Category Archives: Pubs

Zelo

At last the proposed location for the PUBLIB gathering: Zelo. It is accessible from the Skyway, it is also on the corner of Nicollet Mall and 9th Street, across the mall from McCormick and Schmicks. (Technically, it is at 825 Nicollet Mall.)
If you enter from the mall, the bar is to the right, and they [...]

Skywater’s Bar

This is the bar in the Hilton, which is the other way along the Skyway from the Convention Center going towards Downtown. There is also a restaurant there, and they are both at street level, not on the Skyway. One of the local beers (which was recommended by my companion) is Shell’s Firebrick Beer.
The bartender [...]

The Local

On the Nicollet Mall at 10th Street, this is a traditional Irish pub with Guinness on tap, as well as Harp. They have a great web site which gives a flavor for the place. If you look at the map, I wound up sitting by #3, with a great view of the bar. Draft beer [...]