walk west five blocks from the hotel towards nicollet mall. up (to the right) and down (to the left) nicollet mall are lots of good eateries. i like: the newsroom, mccormick & schmick's, the local, brit's pub and m&s grill. continue north up nicollet mall (the street numbers will get smaller) and you can board lrt for 50 cents heading east to the dome. you can easily walk back to your hotel from the dome. just head west a few blocks to 5th avenue and head south. two more blocks west of nicollet mall is hennepin avenue. more eateries abound, and if you head north on hennepin, you can board lrt there as well. still 50 cents to the dome. and to correct a previous poster, they are known as jucy lucy's . . . no "i" in the first word. do not, i repeat, do not take a bite right away. you will burn off half your face.