Tracy’s Saloon

We went during happy hour and had wings and beer. The Berbere wings were really good; we ended up ordering a second order of those. The Cajun wings were pretty ok, but there didn’t seem to be much flavor to them other than «hot.» The waitress wasn’t very friendly, but she was adequate enough. It’s a good thing we were having good conversation amongst ourselves.
The ambiance can only be described as hipster.

I grew up in this neighborhood, and Tracy’s was near and dear to me through collage and beyond. It was for a very long time a bona fide neighborhood bar. It was open for lunch 7 days a week too with daily specials and had a weird little cartoons theme.
Fast forward to the present, the atmosphere now is sort of like some lame attempt at upscale. It’s gentrified into something no where near as warm or likable. Honestly, the food is way better at Pizza Luce and they have a full bar too and the prices are not sometimes so different.
Tracy’s is still good for bar food, still has okay service, still has good wings. It’s cleaner now and more «modernized» but I miss lunch, and I miss the soul that got updated right out of Tracy’s.

The night I found Tracy’s, you could have fed me a brick with mayonnaise & bacon and pleased me-​SO hungry. Got acknowledged in a few minutes, but no one took an order for five more, enthusiastically asked for a menu, that & the beer came 10 minutes later. After another 10 minutes of waiting for someone to see if I wanted anything from the menu, I slammed my beer, paid and left STARVING. Probably could have been more patient, but Elton John, Cher-​no irony either. And no wi fi. 2016 people. Experience counts.

Yah… I don’t enjoy writing poor reviews, but this particular experience was pretty bad.
I went to Tracy’s Saloon with 5 friends after playing hockey at Augsburg. Good news, it was wooden nickel night.
We were pretty hungry, so two of us got burgers. At $ 12.25, I was expecting something that wood rival the BullDog or CC Club. I was given a charcoal brick. I took the bun off and turned it over, since toppings obscured the surface of one side, and yep, carbonized beef. Couldn’t get the taste out of my mouth, even with an IPA.
To the servers credit, she did comp my burger and get me a replacement burger. So I can’t complain about the service. How the chef could flip that hockey puck over and let it out of the kitchen I’ll never know.
Stay away from the food. Over priced to start with, and not much pride going on in the kitchen. Unemployment is at 3.5% in Minnesota, find work you love.

A friend highly recommended this place for the food, so I really wanted to like this place.
However, we were served by the bartender who had zero personality and no time for us. We asked for waters with our drinks. Nothing, until I requested a second time. And the starter took at least a half hour to come out.
Since the starter was nothing special and we felt so unwelcome, we went across the street and had dinner at Pizza Luce.

Yum, Yum YUM!!! Ate here last night with a friend for Happy Hour/​early dinner. We ended up skipping them apps and just getting burgers, as most burgers were 40% off. I got the Kirby – 7 oz burger with lettuce, cheddar cheese and thousand island dressing. It was delicious! You can definitely tell it is a scratch kitchen. Delicious! I also got a margarita which I would skip next time. We also shared a fabulous strawberry malt for dessert, and they split it for us which was very appreciated. One malt is MORE than enough for two people!
The ambiance is great, I love that it is small and cozy and has cool MN-​themed pictures on the wall. Can’t wait to go back.

Great neighborhood Seward bar. Excellent scotch list, good beers on tap, super apps (brussel sprouts with Chorizo), falafel, great adult malts for dessert, cool mix of neighborhood people. 5 stars!

I love they’re happy hour. Half priced margaritas and 40% off appetizers, the wings are delicious. Food and a couple drinks for under $ 20. Can’t beat that! Quick service too.

Surprisingly nice place with a great neighborhood feel. The food was very good and I was impressed with the menu offering. Service was good.

SCORE! We gave Tracy’s another chance a couple of days ago. They are a different place altogether service-​wise. It’s such a treat because their food has always been crave-​worthy. They were busy and still, the moment we sat down our waiter was there to great us. He didn’t rush us, just let us know that he saw us come in. Everyone who waited on us was both friendly and energetic. None of the «doing you a favor by noticing you. I hate my life. Sigh.»
Now that the service matches the food, no one is going to need to twist my arm to return. Tracy’s has the best fries. Please try the Kirby burger. This place loves to do specials like date night deals and different burgers. Worth a peek at their website to see what’s going on. The Totchos are fantastically good. Tater tots and cheese — who knew?

