The concept is reflective of its owner, Roy Caples, who wanted a mature gay piano bar, and Janssen, who worked for years in a busy Lakeville sports bar called Babe's. "It's kind of an oxymoron," Janssen said. The bewildering combination (piano in the front, sports in the back) isn't lost on its proprietors. "When I heard it the first time, I said, 'What?!'"Īll late-night innuendo aside, Janssen said the funny name actually refers to that old phrase, "tickle the ivories," because Tickles is a piano bar.Īnd a sports bar. General manager Joel Janssen's boyfriend suggested the name. What's in a name? A lot if you're a gay bar called Tickles. On opening night, patrons were happy just to have a bar open late - a hard thing to come by in this neighborhood. It's still all beer and wine (no hard liquor). It's smaller than the other two, forgoing an actual bar for more seating. The new one is just like nearby Linden Hills - quaint and homey. Paul's Highland Park is bigger, slicker and more refined. The original in south Minneapolis is well-worn, just like your parents' basement. The Chatterboxes tend to take on the characteristics of their neighborhood. It is, complete with couches, eight-bit Nintendos and stacks of childhood board games. "People keep coming in and saying, 'Are you really open?'" manager Michael Deranek said on opening night. The white paper that plastered the windows of the old Cafe Bicko space for so long has finally come down. After months of delays, the bar has opened its third location near the corner of 44th St. "It's bizarre this place is like hanging out in my parents' basement," he said.īeer and a board game, with a side of "Super Mario Bros." That's the Chatterbox. Bryde, 36, hadn't picked up an old-school Nintendo controller in a long, long time. Chatterbox PubĪfter a few rounds of Jenga last Monday night, John Bryde and his wife, Stacey, switched to a game of "Super Mario Bros" at the new Chatterbox Pub in Minneapolis. With all the doom and gloom surrounding our aching economy, you'd think the little guy would be in trouble.īut the Twin Cities has seen the opening of several neighborhood bars in recent months.
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