Around Rochester Minnesota

  Safe Areas in Rochester, Minnesota   For the most part Rochester is one of the safest little big cities in Minnesota (its the third largest city in Minnesota after Minneapolis and St.Paul) There are really no "rough" parts or areas of town that you would want to avoid. Downtown Rochester overall is very safe any time of the day. Downtown is patrolled not only by the Rochester Police Department but also the Mayo Clinic security (who are very efficient on stamping out any disturbance on Mayo Clinic property) and hotel security. Outside of downtown you can travel anywhere by cab or car and you're pretty safe. Overall Rochester, Minnesota is safe. 

Mann's  Drive In Movie Theater   (Closed)   We received a fair amount of email from visitors interested in knowing where is the closest drive-in movie theater to Rochester, Minnesota. Minnesota has several different drive-in theaters, none of which are in Rochester. The closest drive-in theater to Rochester would be  Mann's Theater  Cottage View Drive-In, located in Cottage Grove, Minnesota which is 70 miles or roughly 1 hour and 20mins from Rochester.  Cottage View Drive-In has what one would expect in a Drive-In. Showtimes start at dusk (approx 10:30 pm). Prices are $8.00 for adults and children $1.00. For more information and directions:   Cottage View Drive-In 9338 East Point Douglas Road Cottage Grove, MN - 55016 Phone: 651-458-5965 Cottage View Drive-In   

Section targeting Pho Tai Resturant Section targeting You won't find Pho Tai Vietnamese restaurant on many of Rochester ,Minnesota visitor booklets and information sites. Heck, even most of the hotel front desk staff will not mention one of Rochester's hidden gems for great Asian/Vietnamese food wonderful staff and good atmosphere. I love the big selection of soups (tripe and #93 is my favorite) that it offers and most entrees are under $10.00, in my opinion they have some of the best egg rolls in Rochester, Minnesota. Also their dine in and take out options are also great. Restaurant hours are : Tues-Thurs 11am-9pm Fri-Sat 11am-10pm Sunday 11am-8pm. Pho Tai 1726 37th St NW Rochester , MN   (507) 281 9993  Pho Tai