Awards & Press

Mpls/St.Paul:
Dinner's Choice Award
"Best Bar"
"Best Burger and Fries"
1st Annual Chili Bowl "Two Alarm"

City Pages:
"Best Chili"
"Best Bar"

Star Tribune:
"First Annual Blue Ribbon Ribs as featured at the Pickled Parrot"

Voted 100 Best Bars in America
"The Loon Cafe is a sane saloon.  A pretty, unadorned drinking and eating establishment for the Twin Cities up and coming." --Esquire

"Soul Asylum's local eating and drinking hangout." --Rolling Stone

Voted one of America's Best Singles Bars
"Office workers, docs, lawyers, art folks, visiting celebs, ladies openly on the move." --Playboy

"Minnesota is famous for its wild rice, an ingredient that has shown off splendidly in the thick and hearty Wild Rice Soup served at The Loon Cafe." --Bon Appetit

"The salsa served at the Loon Cafe is terriffic!" --Star Tribune

"Signs hanging at the Loon Cafe take a political swipe at the governor and his sometimes far fetched ideas to stimulate economic growth" --LA Times

"One of the 200 best drinking establishments in the USA" --Gallery Magazine

"If there was a big game at the Metrodome, it's a safe bet that a lot of fans will end up at the Loon Cafe afterwards."  --Mpls/St.Paul Magazine

"The Loon Cafe in Minneapolis's Warehouse District, a downtown neighborhood strong on food, drink, and music"
--The Traveler

Chicago Bears QB Jim McMahon called the chili at the Loon Cafe "The Chili of Champions". --Newsweek

"Baseball spoken here" is the motto of the Loon Cafe in Minneapolis's warehouse district. --The New York Times

"Favorite hangouts of musicians, jocks, journalists, wallstreet types, lawyers, yuppies - The Loon Cafe."
--Cosmopolitan

Featured In:
Sports Illustrated
SKI
New York Times
Playboy
National Geographic
Newsweek
Bon Appetit
Esquire
Cosmo
USA Today
Traveler
Mpls/St.Paul Magazine
City Pages
Reader
Star Tribune
LA Times
Gallery Magazine