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1300 Lagoon Ave. Minneapolis, MN 55408

612-825-2525 

http://www.barabilene.com  

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1300 Lagoon Ave. Minneapolis MN 55408

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  • Tex-Mex
    Sun 10am-10pm, Mon-Thu 4pm-2am, Fri-Sat 12pm-2am
    $$ $, $$
  • All Major Credit Cards
    Patio/Sidewalk Dining, Takeout
    Brunch, Dinner, Late Night, Lunch
  • Full bar
    Accepted, Online Reservations Available
    Lot Available, Meters, Street
Description

If you mix them, they will come! Bar Abilene has proved this, building an almost cult-like following with their 16-ounce margaritas made with fresh juices and top-shelf tequilas. Truly, people drive in from the farthest corners of the metro area for these jewel-bright drinks made from some 90 tequilas and 30 juices. All hail the beauty of fresh squeezed lime! The kitchen produces some clean, fresh, slightly elevated versions of Mexican favorites. The guacamole is made before your eyes, at tableside, and because of that it's as fresh and good as possible. The chili, made with sirloin steak and black beans, is both rib-sticking and sophisticated. A Frank-Gehry-meets-Hopalong-Cassidy interior, and the biggest television in Uptown round out the experience.








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  • Daily Happy Hours

    Daily Happy Hours  Recommended

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    For more than 10 years Bar Abilene has served as a check-in point in Uptown Minneapolis. During the afternoon, people come in after a morning shopp...

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  • Bar Abilene: Happy hour of the week

    Bar Abilene: Happy hour of the week

    By Michelle Leon | Fri, May 21, 2010

    Bar Abilene 1300 Lagoon Avenue South, Minneapolis 612.825.2525 website Hours and Details:  Monday-Friday,4 p.m.-7 p.m. and Monday-Thursday, 9 p.m.-12 a.m: half-price tap beer, rail drinks, hous... More »

  • 10th Anniversary Happy Hours

    10th Anniversary Happy Hours

    By Jessica Armbruster | Wed, December 17, 2008

    For the past 10 years, Bar Abilene has served as an Uptown hub. On weeknights it's a stopping point for a quick beer before a movie at the Lagoon or Uptown theaters, in the summer it's a great place to stop for a snack after walking around the... More »

  • Chairmen of the Gourd

    Chairmen of the Gourd

    By Dara Moskowitz Grumdahl | Wed, November 08, 2000

    Turtle Bread Company 3421 W. 44th St., Minneapolis; (612) 924-6013 Hours: 6:30 a.m.-8:00 p.m. daily   Bar Abilene 1300 Lagoon Ave., Minneapolis; (612) 825-2525 Hours: Monday-Friday 5:00 p.m.-1:00 a.m.; Saturday noon-1:00 am; Sunday noon-10:00... More »

  • Southwestern Comfort

    Southwestern Comfort

    By Dara Moskowitz Grumdahl | Wed, December 30, 1998

    Bar Abilene 1300 Lagoon Ave., Mpls.; 825-2525 Are your walls whirling? Head pounding? Is every particle of light a veritable ham hock lodged in your cerebellum? Is your breath stinky? Then you, my lucky friend, are a full-fledged participant... More »

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  • heidipanelli
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    | Minneapolis, MN | 21 Reviews

    4
    | Tue, November 9, 2010

    guacamole made at your table...that's all I need :-) Love this place. It's been around for quite a while for a reason.

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    | Eagan, MN | 7 Reviews

    4
    | Fri, August 14, 2009

    The best tableside guacamole anywhere. Great margaritas, too.

  • JohnP322
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    | Apple Valley, MN | 1 Reviews

    4
    | Wed, April 8, 2009

    I love it! Thanks to EVERYONE that's posted a nice comment about us! As a thank you, please print out your comment, bring it in and you'll get a free $5 Gift Card! Ask for John, Tony or Tyler

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  • 2009 | Best Happy Hour

    A critical and often overlooked criterion of happy hours has to do with timing. Sure, two-for-one cocktails are delightful after work, but early evenings aren't exactly the optimal or most responsible time to milk happy hours for all they're worth. At Uptown's Bar Abilene, happy hours thankfully align with the drunk-friendliest hours of the evening. Every night between 9 and 11 p.m., the bar's generally youngish, sharp-dressed customers chase their $2 shots-of-the-day with half-priced beers... More »

