Downtown St. Paul
Honorable mention, not a bar
Mickey’s Diner
Not technically a bar, but no list of St. Paul institutions is honest without Mickey’s. The 24-hour railcar diner is on the National Register of Historic Places, the malts are real, and the booths have absorbed every type of human drama since 1939.
Thanks — that shapes the read.
Saves, regulars, and moments shape the Best of MPLS. Been-heres fill your Passport. Anonymous, never sold.