1. Chef-led bike ride
While this offering at the Grand Hotel Minneapolis isn’t off-premise in the traditional sense, it has been popular with guests, says chef Kris Koch, of the property’s Six15 Room. Koch leads visitors on an 11-mile morning bike ride around the city before stopping for a picnic lunch, which typically includes fruit skewers, antipasto skewers, artichoke crostini, cherry clafouti, yogurt parfaits, bagels with cream cheese and lox, and grilled chicken salad. This is the second year the hotel has promoted the bike ride-picnic, which can be added to reservations for $25; the fee includes bike rentals and optional mimosas ($10 extra) for well-behaved guests who can “make it up the big hill by the river,” Koch says.