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Let's Play Hockey!

by Stephanie March   ::   posted on Mar. 07, 2007 - 7:40am

It's tournament time, people. You know what that means ... St. Paul restaurants will be packed with out-state hockey kids and their hockey parents. That's a lot of Coke and Pepsi, my friends.

But I actually have a great place for you, even if you're all painted up and ready to WHOOP. If your team happened to draw Warroad, or worse yet Holy Angels, in the first round, you might need some help: get to the Great Waters Brewery.

Great Waters' beer is blessed. The brewery sits on the site of the original St. Paul Cathedral and still uses the old natural spring well. Seriously, kick back a pint of Fire & Ice Ale, throw down a couple of Hail Marys for your team and see if they can't shut down the Rosemont machine.

Besides blessed beer, Great Waters has good food that is clearly better than toxic orange nachos from the concession stand. Their Rasta Wings are really hot and you gotta love a place with a house-baked pretzel on the menu. Burgers are big, chicken sandwiches are juicy and, if you're tucking in for a celebration dinner, try the pork chops marinated in St. Peter Pale Ale.