Thrifty Hipster

still the best dive bar in mpls. get out on the patio and have a smoke and a cool one.

-- paul gave this bar a 5 out of 5 at 13:19 08.04.09

I'm sick of people thinking Cedar/Riverside is dangerous, or calling the apartments "crack stacks". Palmer's is a good bar and has a nice mix of old timey respect and young ideas. Plus, there are other places in the area that are as awesome: Triple Rock, the Wienery, Acadia, the Nomad..

-- eBomb gave this bar a 5 out of 5 at 23:16 07.31.09

everything you've heard about the west bank's risk factor is a lame urban myth. if you want real people living epic lives, go to Palmer's, order a drink, sit on the patio and try to say hello to someone before they say hello to you.

-- ps gave this bar a 5 out of 5 at 12:36 07.18.09

Love this place. Fun bartenders. Strong drinks.. Strange company. Always a mix of the west bank demographic. Great place to get drunk and people watch... Then stumble over to hardtimes for some grub.

-- M gave this bar a 5 out of 5 at 19:39 06.16.09

I stumbled in there with a buddy one night recently. How we weren't mugged and beaten by the crack stack inhabitants I'll never know. Anyhoo, the f'n place was great! best Sh!thole I've been too in a while! Have to come back some sunday night...

-- Zamboni gave this bar a 1 out of 5 at 09:42 03.13.09

What's not to like about this place? Well, maybe the restrooms could be cleaner and larger, but hey, this isn't a faux dive, it's A DIVE! I love this place, the beers are cold and reasonably priced. The fabulous mix of people for ALL different backgrounds makes it a great time. I also like the changing art shows that allow local artists to show their works. Thanks Palmers!

-- Mr. Magoo gave this bar a 5 out of 5 at 15:17 02.22.09

My favorite bar of all time. Friendly staff and strong cheap drinks! :)

-- AR gave this bar a 5 out of 5 at 08:10 01.30.09

Palmers is the only bar I've found where you can sit out by the fire on -17 days and discuss globalization with ethiopian chess players while drinking cheap drinks, seeing double, and having impromptu dance parties to jerry lee lewis style rock 'n roll. Plus, Brook and Seneca are the best two bartenders in the world. A good place to spread dissent, alcoholism and drink away your hard times.

-- Jess gave this bar a 5 out of 5 at 20:21 12.02.08

Their shots are gigantic! A pale Canadian force fed me Rumplemintz til I couldn't see straight. Palmer's is awesome, especially when zombies are involved.

-- The Slunk gave this bar a 4 out of 5 at 17:29 11.22.08

Great summer bar. LOTS OF OUTSIDE SEATING. Great outdoor fire place and pleasant, friendly ambiance.

-- Abby Rae gave this bar a 4 out of 5 at 19:47 11.21.08

AWSOME PLACE ITS EVERYONE KNOWS YOUR NAME. LOL ITS A WONDERFUL PLACE TO DRINK AND TELL GOOD JOKES. THE BARTENDERS ROCK.

-- MARSHALL gave this bar a 5 out of 5 at 20:47 10.30.08

Best dive bar in town besides the Deuce Deuce in NE. I have never been to Palmer's and not walked out stumbling or crawling. I get smashed every time I go here. I ordered a Heggie's pizza at the bar and it took the bartender about 40 minutes to make it. He didn't want to burn it in the pizza over behind the bar so he would set it for 5 minute intervals and would keep forgetting about it. I went up to ask him why a frozen pizza is taking this long. He saw me standing there and asked if I thought the pizza was going to get done faster with me standing there staring at the oven. Dickhead! I just wanted my pizza and was trying to keep from falling over. To sum it up...You go to Palmer's you will leave completed smashed.

-- sour puss gave this bar a 5 out of 5 at 14:31 09.26.08

yes, this IS my favorite bar in the Twin Cities. they have Bob Dylan's "street legal" on the juke box.

-- too_drunk_to_dream gave this bar a 5 out of 5 at 12:24 08.18.08

amazing bar tenders and amazing clientele. Also the patio is great!

-- mr. Mc gave this bar a 5 out of 5 at 21:40 08.05.08

This is a good place to drink. It is also a good place to score a rock on those hot summer evenings when you just feel like smoking crack.

-- Thomas gave this bar a 5 out of 5 at 16:21 07.15.08

the only place i know where you can have a smoke and a drink and watch the faithful go to mosque.

-- paul gave this bar a 5 out of 5 at 07:47 06.04.08

JAMESON AND A BEER BEST PLACE TO GET IT. LOVE THIS PLACE PLUS ALL MY FRIEND'S HANG OUT HERE.

