Mum's the Word

Great place.  Cheap drinks.  Decent pool tables, free wifi.  Great outdoor space that is real close to the bar.  My favorite place to go when we go to Mankato.

Always a fan of Mum's.  The place usually draws a decent crowd. I always enjoyed watching Sunday baseball in the summer.  Cheap taps.  With the garage door open, it's like you outside, but you're really bellied up at a bar.  The popcorn is always a plus, as well as being able to bring my Blue Bricks food on over.  (They don't serve food, so they allow this.)   They have a great array of bar games, decent staff, and a great owner.
Gotta love the "indoor" tree too.   Surprised it survived the smoking era - Ha :)

I was out on their patio relaxing in the sun yesterday.  Why Mum's, when there are 5 or 6 other patio's within 50 yards?  Because Mum's is the cheapest place to drink in downtown Mankato.  It's so cheap that students don't usually hang out here, rather it's down on their luck 40-50 somethings with drinking problems.  

I don't care, I'll sacrifice ambiance for $1.50 tap beer.  They don't serve food, but they let you bring your own food into the bar.  I ordered some wings from BW3's and enjoyed them with my $1.50 Miller Lite taps.  It's better than paying $4.50 for the same tap beer at BW3's.

Also, they have free popcorn, several pool tables and darts inside.  One time, there was this fat asshole, who claimed to be Glen Taylor's son at the bar.  He kept showing off his roll of 20's to everyone in the bar and was driving a Hummer, so he may have been telling the truth.  He seemed to be too big of a fuck up to have at least $500 in cash and an expensive SUV.  He was bragging that he was pulled over for swerving when he was getting a bj from hot blond chick, and that the cops let him go, despite the booze on his breath because they knew who he was.  He also kept tossing $1 bills on the ground, because they don't mean shit to him.  He would buy a round of drinks for all the ladies and then toss any singles he had on the ground.