Hop Cat

John had I went downtown to check out the new location of the Hop Cat in downtown Minneapolis on a recent Sunday afternoon. We have been to the location in Madison with Megan and Jason and we were excited to see one pop up in Minneapolis. They have a great tap beer list with tons of choices.

John had the angry bird sandwich with fries.  It is a crispy breaded chicken breast tossed in fire sauce on a toasted brioche bun with lettuce, tomato, onion and blue cheese dressing, though he substituted ranch for the blue cheese. He really liked the sandwich and said it was spicy, but not overly so.

We also ordered some crack fries, which are beer battered fries sprinkled with our signature cracked black pepper seasoning. Served with a side of warm cheese sauce for dipping. The fries are ok, but I don't think they are deserving of the name crack fries, but I don't care for a breaded french fry very much. For a breaded fry these are not bad though.

I had the quesadilla with pico-marinated chicken, chipotle black bean dip, shredded house blend cheese and spinach grilled in a cheddar tortilla. Served with salsa and sour cream. These were decent quesadillas and the portion was generous.

The service was fine, but I think our server was sent home after we were seated, so we had all of the other servers stopping by to check on us, which was fine, but they tended to ask the same questions repeatedly. Guess too much service is better than none at all.

We found the food to be pretty good for a sports bar setting and the extensive beer list is certainly the highlight and worth the special trip to downtown Minneapolis.


Hop Cat
435 Nicollet Mall
Minneapolis, MN 55401
Phone: (612) 276-5555
https://hopcat.com/minneapolis