-- MARSHALL gave this bar a 5 out of 5 at 18:01 02.28.08

I am the person am today because I found Palmers

-- nancy may gave this bar a 5 out of 5 at 05:20 02.28.08

Really strong drinks for cheap. This place will get you drunk w/o much $. It's cash only so stop by an ATM first. As for the crowd, it's everyone and anyone that you could imagine that you'll see in Palmer's Bar. They have a patio out back and enough crack heads in the place to scare most people off. If you're frequenting this bar you're probably a shady individual, that's fo sho!

-- BigBob gave this bar a 3 out of 5 at 20:59 12.23.07

One of the best. Cheap drinks amazingly strong. Bartender was awesome. The 86 list is hilarious. I would come here again and again with guy friend/s. It's not a date bar, unless you and your date love cool dive bars.

-- Kvale gave this bar a 5 out of 5 at 16:04 12.18.07

Best Bar Ever Let The Jameson & Hamms Flow For Ever

-- Stove Top gave this bar a 5 out of 5 at 06:42 10.23.07

Make sure to note the 86 List - handwritten notes on torn-off scraps of paper pinned to a bulletin board describing the undesirable individual(s). A very entertaining read. Example: "Tall, ferret-faced crackhead." The description is so perfect, I'm confident that I would recognize this dude without even seeing a picture. Oh, and you guys are a bunch of vaginas. Someone was shot in Uptown last year, do you fear for your life there?

-- if you don't want to be stabbed or shot, don't t gave this bar a 3 out of 5 at 08:40 09.18.07

Ghetto bar+a bunch of drunks+violent crime=just plain scary.

-- I don't want to get stabbed or shot gave this bar a 1 out of 5 at 16:40 09.11.07

I would guess the best place in or on the planet!Willie rules!!!

-- mitch danger gave this bar a 5 out of 5 at 18:41 08.14.07

It is ghetto, but that is what makes it fun and exciting. (what was 'bill' expecting, white linen and classical music.) BTW the juke box is awesome..!! Wonderfully strong drinks, the best mixing of cultures in the cities. Hard to park, but worth the effort.

-- BigTime gave this bar a 5 out of 5 at 10:42 07.27.07

Incredibly ghetto

-- bill gave this bar a 1 out of 5 at 19:15 06.12.07

I used to love this bar, but what a shit whole this has turned in to. I won't go to drink where I have to fear my life at times.

-- greg gave this bar a 1 out of 5 at 02:31 05.17.07

Mike the bartender is the life of the party at Palmers he fixes a mean martini

-- Lil Sis gave this bar a 5 out of 5 at 13:56 06.20.06

I love Dirty P's

-- 8 lb gave this bar a 5 out of 5 at 17:41 06.03.06

I thought sitting on the back deck of "The Palm Club" looking down Cedar Avenue with a two and a half buck pint of Hamm's was the best entertainment value in town, but then the bartender mentioned a free 100th birthday bash June 3rd with ten bands (where they gonna put 'em?)

-- Jug Dude gave this bar a 5 out of 5 at 19:45 04.24.06

I love all the shining faces in the morning...

-- Arik gave this bar a 5 out of 5 at 07:16 04.04.06

six stars! closely knit bar very cool. and theres nothing wrong with blow god damnit. scared little kids. not really a bar for loud annoying drunk kids either.

-- Mr. H gave this bar a 5 out of 5 at 16:27 03.22.06

The only bar I go to when I come to Mpls. Real people.

-- Mandan gave this bar a 5 out of 5 at 16:25 01.28.06

DRINK THEM FUCKERS UP!!!!!!!!

-- Just want to drink. gave this bar a 1 out of 5 at 19:45 10.02.05

The stiffest drinks in south minneapolis.

-- mz shandra gave this bar a 5 out of 5 at 15:17 09.14.05

Yay, the naked clowns were on coke they got there.

-- Zebra Face gave this bar a 3 out of 5 at 14:29 09.03.05

its the one place on the west bank where you can get stiff drinks and you can get zonked on coke, and sometimes at a discount, just look at the nomadic tribe of crack heads outside the bar.

-- Bling gave this bar a 5 out of 5 at 14:26 09.03.05

disregard keith comment on getting zonked on coke...and every other comment related to said narcotic, bad judgement! Every Wednesday from 5pm to 7pm is hippienanny acoustic jam so bring yer ax in, set yer ass down and play til yer fingers bleed.

-- dylannotbob gave this bar a 5 out of 5 at 16:37 08.20.05

gave wrong rating

-- paul gave this bar a 5 out of 5 at 07:56 08.03.05

love the place . little bit of everything and the owners and the bartenders are friendly and talkative. i missed the naked clowns.

-- paul gave this bar a 5 out of 5 at 07:55 08.03.05

One time I was at Palmer's and I saw some naked clowns. I'm like, shit, it's time to go cuz those are the angriest clowns I've ever seen.