Best wings I’ve had in the area. They aren’t breaded so you get a nice crispy skin and they come with enough sauce to cover the wings! As they should. I seriously don’t get the appeal of dry rubbed or greasy, breaded wings. The buffalo and siracha lime sauces are the tastiest. Tracy, please never change your wings!!!

Seward has plenty of businesses I frequent, so it’s only natural that I’ve stopped into Tracy’s a few times for drinks — and have been pleased with my experiences. They have a good beer selection but also make a killer bloody mary for those Sundays when hair-​o-​the-​dog is just what you need. While I’ve never tried the food yet, it seems to have options for carnivores and vegetarians alike, but it does get busy and the times I’ve come for dinner, it’s been too packed. It seems mid-​afternoon or late night works best if you don’t feel like waiting for a table to open up.
As for the environment itself, the place has a clean and cozy vibe without being stuffy OR overly casual. While I haven’t encountered the happy hour wooden nickel promotion yet, I’ve heard enough about it to want to take advantage one of these days! The bar is a bit small but worth bellying up to if you’re able. Bartenders are often friendly and just chatty enough.

Great place for happy hour and meeting friends. Shared the pita and hummus and an order of totchos. The hummus was some of the best hummus I have had!

Food is above-​average quality for bar food. My boyfriend and I come here a lot as we live nearby and are totally addicted to the sauteed broccolini and the dry rub wings. The dry rub is very similar to Shorty and Wags, for those that are familiar. The broccolini is always perfectly crisp-​tender and seasoned with lemon, garlic, and Parmesan. We’ve tried their totchos also and I didn’t really care for them, but I’m not really into tater tots in the first place. Between the tots, sour cream, salsa and melted shredded cheese the dish was one big mush, whereas I prefer my nachos crunchy – texture is a big thing for me.
We never seem to make it there during happy hour. The couple of times we have, the drink specials were meh. $ 4 Summit EPA pints and ½ price margaritas. I HATE Summit of any kind so I ordered a margarita… and could barely choke it down. Cheap margarita mix + cheaper tequila = acid reflux city. Don’t be a cheapo like me; just pay full price for something you know you like.
I’m not sure if they typically have security there; I don’t think I have ever seen any, but if they don’t, they really should. The last two times we’ve been there, there’s been crackheads loitering about and harassing patrons for money both outside and inside the place. This most recently occurred this past Saturday night around 7pm, and one other time around 9pm on a weeknight – point being, these incidents weren’t isolated or limited to typical late-​night antics that can sometimes occur in bars. Let’s face it, this is not the best neighborhood. It’s not terrible, but it’s not great. There is a large transient population that hangs around this ‘hood. Usually that’s a non-​issue, but it is something to keep in mind if you’re rollin’ solo.

Tracy’s is just my favorite place to eat in Minneapolis for a regular night out, my neighborhood go-​to. Since we live in Seward, it’s nice to have a place that offers affordable, yet delicious, food and drinks. Their food and drink specials are great, and you are most likely to find us here on Tuesdays for wing night (the Tracy’s rub is so good!)
Beyond the wings, the quality of the plated meals is really unexpected from a place that looks so dive-​y from the outside (with things like Curry and Steaks) The mid-​week dinner special is always a really great value.
Other things that are oddly delicious-​the garlic Broccolini, the stuffed dates and the garden salad with chicken in the Tracy’s hot sauce.
The service always kind of sucks, but you can only ask for so much, right?

Tracy’s is a decent bar with great bar food. I had the vegetable curry, which was delicious. The apricot chutney was fantastic, but I do think that the curry could have used a few more veggies and more rice. It was pretty much red pepper (big slices) and cilantro in a great curry sauce. Potato, cauliflower, peas, carrots — any traditional curry veggies would have been a welcome addition. I also had a cosmopolitan, which was fine — nothing to brag about. My friend ordered a Manhattan and it came out in a martini glass and had a ton of vermouth. I’d say the beer and the food is great.
It’s also super loud in there and the bathrooms are some of the most awkward I have been in. If you are concerned about handicap accessibility, the bathrooms are a challenge.

