Moose Bar & Grill

I live close to the Moose and have checked out all the bars and restaurants near me. I liked Moose the most because the combination of great atmosphere (northeast vibe) and delicious pizza.

This place is the definition of authentic Northeast Mpls. It’s a neighborhood bar + restaurant where you’ll find local regulars, out of towners, northeast hipsters, and everyone in between. The Moose has great drinks (awesome selection of beers on tap), great prices, friendly staff and an owner who takes great pride in his establishment and customers. Come for a tall drink, order the best wings in the city, and listen (or participate in) some fantastic karaōke!

So. Not very nice things to say here. Ordered online through GrubHub. Chicken fingers were ridiculously salty, bordering on inedible. They were also pretty much chicken jerky. Also ordered a Moose burger. Asked for it well done with no tomatoes. I got it completely rare with extra tomatoes. Called in to get the order fixed, and the guy made it sound like they make these kinds of mistakes on orders routinely. Thankfully GrubHub was willing to cheat their system a bit, and get me another burger delivered. The second burger had all my requests correct, but the burger was still just bad. Very dry, no flavor in the meat or the BBQ sauce that came on it. Overall just a terrible experience. Definitely won’t be getting anything from here again.

Oh my god. This place is ridiculously fun. My snapchat story was chock-​full of karaōke good times. The food was pretty decent as well. My man and I got the BLT with tater tots. Drinks were decent. 2 for 1 deal on a Sunday evening made for an even better time. According to my crew, this was midwest to the core. I approve. Oh, and even if you’re a really bad singer, the whole crowd was really supportive anyways. It was a rad night. Definitely will be back.

I went here over the summer or early spring of 2015 with my cousins. It was a weekend.
The service was terrible. We waited over an hour to get our bills and nearly another hour for the waitress to collect payment. We ended up walking around and finding someone to take our payment because we had cards. That wouldn’t have been that bad considering it was a weekend, but we were sitting at a table and would’ve expected better service than that.
Food was not good, at all.
Karaōke was nice and ppl watching was fun. Lol.

I came here and had the worst service I have ever experienced. I came in with a group of 7 on New Years Eve Day and when we entered the place was pretty empty so I would have expected good service. Since my group had so many complaints I will just list them:
–Four people ordered drinks: first two bloodys came in 15 minutes and the third bloody and mimosa took half an hour to arrive
–After ordering our meals it took around an hour to receive all our food
–Two orders were completely off and the server didn’t bring any condiments — syrup, butter, etc for breakfast items
–Still waited on an order of nachos and a side of fries
–Received side of fries after everyone was done with their meal
–After we are all finished eating the server asked us if we wanted chicken or beef on our nachos so we assumed she hadn’t even put in the order
–Received the nachos an hour and a half after we had ordered
–Got our bills and almost everyone’s had a mistake. Some people had other people’s drinks and some people had different food than what they ordered
–Server never once apologized for the long wait, wrong orders, wrong tabs, or completely forgetting about the nachos and fries (and I am guessing she forgot about the mimosa and bloody from before since it took half an hour)
I would understand a little more if the place was super busy but when we entered there were only two other tables that were filled. My whole group was really upset with how long it took to get our food, how some food was forgotten and what a mess it was when all our receipts were wrong as well as the lack of acknowledgement of the poor service.

The food here is much better than your average bar food. The menu has a lot of options and a wide variety of choices. The wings are amazing! All the varieties are so good; whether you like spicy or not you will find some you like.
The salads are great! The vegetables are super fresh. I have never had bar veggies like this.
They also have great breakfast!
The service is friendly. The place is clean. They have karaōke and bingo. They have a full bar. They have a basement party room too.
The Moose is a neighborhood place where everyone can feel comfortable and get a great meal and drinks.

Dive bar still a dive bar. Bartenders are great. Thank you Lisa do taking care of my brothers bachelor party.

Someone described this bar to me as being «like a small town Wisconsin bar». I’m from small town Wisconsin, so this instantly made me excited to visit. And yes, I will agree it has that feel. Incredibly laid back. Good beer, humble and nothing highbrow. A good mix of people. The only thing that could make this bar feel more like home to me, is packer décor (and the games, of course). I’m actually really bummed that this isn’t a Packer bar.
I don’t know if they have karaōke here every night, but it was going on when I visited. This is a weird thing to say about karaōke, but legitimately, everyone was really good! Lots of talented people, singing good music.
I will definitely stop in again when I’m in a just-​wanna-​chill-​and-​throw-​back-​a-​few-​beers mood.

