Mortimer’s Bar and Restaurant

Reviews

• Christopher C.

  star star star star star_border 5 June 2026

  Kathy's the best. She's an institution. Forget you haters. I hope you trip or s bird scooter on your way inside. I could take or leave the random sober people playing foosball. Hot take: they have good wings

• Kara D.

  star star star star star_border 2 June 2026

  Mort's has recently been revived by the owners of Nightingale, so go ahead and ignore all the old negative reviews ;]. They've preserved a lot of the character while also adding new touches and making it great small local music venue. Nothing like getting a v fancy Grain Belt at a historic stained-glass bar at a punk show!
  
  There's usually a cover for their shows which are hosted in a separate room from the main bar. Support some musicians and pile in! You get a wristband so you can re-enter the venue space, in case you want to grab a drink at one of their multiple bars, grab some 50c wings on Wednesday, play some arcade games, or have a smoke on the back patio.
  
  You also might want to read up on their nightly food specials like Soul Food Sunday and bottomless spaghetti Monday...

• Will S.

  star star star star star 2 June 2026

  With a name like Mort's, you're not sure what to expect. For one, it's located in a hip-ass gentrified neighborhood. Like there're mid-rise condo buildings popping up all over the place, including right next door. Still, you can tell Mort's has been around for a while. It just screams 'local watering hole' (well not literally because that'd be terrifying) as it sits prominently on the corner. Turns out that's exactly what Mort's is, though--a booze hole serving the locals since 1976.
  
  Recent changes have expanded the place into an adjacent space (which happens to be another old dive bar with sweet stained glass and cozy seating) and, mostly notably, has made Mort's a great spot to catch local bands. I was there to see a punk show and the music venue side was full of smelly punk rock gals and dudes in their 20s, 30s and 40s with all kinds of patches on tattered jean jackets. It was awesome.
  
  I liked how the music venue side was separated so you could just hang out at Mort's and not have to pay the cover. Likewise, if you were there to see the show, you could float back-and-forth between both sides. Really, Mort's is very inviting and makes it easy for everyone to hang out and have a good ol' time. Hope to be back sooner than later!

• Michelle O.

  star star star_border star_border star_border 25 May 2026

  I really want to love this place.  It's so close to home and has ownership that that clearly knows how good food and service should be done. Just not at this location.  
  
  This was our second visit and we found the service to be a bit slow and sloppy each time.  I would expect a simple BLT to be executed perfectly. I mean, it's just bacon, lettuce and tomato.  The bacon could have been flashed in the oven or skillet; it was room temperature.  The tomato was just one slice per 1/2 and had not been cored properly.  I know not to expect much out of a tomato in May in Minnesota but...there are ways to make it better.  Then they ran out of oregano vinaigrette.  On a Saturday night.
  
  This is a good place for music and a beer.  Don't expect much more than that.

• Monte A.

  star star star star star_border 14 May 2026

  My favorite bar in town two for ones until 6 heavy pours decent rail whiskey since the new owner took over the food menu is very good I suggest getting the jrd sandwich it's killer some of the best french fries in the Twin Cities very basic but that's the beauty of them the last real bar in uptown also if you're into pinball they got some cool machines there