Parlour ★ 4.5
Parlour in the basement of Borough on Washington Avenue has poured cocktails in Minneapolis since 2014. The Parlour burger pairs with a Manhattan; reservations only.
Signature drink: Parlour burger and cocktail
Food: Burgers
The Saloon on Hennepin Avenue has run a Twin Cities LGBTQ+ bar in downtown Minneapolis since 1977. Drag shows, dance floor, the city's longest-running gay venue.
Food program: Pub menu
Address: 830 Hennepin Ave, Minneapolis, MN 55403
Parlour in the basement of Borough on Washington Avenue has poured cocktails in Minneapolis since 2014. The Parlour burger pairs with a Manhattan; reservations only.
Signature drink: Parlour burger and cocktail
Food: Burgers
Marvel Bar in the basement of the old Bachelor Farmer space has poured Minneapolis's defining cocktails since 2011. Pip Hanson's Oliveto; basement bar, no kitchen.
Signature drink: Oliveto martini
Food: None
Psycho Suzi's Motor Lounge on Marshall Street NE has run Minneapolis's defining tiki bar by the Mississippi since 2003. Riverfront patio, tiki cocktails, pizza menu.
Signature drink: Tiki cocktails
Food: Pizza
Monte Carlo on 3rd Avenue North has run a Warehouse District classic cocktail bar in Minneapolis since 1906. Long mahogany bar, Manhattans, steak frites.
Signature drink: Manhattan
Food: American
Tattersall Distilling on Central Avenue NE has poured house-distilled spirits in Minneapolis since 2015. American Distiller of the Year 2019; aquavit and gin.
Signature drink: Aquavit cocktails
Food: Snacks
The Howe Daily on Minnehaha Avenue has run a South Minneapolis neighbourhood bar since 2010. Patio, scratch-kitchen menu, deep craft-beer taps.
Signature drink: Local craft beer
Food: American