Living it up in the lobby
Star Tribune: by Tom Horgen
April 1, 2009
You don't need a room to party at any one of the Twin Cities' growing list of elegant hotel bars.
Hotel bars -- once the domain of lonely, rumpled traveling salesmen -- are not only as hot as any nightclub, some of them are nightclubs (with no cover!). Three swank hotels have opened in Minneapolis since August -- the W Hotel, the Hotel Minneapolis and a funky little place called aloft (so hip, it's all in lowercase). Like the Chambers and Graves before them, each is anchored by a fun, flashy and refreshing bar scene. Holiday Inns these are not.