Best bars in Uptown

  1. Bryant-Lake Bowl
  2. The Independent
  3. C.C. Club
  4. The Bulldog
  5. Liquor Lyle's
  6. The Herkimer
  7. Mortimer's
  8. Stella's Fish Cafe & Prestige Oyster Bar
  9. Sauce Spirits & Soundbar
  10. Moto-i

BEST HAPPY HOUR

  1. Liquor Lyle's
  2. The Independent
  3. 501 Club
  4. Chino Latino
  5. Rudolph's
  6. Moto-i
  7. McCormick & Schmick's
  8. Crave
  9. Azia
  10. Rudolph's

TOP BREWPUBS

  1. Town Hall Brewery
  2. The Herkimer
  3. Rock Bottom Brewery
  4. Great Waters Brewing Company
  5. Fitger's Brewhouse (Duluth)
  6. Granite City
  7. Barley John's Brew Pub
  8. Moto-i

Best Locally Brewed Beer within 200 miles

  1. Summit
  2. Surly
  3. Grain Belt
  4. Schell's
  5. Rush River
  6. Flat Earth
  7. Fulton
  8. Lift Bridge
  9. Finnegans
  10. Leinenkugel's

Best bars in Northeast

  1. 331 Club
  2. Psycho Suzi's Motor Lounge
  3. The Bulldog N.E.
  4. Nye's Polonaise Room
  5. Grumpy's Nordeast
  6. Whitey's World Famous Saloon
  7. Mayslacks Bar
  8. The Sample Room
  9. Elsie's Bowling Center
  10. Spring Street Tavern

Best Bars in the Warehouse District

  1. Club Jäger
  2. Cuzzy's
  3. Gluek's
  4. The Loop
  5. The Ugly Mug
  6. Bar La Grassa
  7. Kieran's Irish Pub
  8. Solera
  9. Origami
  10. The Loon

BEST BARS IN ST. PAUL

  1. Turf Club
  2. The Happy Gnome
  3. The Muddy Pig
  4. Sweeney's Saloon
  5. The Chatterbox
  6. The Bulldog
  7. Barrio
  8. The Liffey
  9. McGovern's
  10. Moscow on the Hill

BEST GLBT BAR

  1. Minneapolis Eagle/Bolt Underground
  2. 19 Bar
  3. The Saloon
  4. The Town House
  5. The Brass Rail
  6. Jet Set
  7. Gay 90's
  8. Lush
  9. Tickles
  10. Camp

BEST STRIP CLUBS

  1. The Seville Club
  2. Deja Vu
  3. Rick's Cabaret
  4. 22nd Avenue Station (Double Deuce)
  5. King of Diamonds
  6. Schieks Palace Royale
  7. Choice
  8. Skyway Lounge
  9. Augie's
  10. BJ's

BEST MIXOLOGY JOINTS

  1. Bradstreet Craftshouse
  2. Town Talk Diner
  3. Donny Dirk's Zombie Den
  4. La Belle Vie
  5. The Strip Club
  6. Hell's Kitchen
  7. Azia
  8. Honey
  9. Bank
  10. Uptown Cafeteria

BEST KARAOKE

  1. Vegas Lounge
  2. U Otter Stop Inn
  3. Grumpy's
  4. VFW Post 246 (Uptown)
  5. Country Bar
  6. Elsie's
  7. Chatterbox Pub
  8. Nye's
  9. Boomtown
  10. Any American Legion

BEST BAR TRIVIA

  1. 331 Club
  2. Nomad World Pub
  3. Old Chicago
  4. Buffalo Wild Wings
  5. Merlin's Rest
  6. 501 Club
  7. Kings Wine Bar
  8. Sportsman's Pub
  9. Legends
  10. Grumpy's Nordeast

BEST-KEPT SECRET PLACES TO DRINK

  1. Donny Dirk's Zombie Den
  2. 501 Club
  3. King and I Thai
  4. Whitey's
  5. Cuzzy's
  6. 8th Street Grill
  7. Any hotel bar (Hilton, Doubletree)
  8. Lyon's Pub
  9. At work
  10. Applebee's

BEST BEER SELECTION (LIQUOR STORE)

  1. Surdyk's
  2. Zipp's
  3. Big Top
  4. France 44
  5. Haskell's
  6. Blue Max
  7. The Four Firkins
  8. The Cellars
  9. Top Value Liquor
  10. Liberty Village Wines & Spirits

BEST SUBURBAN JOINTS TO GET YOUR DRINK ON

  1. Any VFW or American Legion
  2. Park Tavern (St. Louis Park)
  3. Lord Fletcher's (Lake Minnetonka)
  4. Claddagh Irish Pub (Maple Grove)
  5. Maynards
  6. Grumpy's (Roseville)
  7. McCoy's (St. Louis Park)
  8. Primetime Sports Bar (Burnsville)
  9. Barley John's

GREAT COCKTAILS

  1. Psycho Suzi's
  2. Town Talk Diner
  3. Chino Latino
  4. The Red Dragon
  5. Bradstreet Craftshouse
  6. La Belle Vie
  7. Moscow on the Hill
  8. Prohibition & the Living Room (W Minneapolis)
  9. King and I Thai
  10. Azia

BEST IRISH PUBS

  1. The Local
  2. Kieran's
  3. The Liffey
  4. The Dubliner
  5. Keegan's
  6. O'Donovan's
  7. O'Gara's
  8. Merlin's Rest
  9. Kip's
  10. McGovern's

Coolest kitschy bars

  1. Psycho Suzi's
  2. Nye's Polonaise
  3. Gasthof Zur Gemutlichkeit
  4. Donny Dirk's Zombie Den
  5. Town Talk Diner
  6. U Otter Stop Inn
  7. Chino Latino
  8. Stub & Herb's
  9. The Gay 90's
  10. Black Forest Inn

HOTEL BARS SO GOOD YOU'LL NEED TO SPEND THE NIGHT

  1. Cosmos (Graves 601)
  2. Prohibition (W Minneapolis)
  3. Bradstreet Craftshouse (Graves 601)
  4. D'Amico Kitchen (Chambers)
  5. The Living Room (W Minneapolis)
  6. w xyz (Aloft)
  7. Zahtar (Grand Hotel Minneapolis)
  8. Bank (The Westin Minneapolis)
  9. Krona Lounge (Crowne Plaza)
  10. Chambers rooftop lounge (Chambers)

BEST COFFEE HANGOUTS

  1. Spyhouse
  2. Dunn Bros
  3. Common Roots Cafe
  4. Caffetto
  5. Caribou Coffee
  6. Anodyne
  7. Urban Bean
  8. Bob's Java Hut
  9. Blue Moon Cafe
  10. Starbucks

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