The Moose is exactly what it promises, a NE dive bar boasting good bar food, all you can eat spaghetti on Monday nights, and trivia and karaōke to boot!
Tucked into NE, this spot has low-​priced drinks, trivia on Mondays, and karaōke every other night of the week. If you’re looking for a cheap spot to drink with nice bar folk and regulars, I’d definitely recommend this spot.
Their beer selection is also decent, and the staff is very nice. Definitely worth giving it a shot!

This place is a cool place to grab a beer, play darts, watch karaōke and get drunk. However their food and or chef is a fail. In a group of four it took over an hour to get our dinners. When we finally got our food the chicken sandwich was burned black and tasted like charcoal. The burger was the same. Awful. The two other meals were also well over cooked and not seasoned. We didn’t have time to complain so we just asked for the check (3 times) and left embarrassed for my group. I was also previously very let down by the Nacho’s and the pizza. This place can’t make pizza, Nacho’s, burgers, chicken. Wow. just skip this place and go to Ray j’s

The Moose delivers as a dive bar where you rarely have to pay more than a few bucks for a drink. Make sure you ask what is on special before you order! They even had Todd the Axe Man for a little while last weekend…
The food here is satisfying– much of it is probably frozen but they do a good job transforming it into good bar grub. I think this is a 4 star dive because the service here is commendable. The ladies that work the dining room do a really good job of tending to all their tables.
They have lots of big TVs, specials on game days (free pizza at halftime during vikes games?!?) and karaōke almost every night. Solid option for a cheap night out.

The Moose is like what you expect a bar in a small town to be like, except in Northeast Minneapolis.
The clientele is wide ranging, from your Northeast hipsters to townies to party moms. AKA great people watching. The drinks are cheap. There’s always a couple cops posted up in the parking lot. I’m not sure if this is good or bad, but if shit goes down, they’re there.
The best thing though? The karaōke. I think it’s both Friday and Saturday nights (?). At Moose, you get to hear someone belt a Mariah song perfectly, watch someone head bang to Pantera, and then link arms with strangers as you sway to some Otis Redding. I’m not really a fan of karaōke, but I am a fan of yell-​singing with a crowd, and Moose gives me my fix.
$ 30 minimum for cards is bullshit, though.

I always have a blast here on Saturdays. Great beers on tap and fun karaōke. I like to come here pretty often.

How can I say the worst bouncer ever?
Oh, I just said it. Wanna watch sons of anarchy and have someone treat you like a ass
for watching the WORLD SERIES? Then this is your bar.

Nachos are over priced, but the beer isn’t — so it’s a trade off. I don’t think I will go out of my way to show up again, but it’s not terrible. It’s a dive full of regular people — which is why it gets 3 stars instead of 2.

Nice service. Great food.

I was prepped beforehand that this place would be pretty divey so I had 0 expectations… Somehow we ended here for a friends bachelorette party…
+ side: darts and karaōke. The music was okay and it varied from country music to some soft rock. The age range for the crowd there is like 21 to some 50 year olds.
— side: it seems crapshoot of what type of people that come. There are some people who just hang around and are chatty, then there are some (like when we went) who decides to wear sheer dresses, a thong and nipple pasties and grind up on 60 year old men. You got to take your chances if you wanna come here!
I only came here for drinks (few shots and beer) and the bartender was pretty attentive and quick despite it being a busy Friday night. This doesn’t seem to be a joint people tend to grub in. Overall, it was fun and i would come, but only with a decent sized group

