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Made famous by the '90s comedy classic Grumpy Old Men, the Half Time Rec has been a staple of the Saint Paul nightlife scene for several years. Its stage hosts some of the best Irish music in the Cities, and its basement is the home of two bocce quarts. The plethora of bar games may make the Half Time Rec an ideal place to spend a happy hour, but it's the friendly atmosphere that keeps the thirsty public coming back.
You can tell the place has had some satisfied customers because there's photographic evidence right there on top of the bar: A sea of plastic-covered Polaroids displays happy, drink-reddened faces for posterity. (Some of the pictures feature the subject in front of the very bar of photos you're looking at, which, if one is drunk enough, can lead to a Keanu-esque "whoa" moment.) The cheerful tipplers in these images run the gamut: shorthaired and jocky, longhaired and disheveled; black,... More »
Saturday afternoon in January and we're whiling away the winter hours stupidly drinking beer in the middle of the day--again. A pint here, a bottle of Bud there, another pint God knows where, until we somehow find ourselves jacketless at the Winter Carnival, standing slack-jawed in the middle of the ice-sculpture maze wondering if there's actually a way out of the thing or if we've fallen victim to some perverse cosmic joke--again. And that's when we decide it's time to head to the nearby... More »
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