When temperatures drop, moods soar at these hotspots. Take your pick among these local favorite evening destinations and the heart-pumping adrenaline and foot-tapping tunes will warm you right up. Try something new. It’s the best way to cure cabin fever.
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Live Music
Inspired by the entertaining and dining options of The Great Depression and World War II eras, Crooner’s Supper Club gives the dinner-and-a-show tradition a modern spin while nodding to the past. Named “Best Jazz Club of the Twin Cities 2018” by City Pages plus “Great Jazz Venue 2018” by DownBeat, Crooners features singers that range from soloists to great bands. Meanwhile, warm up with soups, pasta, steaks, and more deliciousness.
A sports bar vibe warms this space and the big screens will be tuned to Minnesota Vikings games whenever possible. Maxx Bar & Grill features live bands every Friday and Saturday night playing a variety of music sure to please everyone with a large dance floor! Bar Bingo every Monday, Wednesday, and Thursday at 6:30. When you’re not on the dance floor, fill up on nachos, soups, broasted chicken, burgers, pizza, pasta, and a variety of hot treats.
Warm up sitting in front of the raging stone fireplace or sipping a hot toddy at the convivial bar. Moe’s Bar & Restaurant is part community picnic, part church carnival, part neighborhood bar, part pre-game tailgate and all the best of the Midwest. The menu offers soul-warming favorites like black and blue sirloin, pan fried walleye, BBQ Ribs Moe’s Way, and an eclectic mix of hot sandwiches, Cajun chicken pasta, and other dishes prepared from fresh ingredients. Every Thursday it’s BBQ & Blues night: Enjoy their happy hour daily from 2-6 p.m.
At Serum’s Good Time Emporium the old and new mix playfully. The circa-1885 building is filled with antiques from the 1890s while the kitchen cooks up more than a million of what’s billed as “the best wings west of Buffalo” each year alongside ribs, burgers, pizza, burritos, and other bites. Karaoke is staged every Wednesday and a rotation of musicians play live every Thursday, Friday, and Saturday night from 8 p.m. to midnight. Enjoy happy hour two-for-one specials every day from 4 to 6 p.m.
Live Theater
Enjoy “big city theatre with hometown charm” in the heart of Historic Downtown Anoka at the Lyric Arts Main Street Stage. Take in a show (including musicals, dramas, comedies, and children’s productions) or a live music event that’s part of the “Live at Lyric Arts” concert series. Well-known local artists performing a range of styles from bluegrass to rock to folk are featured. From Nov. 22-Dec.r 22, catch Georgiana & Kitty: Christmas at Pemberley, a holiday production based on the characters from Jane Austin’s “Pride and Prejudice”.