Last Friday, I visited Moose for my homegirl’s b-​day where I planned to stay for about an hour, drink a cold one, take some pics, and then dip. Boy, I did not know what I was in for… But before I get into my story, let me talk about some useful tidbits.
Moose is spacious and separated into two general areas. Upon entering, the left side of the building has a large rectangular bar surrounded by several comfortable four-​seater booths and couple small tables for two. To the right is a small karaōke stage and dance floor surrounded by multiple high-​rise tables where most drunkards have the opportunity to bellow out classic tunes ranging from «Purple Haze» to «Forgot About Dre.» (*Note: There’s always that one dude that thinks he’s gangster, because he knows some of the lyrics to «Forgot About Dre.» Am-​I-​right?)
I spent most of my time in the non-​karaōke room and had a decent experience there. The bartenders held it down that night, despite putting up with a lot of nonsense from the crowd. I ordered a pint of Surly and a three Pancake shots (which consist of equal amounts of Jameson and butterscotch schnapps, chilled with an OJ back.), which added up to slightly over $ 20 or so. I thought the price was more than reasonable.
After taking some shots, the craziness began to ensue. (BTW, the reason why I feel that it’s important to note this story is because you might have a similar crazy time here.)
At one point of the night, I wanted to get a breath of fresh air with my homegirl while she lit up a cig. (Ironic, I know.) On the way out, this big dude grabbed my arm out of nowhere and yelled, «DUDE, it’s me!» I responded, «Homie, I’ve never met you before. I think you have the wrong person.» I walked away and later stood outside chatting with some friends. He came up to me and screamed «dude, you totally messed up the joke in front of my lady friend» then spit at my feet. I was fuming, and while I would’ve loved to imprint the sole of my of size 10.5 Timberlands into his chubby chest, I didn’t want to start anything. After all, I was planning to leave in a few minutes… Or so I thought.
Out of nowhere, a cop comes walking up the front steps where I was hanging, and the guy that spit at my feet starts shouting all sorts of nonsense at him. (Big man had to be on ecstasy or something.) I thought this guy was going to get his ass kicked, but miraculously, the cop just ignored his obnoxiousness and walked inside.
I’m thinking to myself, «this dude is outrageous!» Suddenly, out of nowhere, I hear a woman crying. There she was, ten feet away from me, balling in a taxi. I hear screaming, which led to the driver telling her to get out. She’s drunk and sadly moaning (like an orca), and the dude that spit at my feet starts yelling at her, «are you deaf?» «ARE YOU DEAF?» He eventually scares her so much, that she falls on her ass. I yell to this dude, «hey man, stop being an asshole and calling her deaf!» She gets up, drunk as hell, and then lunges at me looking for someone/​thing to hold onto. Naturally, my urban ninja skills kicked in and I jumped out of the way to avoid a most likely painful collision. Unfortunately for her, she ran into the wall.
We went to pick her up and asked her questions to see if she was okay. We found out that… she actually was hearing impaired when she started to speak in sign language. The guy that I called an asshole said behind me, «I told you so» and returned inside.
The bouncer came out and told me that he called the cab that just left (nice), but wouldn’t pay the fare for her to get home since he assumed she had the money. (understandable). We decided to call her another cab and pay her fare.
BTW, all of this happened around 9:30 PM. It was only Nine-​Freaking-​Thirty.
I have never used the word ratchet (because, that word is not from my generation and it’s a bit too trendy) but holy crap, this place can get hella ratchet. You wouldn’t think so by the bleh atmosphere, almost-​depressing karaōke singing, and uninspired bartenders, but trust me, s*** can get cray.
Would I go there on my own accord for a drink with friends? Probably not, since there’s nothing that really –in my humble opinion– that separates this dive from others. However, would consider returning next year for her birthday? Sure.

THE MOOOSE THE MOOOOSE…
Sure enough, there is Bullwinkle on the wall, in all his mooseness. Everyplace needs a theme, right? So MOOSE it is !
I’ve been here a few times, as it is a little over stumbling distance from Daughter’s place. I really like it here because I don’t have to worry about what I am wearing, my hairdo, or my makeup or lack thereof. This is probably one of the largest dives I’ve ever been in, in MANY states. Pure Dive !!
So yes, here always seems to be the retired guy contingent at the bar playing cards. And all the planned events are typical. On a very large basis. Then there is the FOOD.
After that, the STAFF.
Regular bar food, with one H U G E exception — — - TURKEY BURGERS
Best turkey burger in town. No extra charge. My server or bartender here has always been ultra nice to me. I love it when I go in a place alone and I get treated like royalty. Thank you, Moose on Monroe.
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Bingo, Bloodys and beer. What else do you need?
My friend Jacqueline introduced me to Moose on Monroe for Saturday bingo. It’s honestly the perfect rainy day weekend activity. It’s a spacious venue with plenty of bar food options, entertaining bingo announcers, and good olé people watching. And don’t forget the pull tabs.