a favorite, local, independent book store?

Main Street Celebration – Minot, North Dakota

My Main Street, Minot, North Dakota

All this week, I celebrate Main Street. Features on the blog will highlight businesses along Main Street, Minot, and will include –

Main Street Books

Taube Museum

10 North Main

Margie’s Art Glass

Artmain

About Minot

Founded: 1886, during the construction of the Great Northern Railway. Minot is also called “Magic City,” commemorating its extraordinary growth in a short time.

The town was named after Henry D. Minot, a railroad investor.

The city was incorporated on June 28, 1887.

Minot is the fourth largest city in the state. 2010 census put us at 40K+ people. In 2012, the Minot Area Development Corporation estimated between 46,000 and 47,000 permanent residents within city limits.

I am proud to say that my son (active duty – Air Force) and my daughter-in-law (Air National Guard) both serve at the Minot Air Force Base.

Climate

Well, y’all have heard me complain about the winters, and don’t get me started on the flood of 2011. But record temps have gone over the 100 mark in the summer. Record lows (I think we saw them last winter) reach into the -50s with a brutal wind chill.

According to Agriculture in the Classroom  –

“North Dakota weather can be extreme! The state’s highest temperature reading – 121 degrees – and all-time low reading – 60 below zero – were recorded less than six months apart in the same year, 1936!”

Agriculture

Spring wheat, durum, barley, sunflowers, flaxseed, canola, sugar beets, potatoes, oats, and others. If you ever eat spaghetti, chances are you are eating North Dakota durum.

On four legs

Recent estimates maintain that there are nearly two million head of cattle, over 160,000 pigs, and almost 90,000 sheep in North Dakota. So, thank a farmer.

State flora, fauna

Our State Bird: Western Meadowlark

The Peace Tower at the International Peace Garden

Our State Tree: American Elm

Our State Flower: Wild Prairie Rose

Nickname

Peace Garden State.

Click the link to see more about our beautiful International Peace Garden.

Geographical Center of North America

Rugby, North Dakota, is the geographical center of North America! Bet you didn’t know that. For more info., see Rugby, North Dakota.

Motto

North Dakota’s motto, “Strength from the Soil,” appears on the state’s coat of arms and governor’s flag.

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Opening photo courtesy Old Photos.

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Do you know your state’s motto, tree, flower, and bird?