Dive bar with good food: 1029 Bar

May 15, 2012 at 3:07PM
(Margaret Andrews/The Minnesota Star Tribune)

This Northeast neighborhood joint is many things to many people. It's a dive bar. It's a cop bar. It's a culinary rocket ship sent to planet Earth to feed us the best lobster roll this town's ever tasted. That's right, ever since the Smack Shack food truck took over the kitchen in 2011, bargoers have flocked here for something tastier than two-for-ones (they have those, too).

Runner-up: Matt's Bar

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