The 2025 winners from the Minnesota Star Tribune’s Minnesota Best contest released on Sunday July 13 and highlighted various Hastings businesses.
Gold winners from the Hastings area include the Dakota County Library for best public library and Wiederholt’s Supper Club for best supper club.
Both of these winners are not new to the list.
While Wiederholt’s Supper Club has consistently ranked on the Minnesota’s Best list for supper clubs in the past few years, winning silver in 2023 and bronze in 2024, this is the first time getting gold.
Dakota County Library is actually the reigning champion in the category of beset public library, having won gold in the category in 2024.
“Congrats to our library team on earning this recognition as well as to Ramsey Coutny and Anoka County on taking the silver and Bronze,” said Dakota County Commissioner Joe Atkins in a Facebook post.
Silver winners include Dakota County Technical Collage for best trade/technical school, and bronze winners are Hastings Flower Co. for best florist, Afton Alps for best ski hill, and Fresh Earth Farms for community supported agriculture.
Each year, businesses are nominated by community members and voted on by the public in more than 350 categories.
Hastings has boasted various winners from year’s past including The Busted Nut Bar and Grill winning best bloody Mary in 2023 and Froth and Cork winning bronze for best coffee house in 2024.
To see the full list of 2025 winners, visit www.shopmnbest.com