Come for the Food...Stay for the Friendship

Taste the nutritious and delicious food. Feel the warmth of gracious hospitality. That's the Ida Marie experience. Lang-Nelson's Ida Marie Restaurants bring you the wonderful tradition of tasty food and cheerful cordiality created by Ida and Marie. We're proud to continue their legacy.

Whether it's warm banana bread to start off your morning...a bowl of homemade wild rice soup for lunch...fresh-baked ginger snap cookies at mid-day to keep you going...or a pot roast dinner followed by scrumptious strawberry shortcake for dessert...the Ida Marie Restaurant can satisfy your wishes throughout the day! You'll find an atmosphere where friendship and congeniality flourish!

Friendly and Professional Team

Our talented chef teams prepare nutritious, home-cooked meals from scratch. A Registered and Licensed Dietitian oversees menu preparation to assure healthy food and to meet any special dietary requirements our residents may have. Additionally, the on-staff Dietitian provides individual consultation on special needs as well as nutritional education for all community residents. And when you dine at the Ida Marie, you'll definitely notice the friendly smiles on the faces of the servers!

Full Array of Services

In addition to great food, cordial surroundings and expert nutritional services, the Ida Marie Restaurants offer catering services and planning for special events. Large or small, your birthday, anniversary or other party will be a huge success with help from the Ida Marie staff. The Ida Marie Restaurants, which are located in our Assisted Living communities, can cater special events on the premises and, in select restaurants, at other locations.

Where Body and Soul are Nourished

The legacy created by Ida and Marie focuses on good food and friendship. We are enhancing this legacy in our Ida Marie Restaurants, and our goal is to provide our guests with delicious food that is nutritious, too. Our chefs understand the importance people place on healthy food as well as the beneficial effects a healthy diet has on life and longevity. Serving tasty food that is nutritious is the best way we can show our guests that we really care about them.

The Ida and Marie tradition of friendship and pleasant surroundings is equally important to us. At Ida Marie we are fostering an atmosphere of friendship and cordiality not only for the immediate dining experience, but also because of the well-recognized value of social interaction among seniors. Simply stated, people who are socially active live longer!

These goals shape everything we do at the Ida Marie Restaurant: good food, good friendship, good feeling...where body and soul are nourished. It's all at Ida Marie. Just for you!

Ida and Marie Story

Ida and Marie lived in the same south Minneapolis neighborhood and were the best of friends. They enjoyed a friendly rivalry over their delicious home cooking. And as for congeniality, Ida and Marie continually tried to surpass each other when they had neighbors over for dinner. Their gift for tasty, home-cooked cuisine and gracious hospitality created a wonderful legacy that we wish to continue here.

Several Locations

The Ida Marie Restaurants are located in our Assisted Living communities. Residents enjoy a continental breakfast, lunch, dinner and snacks in each Ida Marie Restaurant location. In addition to tasty and nutritious meals, the Ida Marie offers social hour, snack and conversation, cookie and coffee hour and special theme events to enhance socialization and ensure good nutrition.