Earl Giles Restaurant & Distillery
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1325 Quincy St NE, Suite 100, Minneapolis, MN 55413
Earl Giles Restaurant & Distillery is the flagship home of Earl Giles, a Minneapolis brand founded in 2015 by hospitality veterans Jesse Held and Jeff Erkkila that began as a non-alcoholic elixir and mixer company. Named for Erkkila's great-grandfather — a Prohibition-era pilot who flew "medicine" across the northern U.S. — the 18,000-square-foot Logan Park venue pairs a full distillery and canning line with a "Drinks Apothecary" flavor lab holding 600-plus globally sourced extracts and a wood-fired scratch kitchen. The drinks program is built almost entirely on house-made syrups, elixirs, and extracts, and the bar carries an extensive spirit-free menu alongside its cocktails. Named zero-proof pours include an NA Old Fashioned (Good Trip house NA spirit, black walnut molasses) and the Paez (yerba mate, jasmine, pineapple, coconut water). The space centers on a 60-foot bar carved from a single Monkey Pod tree.
What to order
- NA Old Fashioned
- Paez
“Earl Giles, a Minneapolis company specializing in non-alcoholic elixirs, has unveiled plans to open a distillery.”— Twin Cities BusinessTwin Cities Business, 2020 →
Non-alcoholic brands they serve
House-crafted NA cocktails