(612) 789-9862
1428 Fourth St NE
Minneapolis,
MN
55413
45.0023
-93.2615
Neighborhoods: Northeast, Sheridan
What People Are Saying About Mayslack's Music Lounge
The Editor
Contributor
Citysearch
In Short – This working-class bar boasts backslapping camaraderie and original decor: pressed-tin ceiling, tile floor, high wooden booths. A mix of Northeast locals whose head adornment ranges from feed cap to nose ring converge on weekends for the live music, including a polka band every Sunday evening. The menu leans to burgers and sandwiches (pork tenderloin, BLT, turkey club), including the famous garlic roast beef sandwich made famous by the now-departed restaurant's namesake.
10/24/09
Never had a bad time
by snoworice
I've been to Mayslack's probably 10 times in the last year and every experience was as you would want it to be. Friendly service, good food, cold beer and good live music with a cool dive bar atmosphere. I am guessing they got rid of the bad help talked about in the reviews below because I have not experienced that at all.
I have never tried the roast beef, but I absolutely love the Big Bleu burger with tater tots and some of their dijon mayo sauce on the side for the tots ... I have to have one every time I go. It is one of my favorite bleu cheese burgers of any that I have had in the twin cities ... it is every bit as good as Granite City's Blue Burger!
The staff has always been friendly - even the bouncer let me sit at the bar without paying cover for the band because I was just there to sit at the bar and have a couple of beers and grab a bite. Other nights when we've gone for the band the music was great and the cover was only $5 ... but get there early if you want a table because it is usually packed on Friday and Saturday nights.
I will definitely be back.
- Pros: Awesome Big Bleu
- Cons: Small bathroom?
03/22/09
We want don't want to Beat Mayslack's Meat
by WestsideBand
Hello Mayslacks!
Granted, we haven't met the new owners, but we've been by. It's a fun bar. Does the band play in the blue room or the green room?
We haven't been around as long as Mayslack's, but, we'd love to play there. We'll even buy the shirt!
Mayslacks please hire us!
- Pros: Live Music
- Cons: Westside Band hasn't played there
08/21/08
Nobody Beats Mayslack's Meat!
by pvorkzam
While "Mayslack's Meat" remains a hot number on the menu, the recent make-over of the place leaves something to be desired. The keg-cracked tile floors are still there, the fabulous tin ceiling with the dramatic crown moulding is still there, but someone -- perhaps someone's grandmother -- has painted the place with what appears to be a sponge. Remember sponge painting? Yikes. Still gets bands, still attracts a wide and diverse crowd. The service is friendly and fast and the patio is reasonably accommodating.
- Pros: Decent menu, can accommodate a big table of your friends, friendly people.
- Cons: May end up parking on the neighborhood blocks around the bar.
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