Hoggsbreath

Located in Little Canada, this is a well known "place to be" for any Saint Paul native. Popular on weekends for the bar scene, and busy throughout the week for their amazingly priced, large portioned, lunch specials.

I was standing to the side of where food comes out of the kitchen. A young lady was standing there, doing something close to nothing, so I was not sure if she worked there or not. She finally turned to give me a 'what do you want??' look and I said 'I am here to pick up food for ____' . She gets this confused and appalled look on her face and says 'What?!?' (, the sort of response you would expect if you asked a car mechanic for a ice cream cone. ) I repeated my request. She then took a large amount of time to explain it would take another 3 minutes to get the food. She did a Karate Kid , wax on/wax off, shuffling motion with her hands , for some reason not really apparent to me, while doing this.Nice to see the restaurant has not messed with the winning formula of a dive bar atmosphere and indifferent waiters.

It's a typical dive bar with strong drinks, greasy food and loud music. There was a line dancing event The night we were there, which was a lot of fun. There are also pool tables and darts in the basement, which makes for a great night as well. The parking lot is large and has plenty of space and the service is good.

This place is nice in terms of a "dive bar." The drinks are generously poured and while the food menu is very typical for a bar, it has plentiful variety of options. The workers all seem to be on top of things, flowing around constantly which is nice. The bathrooms are nice for a dive bar. They also have a small arcade downstairs as well as some pool tables. They have a variety of events including bingo. Cosmic bingo on Saturday nights underneath black lights - very fun! Lots TV screens with various sports games on.

Food was good, service a bit Meh...Other than that...I've been going to the Hoggsbreath for over 20 years

A mixed experience - I'm averaging it all out to a 3.5 stars - okay.After driving by this place thousands of times over the decades, I actually went inside with a buddy to grab some lunch.FOOD:My 3 Alarm Burger had great flavor but the patty came to me cold. I'm not sure how they pulled this off but it happened. My friend's Walleye Hoagie was okay. The onion rings & fries - standard fare - okay. My pickle fries were good. These things are actually a little tricky to get right; they burn or come out soggy if you don't get the timing right. They nailed it. Drinks came out fast.SERVICE:The service was excellent. My lunch-mate is disabled and he was a little rude to our server. I was slightly horrified by this but he really can't help himself because of his condition. I don't like people that are mean to servers. But our server was GREAT. She took everything in stride, she stayed professional and friendly. I slipped her a fat tip to make-up for the hassle.SUMMARY:Hoggsbreath has been around for a L-O-N-G time, and they're obviously doing a lot of things right. I'd say this isn't a destination location for food whatsoever. But it's a nice place to hang out with friends if you're in the area. And of course, last but certainly not least, they have lot of events. I think this place transforms into something completely different when there's a live event at night.-Maxx

service was great, staff were amazing. so many options for food. a casual lunch that turned out amazing.

Good morning,I love the variety of food on the menu so we decided to give it another try. I've been here before but don't visit often as the vibe at the bar has been really sub par (not friendly) So we decided to try again and had one drink and left! Bartender the most rude I've ever encountered; yelled at us for switching bar stools as the one we chose was rocky. That's how she greeted us, no hello, no happy holidays. The couple next to us chimed in to express that they they got "yelled" at too! And that the bartender was mean. Lots of bars to choose from and I would reevaluate this server if you want customers to chose yours. We were there on Sunday 12/22/24 at 11:15am. What a shame, I like the menu.

Placed an online order and arrived at the specified pickup time. Waitress and bartender both said they'd check on my order (chicken sandwich with fries and Buffalo wrap with onion rings). There we're a couple of groups at tables and people sitting at the bar but it was not overly busy or crowded.They then both ignored me and provided no updates on my order for 40 MINUTES while I stood waiting. I asked where we were with the order and the waitress said a couple more minutes and then finally brought the food out 15 minutes later. When I said that a 40+ minute wait for takeout is brutal she said "I don't know what else to tell you".Food was fine, service will stop me from ever returning to this location.

The food was good but the bartender was rude. She told me to give her a f**king minute.