Bars in Fargo

Black Iron Eating House is one of Fargo's most celebrated restaurants and bars — a downtown Fargo establishment with a sophisticated cocktail program and commitment to North Dakota agricultural sourcing that has helped establish Fargo as a genuine culinary destination in the upper Great Plains. Fargo's growing food and beverage culture, driven by an increasingly educated professional population, has made it one of the most surprisingly excellent small-city dining and drinking experiences in the American interior.

Dempsey's Brass Rail is Fargo's most historic bar — a downtown institution combining a full restaurant, classic bar, and live music stage that serves as one of the social anchors of Fargo's Broadway entertainment district. The bar's history stretching back generations and its role as a gathering place for Fargo's diverse community of students, professionals, and working-class North Dakotans gives it the kind of authentic, multi-generational bar culture that defines the best American neighborhood taverns.

Drekker Brewing Company is one of the most remarkable craft brewery success stories in the Great Plains — a Fargo institution producing nationally award-winning experimental ales that have earned recognition far beyond North Dakota's borders. Drekker's extraordinary creativity (its murals, merchandise, and beer names reflect a genuine artistic vision) and its consistent production of world-class craft beer create a brewery taproom of genuine national craft brewing significance despite its remote location.

Fargo Brewing Company is North Dakota's most beloved craft brewery — a downtown institution producing outstanding ales and lagers that have established Fargo as one of the Great Plains's finest craft beer cities. Fargo's remarkable transformation from a stereotyped Upper Midwest city to one of the most genuinely vibrant small cities in America and Fargo Brewing's consistent quality create a brewery taproom of genuine North Dakota craft beer significance.

Wurst Bier Hall is Fargo's most distinctive bar — a German bierhall presenting an exceptional beer selection in an atmosphere celebrating North Dakota's strong German and Norwegian immigrant heritage. The German-Russian communities of the northern plains (whose ancestors fled Catherine the Great's Russia for the Dakotas) created cultural traditions that the Wurst Bier Hall celebrates in one of the most historically resonant bar concepts in the region.