I am looking for the best bloody mary in MSP, I like them spicy and loaded up with all the accoutrements! Please give me some tips!
spicytess
Feb 11, 2008 10:10AM
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Some may say Ike's, and it is a good pick. It certainly comes packed full of crap to eat...the problem, all that crap (it has a shrimp...and a beef stick amongst like 13 other thing). takes up room in the glass that should be filled with bloody mary. Good mix, not too spicy, expensive.
The best? Spring Street Tavern on Monroe in NE. Incredible house-made mix with just the right amount of worchestershire and herbs. Whether they make it or you make it yourself, you can get it packed with crap and ask for it on the side. $3 with Abolute (yack) or $5 with Stoli on Saturday and Sunday mornings.
Honorable mention: Jax, Firelake, Chino (with sriracha), Uptowner.
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Thank you for the feedback! I have a whole list of new places to grab a bloody now, only tasted Chino's offering from your list. is the spring street tavern a good brunch, or any at all?
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No brunch but great breakfast, especially if you are hung over ;) It is a character-filled local spot with generous pulltabs, strong drinks, and an unstopable #9.
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triple rock's bloody mary qualifies (spiced up nicely), but only comes with pickle, olive & beer back. it comes in a nice big pint glass though, and is the bloody mary i frequently crave.
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At least a few years ago, the same bloody mary was served at Grumpy's on Washington, I heard because they had some bartenders in common.
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tic-tak! the bartender in common, that is--that's his name, with the tattooed sideburn dots and the grumpy, lovable demeanor-- also at 1st ave. . . i digress. not sure if tic-tak still works at grumpy's downtown but according to dh he was about a year ago-- but the bloody mary in question was developed at triple rock, by billy, and is justly attributed to this west bank punk rock institution. grumpy's downtown is a lovely bar as well--i agree with McGeary that the punk-rock soundtrack at 3rock puts my heart a-fluttering, and the breakfast at 3rock is sublime, and i always seem to run into old friends at 3rock. . . but the atmosphere might not be everyone's (or everyone's gramma's) cup of tea. grumpy's is a nice, slightly tamer, alternative--still with enough edge to it (and a good jukebox as well). better pooltables at grumpy's. the old timers on staff are among the best barstaff in town. . . ah, memories.
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[PURELY FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES! NOT PLUGGING, I PROMISE!]
tik tak doesn't work at grumpy's (much to my chagrin, as i DO!), but he can often be found sitting on the customer side of our bar. he does work at the triple rock, though. i believe that meg usually works brunch at triple rock, and i have never had a bad bloody from her. nor from any of the bartenders there, either. a great staff, in my opinion.
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You beat me to it, SK . . . started my day off with one of these yesterday and loved it. Nice and spicy and no-nonsense; also pretty strong. Great breakfast food, too. And it's all served to a kickass punk-rock soundtrack (which gets me dewy-eyed with nostalgia for my misspent youth, but might not be everybody's cup of tea).
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If you want it loaded, Hell's Kitchen's comes with a SHRIMP in it! That's about as loaded as it gets.
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but since hell's doesn't have a full bar, it's made of beer, not vodka. some people love 'em and some not so much.
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Thanks! I have heard triple rock has a great one, and a pickle and olives may qualify as plenty of fillers is the mix is as good as you say. The shrimp at Hells Kitchen really enticed me, I am glad you posted the info on the beer. I ahve never had a bloody with beer and not sure if I would like that! Thanks...
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Another vote for the Triple Rock Bloody here.
The Hell's Kitchen Bloody is made with Summit EPA, if I recall correctly. I'm on Team "not so much" as far as they're concerned. I can't help thinking that it just tasted like they haven't washed their glasses between cocktails.
Palomino used to put shrimp in their Bloodys too. I don't know if that's still the case.
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The Chatterbox does one with Sake that I find quite good. I don't think I would like Summit in one though.
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I have had good Bloody Mary's made with beer, but Hell's Kitchen's are pretty bad. I do not care for them at all.
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I love the Bloody Marys at the Town Talk. On Sundays, they include a pickle wrapped in cream cheese wrapped in ham. The best! They have a few variations so I'm sure there's one that's spicy enough for you.
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Never had it but but I heard the Bloody at Floyd's in Victoria was the be all end all.
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I was at Bryant Lake Bowl two Sundays ago, and I saw the bartender making Bloody Marys and it looked quite impressive. I did not order one though. I think Uptown has a very good one as well as screwdrivers that you could buy a cool glass to go with it! Come to think of it, didn't the Poodle club on Lake Street have a Sunday breakfast deal between 10 and 10:30 where you could get Bloody Marys and Screwdrivers cheap???
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Poodle Club is closed at last, thank heavens. The new owners sandblasted off the layers of stale smoke, grease and beer puddles to open an "Irish bues pub." Summit, Guiness and Harp on tap, plus decent fish & chips.
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Just a quick note on McMahon's Irish Pub (the former Poodle Club). No Summit on tap, the owner seems to be of the opinion that if it's not Irish, it's crap. They do, however, have a Bloody Mary Bar on Sundays...
http://www.mcmahonsirishpub.net
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Check the tap list, it is not all Diageo swill there.
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Darned if you're not right...Summit's listed as a tap. In real life, it's not on tap there, but it's listed. I know a guy, who knows a guy, who's gonna fix that web site...
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Porter & Frye is doing a Bloody Mary that is full of heat - in a burning chipotle type of way. Tried a sip of my friend's last night and I felt the burn all the way down my throat for a good ten minutes. It wasn't dolled up with accoutrement, unfortunately, just a couple of olives. The rest of their cocktail menu was really fun - lots of flavours and interesting liquors.
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Azia on eat street serves a delicious, asian-inspired bloody.
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The best bloody mary I've ever had ANYWHERE, not just in MSP, was at Saffron in downtown Minne. It's made with harissa and rocked my world. :)
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Oh, man - I have GOT to try Saffron's bloody mary. I love harissa!
Anne
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One odd thing about it, and this may not matter to you -- but Saffron uses "beef juice" in their bloody mary mix. I was having dinner there with a vegetarian friend who wanted to order a bloody, but when she asked if they could make her one sans beef juice (what the heck does that mean, anyway? Drippings from cooked meat is about the best I can hope for, I guess) they said no.
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Some Bloody Mary mixes have beef broth as an ingredient.
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I think it's the word "juice" that conjures unpleasant images of squeezing. <g>
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FYI, now that I've been to Saffron, I can report that the menu actually says "beef jus", not juice. Although I think "jus" means "juice." But that sounds better, don't you think? :)
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Ha! Yes, much classier. :) But you're right about the ingredient: in French, "jus" is closer in meaning to "broth," I think.
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sampled dh's bloody at w.a. frost's the other day. unexpectedly spicy, complex and generally ballsy for a st. paul old-school bloody! lots of horseradish and fresh cracked black pepper, great taste, elaborate garnish including pickled asparagus. the beer back was fuller's london pride, which pretty much made the whole durn thing. rates very high!
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I dig the Sake Bloody Mary at the Chatterbox.
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