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Esquire ranks Nye's among best bars in the nation (again)

Nye's Polonaise Room, located just across the Hennepin Avenue Bridge from downtown Minneapolis, has again made the upper reaches of Esquire magazine's national bar ratings. In 2006, Esquire named Nye's the best bar in America; this year, as the Star Tribune notes, Nye's is listed as one of "10 Bars Every Man Should Drink in Before He Dies." Six other bars in Minneapolis and St. Paul also rate mentions by the magazine.

"If they made a sequel to Fargo, the first scene would be set here. The sparkling vinyl booths and sing-along piano bar made this place the epitome of swank for the generations of Polish-Americans who populated northeast Minneapolis. Thankfully, the old-timers refuse to yield."

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