If you are in the Twin Cities of Minneapolis & St. Paul Minnesota we welcome you to join us in Downtown St. Paul at Alary’s Bar. Alary’s opened in the current location in 1999 by the Owner, Al Baisi Jr.
Al Jr. is the son of Al Baisi Sr. who played for the Bears wearing #26 at offensive guard and defensive tackle on the World Championship teams of 1940, 1941, and 1946. He was part of the 1940 team that beat the Redskins in the Championship game 73-0 which remains today as the most lopsided win in NFL History.
Al Sr. came to Minnesota after his football career ended and opened the first version of Alary’s in 1949. He was a fixture at the newest Alary’s until in he passed in 2005. Al Jr. kept the tradition of Alary’s going by purchasing and renovating a classic brick building that housed a paint store.
During the first season of 1999 there was a small following that averaged about 30 fans per week with only one bartender/server for the whole place. It started off with the Bears Game, and ONLY the Bears Game, on 27” TV’s round the bar, a big rear-projection for most of the tables and a puny TV in the back corner for any fan of another team that might wander in.
Now the bar has hugely expanded with 50” HiDef’s everywhere, both inside and outside. There is a staff of over a dozen bartenders and servers with over 65 Beers on tap! They have the largest beer garden in St Paul where the Alary’s Burger & Brat Tailgate Tradition is serving every game no matter the weather.
There is a heated tent erected during the winter if you wish to sit “outside” and enjoy a cigar and there is plenty of Free Parking in the huge ramp right next door. Bears memorabilia populates every wall and the games average 250 fans a week with big games packing the bar to over 400 strong! We do trivia questions at half time to test your Bears knowledge.
If you are in Minnesota and you want to have the most fun with the biggest group Bears fans make sure to stop in and join us at Alary’s Bar “Where Bears Fans Meet”!
