Besides the requisite burgers and beer, Bina’s will serve bar snacks like mozzarella sticks and fried pickles (ordered via QR code) and have a selection of cocktails and local beers on tap. It’s shaping up to be bigger than its dive counterparts, with seating for 108 and bar stools for 22. Creating a new dive from scratch might seem a little fraught in a neighborhood so attached to its time-worn spots - but Olson said in a statement that Bina’s is a nod to Northeast. Northeast Minneapolis, of course, is the heart of the city’s dive bar scene, home to 331 Club, Vegas Lounge, Dusty’s, Grumpy’s, Tony Jaro’s, and many others.
There will be Hamm’s, burgers, and pull tabs.
Bina’s, named for owner Jami Olson’s grandparents, isn’t trying to reinvent the classic dive bar - just to reimagine it, adding “fresh and refined touches,” according to a press release.
Centro Restaurant Group has announced it’ll open a new bar next to its Quincy Street restaurant early next year.