The Best Places to Watch the Twins Game in Minneapolis

The Best Places to Watch the Twins Game in Minneapolis

As Spring Training wraps up and the team leaves sunny Ft Myers for Minneapolis, it’s finally time for Twins baseball again! Knowing where to watch Twins games will serve you well over the course of a long, 162-game season and (hopefully) a deep postseason run.

Target Field is surrounded by tons of cool bars, breweries, restaurants, and activities that you can enjoy before and after home games. And for away games, the places to pop in for an MLB watch party are plentiful.

From Twins opening day to the final pitch of the year, Minneapolis is home to some of the best baseball experiences in the world. Before, during, or after the game, there is great food and great fun to be had!

What Makes a Great Sports Bar Experience for Baseball?

Baseball is such a unique sport. It doesn’t have the frenetic pace of hockey or basketball or as many brutal collisions as football, but what it does have is space to bond with the people you are watching alongside.

Baseball is more of a relaxed hang. There is time for conversation and banter. So comfort and immersion make a huge difference. For example, being able to talk to people without missing what is happening on the field is a must. Beyond the availability of a few Twins game day specials, here are a few things to look for in a great sports bar for baseball:

• Clear Views: You want to be able to see the game from wherever you may sit without needing to crane your neck around for replays
• Great Energy: There’s nothing quite like a whole bar bursting out into “We’re Gonna Win Twins” all together after a big hit for the good guys. A bar where folks are decked out in their Homer Hanky-est fits to root for the northernmost boys of summer is a must.
• Food & Drinks: The best reason to watch the game at a bar is the chance to have great, shareable food that you didn’t have to make yourself. Also, nothing beats a beer during a ball game.

The Three S’s of a Twins Bar: Seating, Screens, Specials

Taking the criteria of a great bar for baseball, we can see how The Rabbit Hole can be considered the best place to watch the Twins (or, at least, one of the best). And we can back up that claim by looking at the three S’s: Seating, Screens, and Specials.

Seating

The Rabbit Hole has 15,000 square feet of great seating. There is an excellent mix of high-top tables, booths, rail seating, and reservable areas. So when important games are happening, you can reserve a spot for your group, or show up as early as you like to snag first-come-first-served seating.

Screens

When you look around The Rabbit Hole, you’ll notice all the HD TVs in the place. There are 42 of them, and they have been strategically positioned so that every seat in the place has a view of at least two at all times. After all, the best way to make a reputation as the baseball bar Minneapolis has been craving is to ensure that everyone who comes can actually see the game.

Specials

One of the great things about baseball is that the start times often overlap with happy hour. So in addition to game-related beer specials, you get access to a great, special menu full of incredible deals on unbeatable food and drinks.

A Pennant Race and the Postseason: How to Do It Right

From MLB opening night to the very last at-bat of the season is more of a marathon than a sprint. But once we get into the postseason, and especially if there is a pennant race in the offing, everybody gets very excited and does not want to miss a minute.

So if you want to get the best out of your postseason games experiences, take the following steps to ensure that you aren’t left out.

• Make group reservations to carve out a spot for you and yours so that you need not fight for your table
• Arrive at least an hour before the first pitch if you have no reservation
• Be aware of possible very late nights and plan out your transportation accordingly — think rideshares or picking a designated driver
• Go to a place that matches the level of rowdiness you prefer

Watch Twins & MLB Games at The Rabbit Hole

Something great about The Rabbit Hole is its location. Say you’re going to the game and you want to make a day of it. We are right in between the Minneapolis Sculpture Garden and Target Field. So you can get some culture, come through when selecting your pregame bars, hit Twins Plaza for some photos, watch the game, and then roll back our way for a postgame after party.

But that’s if you are going to a home game. If the team is out of town or you couldn’t get tickets, The Rabbit Hole is the sports bar Minneapolis has built. Again, 15,000 sq ft. 42 HDTVs. Rotating drafts for great pitchers of beer. Food you can’t get anywhere else.

The menu is full of elevated versions of bar classics like pizza and burgers along with entrees and appetizers that embrace traditions from all over North America like tacos and poutine. Plus, you won’t find a bigger mozzarella stick anywhere else. It’s literally called The Big Stick. It will blow your mind.

You can reserve seating or simply walk in for most games. The staff is friendly, the drinks are cold, the food is hot, and the games are (hopefully) Twins victories. You can come before the game or hit us up for late-night food near Target Field after a night game. We’ll treat you right.

Other Great Venues to Check Out

While our somewhat biased view says that The Rabbit Hole is the best place to watch baseball in Minneapolis, we are hardly the only game in town. The great thing about the Minneapolis bar and restaurant scene is that we are a community first and foremost. We love seeing our neighbors succeed, too.

With that in mind, if The Rabbit Hole is a bit too packed for your tastes, you should definitely give these places a try:

• Tom’s Watch Bar: Great for large groups with wall-to-wall screens and a well-cultivated big-game atmosphere
• Obb’s Sports Bar & Grill: Get a classic neighborhood feel with excellent comfort food and surprisingly easy parking despite a downtown location
• Half Time Rec: Nice, roomy tables with plenty of screens and local beers in perfect balance with the place’s historical vibe

That is hardly an exhaustive list. If you want to plan a pregame pub crawl or make a list of all the places you want to try in descending order, these are great choices to put at the top of that list after The Rabbit Hole.

Twins Game Day: From Opening Day to October

With the MLB preseason matchups behind us, our weekdays and weekends for the next several months are going to be full of the crack of the bat and the satisfying thump of a ball nestling into a glove. 

From big games for our hometown Twins to out-of-market MLB games, there will be no shortage of baseball to watch at the Rabbit Hole. You don’t need to ask yourself where to watch Twins games anymore — just bring yourself down The Rabbit Hole to root, root, root for the home team. You won’t regret it.

MLB FAQs for the 2026 Season

• When is MLB Opening Night 2026?
• Wednesday, March 26
• When is MLB Opening Day 2026?
• Thursday, March 27
• What’s the difference between Opening Day and Opening Night?
• Opening Night is a single, featured game while Opening Day is a full slate of games featuring every team
• When and where is the 2026 MLB All-Star Game?
• Tuesday, July 14 in Philadelphia
• When does the 2026 regular season end?
• Sunday, September 27
• When does the 2026 postseason begin?
• Tuesday, September 29