Rochester’s Bitter and Pour Honored with Three Awards

We need to give credit where credit is due. Bitter and Pour in Rochester, Minnesota was recently honored with not one, not two, but three awards!

Bitter and Pour's original speakeasy location is a staple of downtown Rochester's cocktail scene. It's one of my husband's and my favorite places to go, and we always love to bring friends there for the first time and make them figure out the riddle to get inside.

Then, at the end of the summer of 2025, Bitter and Pour opened their rooftop location. It was an instant hit! My husband and I were actually there just yesterday.

The team at Bitter and Pour has been putting in hard work for years, and it seems to always pay off. Just a few years ago, I wrote about them being named one of the best speakeasies in the entire country.

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Bitter and Pour in Rochester, MN Wins Three Awards

Just recently, they were recognized in Rochester Magazine and were given three different awards!

Best Place for Cocktails - Bitter and Pour

Best New Bar - Bitter and Pour Rooftop

Best Bar - Bitter and Pour

That's huge! Big congratulations to them!

On top of Bitter and Pour, we actually have a few other speakeasy-style bars in town. You've got The Palmetto Room inside Our Paladar, 1928 Cocktail Lounge inside Bebap, and Shhhh... inside Thai Pop.

If you want some help finding all of them, I've got you: Secret Speakeasies in Rochester and How to Find Them