Some bars get cooler with age, and some simply get older and crustier. The Hexagon Bar in the Seward neighborhood of southeast Minneapolis has somehow accomplished both after 80 years in business. The Hex – which sits at the corner of 27th Av. S. and 26th St., across from Stardust Lanes – has followed the examples of the Turf Club, Mayslack’s and the Terminal Bar, becoming an old neighborhood bar that books younger music acts.
Thanks to a new stage and booking agent, Chris Dorn of the Beatifics, the place has suddenly become popular again. But one of the reasons it seems so hip is that it really looks and feels like the same, old, divey neighborhood bar. The artwork is mostly cheap beer signs. And the main waitress, Rosie, reminds you of “your favorite aunt and a drill sergeant,” as owner Bob Hupp affectionately described her.
