sprague11 wrote:It's been a couple years since i've been out there, but for a state as out of the way as Minnesota is, they have some fantastic beer. I could spend an entire day at town hall easily.
Jon Walker wrote:Surdyks is a great place to bottle shop.
http://www.surdyks.com/
dale cannon wrote:Any recent visits?
I'll be there Tue-Fri this week. I land at 2:45 pm and hope to be at The Happy Gnome by happy hour..
grub wrote:dale cannon wrote:Any recent visits?
I'll be there Tue-Fri this week. I land at 2:45 pm and hope to be at The Happy Gnome by happy hour..
town hall is a must.
stub and herbs is usually one of my first stops. thursday night is "kill the keg night", and they'll usually have a couple of kegs on. $7 and you drink from 8pm until the kegs are gone. even if you only stop in for a couple that's a pretty good deal.
surdyks is good. if you're in the area, you might want to wander down along the river and check out spots like Pracna. i used to live just up the street, so spent many nights in that strip and the theatre there was our go-to.
if you're going to the gnome, the muddy pig is also nearby and can be an interesting spot.
i always like Old Chicago too. they're a chain, but have a big tap/bottle list (some locations better than others) and delicious food. the one on the north side of down on snelling just off 36 is always a favourite.
if you're up for a drive, it's about 20 minutes to Hudson, WI for all the stuff that doesn't make it over the border (new glarus in particular). there's a couple of great liquor stores there and the lot is usually filled with MN plates. Dennis Bros liquor is on the way back, a little off the beaten path but good stuff.
sadly, one of my favourites - cafe 28 - closed down at the start of the year.
having lived there for 5 years, i've also got a long list of favourite food spots. we usually have trouble fitting them all in when we visit. i can also suggest spots that are great just to check out and happen to have good beer - idea if you're travelling with someone less beery.
i'm sure i'll think of more as the day goes on. i'll try to remember to add.
dale cannon wrote:Thanks a ton grub!
In fact I am travelling with a less beery companion (he's into cognac, cigars and such).
Any recommendation for a nice area to go and walk around, popping into various places for a bite or a drink?
grub wrote:dale cannon wrote:Thanks a ton grub!
In fact I am travelling with a less beery companion (he's into cognac, cigars and such).
Any recommendation for a nice area to go and walk around, popping into various places for a bite or a drink?
note: surly syx (their 6th anniversary beer) just hit shelves in the last couple days. disappearing fast too. definitely worth grabbing if you see it as it won't be around for long (at least one store i follow on twitter was sold out in a couple of hours).
the st anthony main area (main st se around e henneinpin ave, where Pracna is) is great for walking around. nice little strip along the river, cobblestone roads, lots of patios, neat little shops and such. i think they used to have a "museum of questionable medical devices" at one point...
if you go straight north on main it'll become marshall st ne. you'll drive right past my old apt and on your left hand side will be a little joint called The Sample Room. a few good craft taps, things like flights of wine and scotch, lots of sample-sized menu stuff as well as some meal-sized stuff. great all around and not just beer-geekery.
further south, "uptown" is down hennepin and in the lagoon/w lake area. the old uptown theatre is cool and often has interesting movies on. lots of neat shops and a few decent beery spots too (Bryant-Lake Bowl, possibly others).
one note on directions (if you didn't already figure it out). be explicit when writing down directions. minneapolis in particular is split up into NE, NW, SE, SW sections, so a road can exist in all 4 and be vastly far apart. they also like to number streets and avenues, one going E-W and the other N-S, so there are many "3rd"s, and even intersections between "3rd and 3rd" in each of the 4 regions... i spent my first weekend there apt hunting lost about 70% of the time and baffled why i couldn't find anything... this was pre-gps though, so may be less of a concern.
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