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Article: THIS PLACE IS A DIVE; How do you find the best dive bar in the Twin Cities? You'll just know it when you're there.(VITA.MN)
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- Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN)
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- August 14, 2008
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Byline: SARAH MOEDING
What makes a dive bar? Some say pulltabs. Or waitresses over 50. Or grizzled regulars bellied up at the bar, who've been there since the doors creaked open for the day. Cheap wood paneling. Meat raffles. A lack of palatable foodstuffs, hipsters, a dance floor or a stage. A moniker that involves the possessive of some old dude's name.
I say it's all of these, and none of these. Like so many things, a dive bar is a place with a certain kind of feeling. Sure, the staff might be cranky, but you feel at home. When you order your Grain Belt Premium or Seven and 7, it doesn't cost you more than four bucks, and often you wind up with two ...