Trendy hotel for budget travellers. Designy, but not expensive. Cool location, just round the corner from the excellent Guthrie Theater. Friendly staff, but really the design's the star.
Metrodome station, 2 stops from down-town. 900 Washington Av South. 2 blocks from the mighty Mississippi.
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