Dining in Style: Inside North Dakota’s Most Expensive Restaurant Pick for 2025

If you’re traveling in the next few weeks and feel like treating yourself to a well-earned meal, you might want to swing by the most expensive restaurant in North Dakota. Yes, that’s right—according to the folks over at Love Food, who recently released their 2025 picks, our state’s top spot is none other than Maxwells Restaurant and Bar in Fargo. And honestly? It sounds pretty fantastic.

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When You Need More Than a Burger: Maxwells Delivers the Upgrade

Now, let’s be clear: this isn’t your usual “grab a burger and hope the ketchup bottle isn’t empty” kind of place. Maxwells is where you go when you’ve survived holiday travel, fought with your suitcase zipper, or simply feel like you deserve a reward for being a functioning adult. The menu reads like a culinary adventure. One that includes tuna, buffalo, and even escargot. Yes, snails. Fancy snails. While that may not be my cup of tea, someone out there is probably already polishing their fork in excitement.

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If appetizers don’t win you over, the entrées just might. We’re talking buffalo, elk, beef, seafood—the kind of items that make you suddenly sit up straighter and pretend you know how to pronounce everything correctly. Whether you’re a steak lover, a seafood fan, or the cousin who orders the most unusual thing on the menu “just to try it,” Maxwells has something that’ll impress.

Of course, no well-earned meal is complete without a good cocktail (or two—no judgment) and a dessert that makes you question why you ever settled for store-brand cookies. Combine all that, and you’ve got yourself a meal worthy of a mini celebration.

So if you’re passing through Fargo soon and your wallet feels like cooperating, go ahead and treat yourself. After all, you survived another year. You deserve something a little fancy… even if you skip the snails.