A Bar of Their Own
Sports bar · Seward ·
Smash burgers, wings, and cocktails at women's sports bar
Smash burgers, wings, and cocktails at women's sports bar
"Dedicated to creating a safe, inclusive space that plays women’s sports constantly, I found A Bar of Their Own to be a classic Midwestern sports bar with a feminist spin: the draft list highlights women‑ and trans‑owned or -made brews, and popular programming like Brunch and Ball draws crowds to cheer the Minnesota Lynx while eating Breakfast Totchos and French toast sticks. The venue often packs with women’s sports fans and hosts events ranging from speed puzzling and sports author talks to fundraisers for local trans sports organizations (and even attracted WNBA player Courtney Williams’ dad during away games)." - Melissa Kravitz Hoeffner
"The Cities’ first bar dedicated entirely to women’s sports offers local beer on draft, a tight list of cocktails and mocktails, and a big bar food menu, feat. Caesars, smash burgers, kimchi carnitas sandwiches, fried pickles, and more in the former Tracy’s Saloon space. Women’s sports are playing on all screens, all the time. Even better, Tracy’s sold ABOTO its wing recipe, so that famous dry rub appears on the menu as well." - Eater Staff
"This bar became the Steve Rummler HOPE Network’s first restaurant-or-bar Naloxone Access Point (NAP), expanding harm reduction beyond distribution to awareness and destigmatization. Alicia House of the Steve Rummler HOPE Network emphasizes the visibility piece: "Resources are great, harm reduction is amazing, but if nobody's aware of them, and they can't access them, they're only doing so much." Staff at the bar have also made hand-drawn harm-reduction zines available in the bathrooms to help spread information in an approachable way." - Justine Jones
"Built through sheer force of will and community support, this bar — inspired by Jenny Nguyen’s Portland Sports Bra and opened by Jillian Hiscock — reimagined a neighborhood tavern into a dedicated women’s sports destination. The transformation kept the kitchen’s uber-popular wing recipe while redecorating the walls with Maya Moore jerseys, pride flags, and softball murals; the owners negotiated streaming rights across disparate platforms to get everything from roller derby to the WNBA on the screens. The place functions like a true community home: when wins stack up, the joy is compounded by the room; when heartbreak happens — for example, after the Minnesota Lynx lost a record-breaking championship game on what many called the most egregious referee call in the history of the WNBA — it’s one of the few places that holds that grief. Despite early naysayers who doubted a women’s-sports bar could last, the project stands as a testament to the old line, “If you build it, they will come.”" - Justine Jones
"ABOTO is the cities’ first bar dedicated entirely to women’s sports, offering local beer on draft, a tight list of cocktails and mocktails, and a full bar-food menu (Caesars, smash burgers, kimchi carnitas sandwiches, fried pickles) with women’s sports playing on all screens." - Justine Jones