Bloody Mary Review: The Library Bar

Place: The Library Bar  
Location: 1301 4th St. SE, Mpls, MN 55414

Day: Friday, March 16th
Time: 1:10 p.m.
Temperature: 60 degrees
Indoor/Outdoor: Indoor

Located in Dinkytown, the Library has been an annual stop on a bar-hopping/walking tour through Minneapolis for many many many years now.  With a good sized room and bar on the main level, and a decent space upstairs with video games, pool tables, super-clean bathrooms, a grouping of video screens with sports, music videos, ESPN, CNN, blah blah playing and a second bar (Never in use during the hours we've been there). 

 

At 1:00 in the afternoon, the Library's patrons are few. On this day, however, there was a group of college guys hanging out and partying at a table on the upper floor. The pool tables were open though, so my friend and I ventured to our usual spot near the window and chose our cues for a couple of games.  The waitress ventured up the stairs, walked right past us, over to the partying table, flirted, took requests, and then ventured right past us back downstairs.  After about the third or fourth time she did this ( approximately 2 pool games worth ) we determined that we were either invisible, or just plain not going to get served.  We played one more game.  No service.

I'd love for this to have been a blog entry about an extraordinary bloody mary or heck, even a mediocre bloody mary would have been nice, no such luck.   More of a blog entry about poor service and an alumni-sized tip lost by a waitress.  Sad.  

This sign on the sidewalk outside the front door gave me a chuckle.   First off, what does "All You Can Fish Fry" mean?  Me thinketh they forgot a word.  This is a bar near the college campus.  Just saying.  Second, with the kind of service my friend and I got at this place, don't expect your $7.99 to actually get you very much.  HA!

On to the next location... I'm still thirsty!!!

End results:
Location : B
Parking: Street Metered
Bar/Restaurant Appearance: A
Staff: F
Bloody Mary Appearance: Who knows?!
Bloody Mary Extras: Who knows?!
Bloody Mary Itself: Who knows?!
Price: Who knows?!