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Darn! I was going to post something here about Pickle Park and the dang deadtreers beat me to it. It's a cross between a nightclub and a sports bar, either man nor beast, fish nor foul. Good 2-4-1 Sunday Happy Hour prices.

In this case, the city is Fridley, so the answer is "yeah, we do!"

So that's where the name came from. Unless you're a fan of his, (and he's got some rabid ones), it's still a stupid name. That location has changed hands a few times. I give it a year maximum.

Thank god Barley John's and Northeast are near cause it's a wasteland up here.

You know what's supremely lame?

Racing back from a wedding in St. Francis to catch the final act of the Uptown Pride show... then finding out that Bob Mould wasn't the headliner.

W... T... F?

All I can say for sure is that it was one of the other four bands, unless Bob took another musical turn into the jam-band style and became a chunky black woman.

"Great, a 2nd rate sports bar owned by a 2nd rate live act...you couldn't pay me to go there..." - aliecat

Maybe not, but YOU would pay for a tie for your cat. Um? First class all the way for you, huh?

And I can guarantee it was a 1000 times more entertaining than a GB Leighton show...may not be first class, but it was fucking fun...

It was a dollar, dude...calm yourself...

I have fits of giggles just about every time you post something. Thanks for the laughs.
And I don't care what anyone says -- your cat dressing is hilarious.

A dollar for hours, nay, days of kitteh-pestering entertainment is a bargain, people!

(GB fans must not be crazy cat ladies.)

Well, now, girls, GB can't be all bad, since he's serving up free booze for the ladies on Thursday nights. Any bar that gives away drinks is at least decent in my book.

"...you could smoke inside..."

A bad business decision from the start. Allowing three months of smoking before the statewide law begins on Oct. 1 is just going to make his new place stink like an old ashtray when it does go smokefree, and may also chase away patrons who have come to like -- and expect -- smokefree music venues.

The 331 Club re-opened under similar circumstances with the Minneapolis ordinance on the way. They decided to open smokefree, rather than allow it and than tell patrons "no" just a short time later.

Plus, there seems to be no effort to return the outdoor seating area the bar had another other name/owner.

Oh, man, there's nothing I love more than being called sweetheart by a complete stranger!

I'm partial to sugartits...

Ah, well, everything in moderation, ya know!

Splenda-tits!

Splenda-tits?

MNspeak is better than an espresso for a morning pick-me-up. Heh.