Dozens of bars in the Twin Cities are finding means with which to combat the smoking ban...and they're doing so by channeling Shakespeare's famous phrase, "all the world is a stage." The Star Tribune reports that bars are now holding "theater nights" and declaring all their...
According to its MySpace page, the soon-to-be opened dyke bar Pi in Minneapolis is 68 years old. We're hoping they'll celebrate their birthday before they open. MPLS has been hemorrhaging gay bars recently so it is nice that a new one is opening up. This one promises a disco ball, live music...
Really no puns on Minneapolis and Art were forthcoming so you just get this. MPLSART is the Flashy clearinghouse of all things artistic happening in Minneapolis. If you're traveling to Minneapolis make sure to check out the calendar which lists openings, closings, parties and the like. The site also...
Nye's Polonaise Room in Minneapolis' Nordeast hasn't changed that much since it opened in 1949. During the 30s, when Poles came in search of work at the nearby grain and saw mills, the bar provided a home away from home. Almost 60 years later, there's still that comfortable feel. There's...
The few times I've had to work out of a coffee shop, I ended the day with a misfiring aorta and a quivering GI tract from too much caffeine and too many jumbo cookies. Fortunately, the growing trend of WiFi-equipped bars promises to calm us down with alcohol, though you have to watch the drunk IMing...