  • 2004 | BEST MARGARITA

    Ideally, margaritas should be as plain as the sun in the sky: sun, a few fluffy clouds, sky--perfect! What more do you need? Well, tequila, for one, and not any of that oaked-up junk that arrivistes find so sophisticated; in a margarita, tequila should be pure as sunlight, oak smoke not needed. After the tequila you need triple sec or Cointreau. Easy enough. Then--and this is critical--fresh-squeezed lime juice. Not sour mix, not sour mix from the stanky soda gun, not Rose's lime... More »

  • 2002 | BEST MARGARITA

    As you slide into a booth in the bar area--under the industrial ranch décor of barbed-wire wreaths and lasso light fixtures--you may be momentarily overwhelmed by the two dozen margarita choices on the menu. You could try the tart "Baja Breeze," a concoction of tequila, triple sec, grapefruit juice, and cranberry juice ($5.95). Or the sweet "Pecos Peach," which mixes peach schnapps and peach purée with tequila and lime juice ($7.95). Or the exotic "West Texas Sunset," a... More »

  • 2000 | BEST MARGARITA (REINVENTED)

    Between the buckskin-colored walls and the rich cherry-hued wood booths, the entire bar area fairly sparkles at this little chunk of the New West right here in the Minneapple. So it should come as no surprise that the cocktails described on Bar Abilene's two-page margarita menu come to the table looking like translucent gems. Think of the Hibiscus margarita ($5.95) as a ruby: a deep red from the not-too-sweet hibiscus juice added to tequila and lime juice and other treasured substances. The... More »

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Main Menu
Starters
$8.95
Southwestern Slider Combo
tortilla crusted chicken, barbecued pork, pepper jack burger
$5.95
Add Chorio $2.00
Black Bean-goat's Cheese Dip
pico de gallo, tortilla chips
$9.95
Chicken Quesadilllas
red onion marmalade, cilantro line sour cream
$7.95
Cast Iron Mac And Cheese
bacon, smoked tomatoes, green onion
$7.95
Crispy Calamari
rosemary lime aioli
Soup And Salads
Add Grilled Chicken To The Caesar Or Garden Green Salad $3.95.
Cup $4.95
Bowl $6.95
Tortilla Soup
chicken smoked tomatoes, avocado, asiago, pepper jack
$8.95
Add Grilled Chicken $3.95
Southwestern Caesar Salad
shaved asiago, cayenne croutons, cumin tamarind dressing
$12.95
Grilled Flank Steak Salad
roasted pepper, tomatoes, arugula, fingerling potatoes, kalamata olives
$12.95
Texas Ranch Salad
grilled chicken, roasted corn, bacon, avocado, bleu cheese dressing
Southwestern Specialties
$9.95
Chicken Soft Tacos
lettuce, pico de gallo, red chile sour cream
$9.95
Hard Shell Spicy Beef Tacos
lettuce, chipotle roasted tomato salsa, jack cheese
$11.95
Tacos Al Pastor
soft corn tortilla, braised pork, pineapple, guajillo chile salsa
$11.95
Chicken Sour Cream Enchiladas
annatto rice, salsa verde, pico de galo, queso fresco
$12.95
Penne Pasta
shrimp roasted pepper, smoked tomato, chipotle cream
Burger And Sandwiches
Hand Cut French Fries Or Cayenne Onion Rings Or Creamy Coleslaw.
$9.95
Spicy Texas Burger
chorizo, fried egg, pepper jack, lettuce, onion, tomato
$9.95
Blue Cheese Burger
red onion marmalade, lettuce, onion tomato
$8.95
Jalapeno Pepper Jack Burger
red fresno chilies, fresh jalapenos, pepper jack
$8.95
Southwestern Turkey Burger
cheddar cheese, lettuce, onion, tomato
$8.95
The New Veggie Burger
black bean, quinoa, mushrooms, onion, lettuce, tomato
Desserts
$4.95
Chocolate Fritters
vanilla ice cream, hot fudge
$5.95
Pumpkin Cheesecake
pepita crust, whiskey butter scotch sauce
$5.95
Iron Skillet Chocolate Chip Cookie Sundae
vanilla ice cream
$5.95
Warm Apple Tostada
sauteed apples, tequila-caramel sauce, cinnamon ice cream
$2.95
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