-- Zebra Face gave this bar a 3 out of 5 at 16:00 07.31.05

One time at Palmers I sat next to Spider John Koerner. That was pretty sweet. This place has been good to me over the year, and they have Hamms on tap.

-- Pede gave this bar a 4 out of 5 at 11:40 07.23.05

The information states outdoor seating: NONE.. BUT HAVE YOU BEEN THERE LATELY TO CHECK OUT THE KICK ASS DECK??? Definitely adds to the place... deb

-- deb gave this bar a 5 out of 5 at 15:34 07.21.05

the only bar in mpls that would be right at home in San Francisco's "Tenderloin" district - (well Stand Up Frank's might make it but it's too stoiclly Scandy)

-- ratt gave this bar a 5 out of 5 at 00:28 07.21.05

hey! reinita

-- escargoat gave this bar a 5 out of 5 at 21:48 07.15.05

Palmfest is Saturday August 6, this year. All day music,all day drinking. The last guy who made fun of the guy with the glitter had to promptly leave. Bad things happen to jackasses around there.

-- rere gave this bar a 5 out of 5 at 18:19 07.13.05

Palmers is the best bar in the world!!!The drinks are the strongest in the state. The bartenders are awesome. The bouncers can be a little intimadting at first (One has a tatoo's all over his bod including the back of his head ouch! the other one has a beard like terrorist.) both are tough as nails but if you actually say hi to them they are both very friendly. the crowd is the most diverse in the state. Sure it can get sketchy at times but thats what makes it sooo much fun.

-- mike mike gave this bar a 5 out of 5 at 14:18 07.03.05

Palmer's is THEE most rad bar in the TC. It can be a little sketchy at times, but it's worth it to read their everchanging wall of the 86'd. One time when I was walking in the door there... a guy was getting knocked out said doorway! Top serious excitement.

-- Joseph Ward gave this bar a 5 out of 5 at 16:26 04.16.05

Palmers is hands down the best place to get zooted on coke in the TC.

-- Keith gave this bar a 5 out of 5 at 20:32 04.04.05

Palmers is the best bar I have seen, experienced, been to, etc. The beer selection is excellent, the staff is awesome, the regulars seem great, the tv and music selection are right on. It is a very welcoming bar and extremely fun. Do NOT let people's exteriors fool you. Regarding the "Somali jungle" comment: This is a racist statement. The Riverside neighborhood is a hub for many hardworking people. I am thankful that people who make such comments are too "afraid" to come to Palmers, because we don't want that kind of closemindedness in our neighborhood. Come back when you learn some respect and when you feel ready to celebrate our differences instead of harboring negative stereotypes about urban immigrant communities.

-- meggie gave this bar a 5 out of 5 at 15:51 03.11.05

palmers is pretty dope, but what's up with that sparkle face guy???????

-- slope dog gave this bar a 4 out of 5 at 23:39 03.06.05

you weak ass white bitch! PAlmers is the BEST BAR IN ALL OF ...uhhh where are we. you dont need specials cause all drinks are poured twice as strong as any drink at any bar you go to normally (see...uptowner, c.c. club, 7 corners, the library, etc.). p.s. when you say that you have to chop your way through the unemployed 'somali jungle,' you sound like a bitch, bitch.

-- Andy Irlbeck gave this bar a 5 out of 5 at 23:02 03.03.05

decent, but you have to tred through the somali ghetto jungle to get there

-- papa john gave this bar a 4 out of 5 at 16:37 02.11.05

You know you're in a certain type of place when they've got CCTV above the bar showing the sidewalk outside and a section of wall devoted to listing those 86'd. The kind of joint that's been around for about a hundred years and doesn't bother to brag about it, the kind of watering hole that used to have a cathouse upstairs. It doesn't get cheaper or nuttier than this, and the diversity is great. "Sophisticates" had best stay at Martini Blue, because this place isn't for anyone with a susceptibility to foul odors or an inability to exit conversations with drunks. But anyone who believes the proper ratio of alcohol to mixer is ab out 3 to 1 will grok out on Dirty P's.

-- Guy Flowers gave this bar a 5 out of 5 at 15:30 10.31.04

Palmers is my neighborhood bar, so if you all don't like it you can just go to hell. Sure, half the clientel seems to be under the influence of cocaine, but that doesn't stop me from going in there for a couple of stiff mixed-drinks which are strong enough to knock you on your ass. Plus, Palmers is the only truly interracial bar that I can think of in the Twin Cities. No where else will you find such a diverse clientel that tolerates all walks of life--from frat boys to Somali immigrants. If you don't try Palmers at least once in your life, you can't call yourself a true Minneapolitan. --the lurker

-- The Lurker gave this bar a 5 out of 5 at 11:03 10.31.04