Several wing flavors. Can’t decide which one you want? Don’t worry, you can split your order between two. That’s what I did! Got the buffalo wings and the bbq wings.
The BUFFALO wings were naked (not breaded) and doused in sauce. They reminded me a lot of the wings at Runyons in the way that frying them un-​breaded made the skin a bit tougher. The BBQ wings were the same fried wings, but with a tangy sauce that dripped. For me, it would have been nice if they were grilled or maybe finished off in the oven… they were just too wet. In total there were about 10 wings which should have cost me $ 10.25. However, to my surprise this appetizer was ½ priced and so were the fries I got.
The fries were good and plentiful. The were a bit salty for me (which is a rarity) but other than that I really liked them. Skinny, crisp and light! They were served with an aioli which was okay alone but even better when combined with ketchup.
To wash it all down, I tried the Caribbean Cosmo which was a steal at $ 7.25 and they didn’t skimp on the liquor. I don’t typically get/​like cosmos, but enjoyed this one; it wasn’t strong upon first sip, but it eventually the alcohol caught up with me. That’s how I like my drinks (slow and steady)! Overall, majority of their cocktails were priced really well.
They have ample seating, and space in the dining area to accommodate larger groups. At the bar they have two smaller TV’s, but with the bar being emptier and the volume being up… I still couldn’t hear anything. Service was fine, nothing friendly or outstanding, but also nothing rude or slow.
If I was in the area on an early Saturday evening or late evening, yes I’d consider returning; especially when you consider my entire meal (including drink) was only $ 15.88. YAY for Happy Hour!!!

Better-​than-​average bar food with a good beer selection. Laid back vibe. If that’s what you seek, you’ll be happy. The free popcorn went away with the remodel though. Guess they’re too fancy for that shiz now.
If you want something special, this ain’t it. (Unless you first met your boo here years ago and you come in to share some wings on your anniversary. Otherwise no.)

Tracy’s is my favorite neighborhood bar of any neighborhood ever. Their happy hours are varied but consistent, and the 2 for 1 wooden nickles are genius. Their food is far better than standard bar food and they have a good selection of beer. As a bonus their free popcorn is the best bar popcorn I’ve had — not too salty… but salty enough. Great bar environment.
Show up early on burger night, and keep an eye out for the creamy potato dill soup.
AND LIKE, 3.50 BLOODIES DURING BRUNCH HOURS? YES PLEASE. I really like their bloody. It’s classic, not a lot of fixings, and their olives actually are the only bad thing I’ve ever experienced at Tracy’s, but I still order it time after time. Plus the 3.50 deal really is unbeatable. It’s a tall glass, not watered down.

4 stars for the wings and the beer. 2 stars for the service. 3 stars overall.
I went for happy hour today with a co-​worker who raves about the wings here. They were quite good. Went with the BBQ. 9 bucks for 10 wings. Lot of meat and lot of sauce. Much better than a BW3 but not as good as D-​Spot (but no beer at D-​Spot). Best to go on Tuesdays for the Wings from what I understand when they are on special and have a new flavor of the week each Tuesday.
The two stars on the service is no knock on the friendliness of the staff. They were just outnumbered by customers too much where they couldn’t keep up. They only had one bartender and one server for the tables. I waited what felt like ten minutes to get my first beer. When my co-​worker arrived he waited probably fifteen minutes for his first beer, no exaggeration. It was also a really long wait for the food to come out. Bartender was cool, though, and apologized for the delay. He recommended the Surly Wet. I had never had it before, and it is awesome! Similar to a Bell’s Hopslam. Unfortunately, you can only get it in a ten ounce glass because of the high ABV on it.
I will go back. They have a bunch of other stuff on the menu that I would like to try — rainbow trout, apple cured ribs and prawns with ginger noodle to name a few.