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Five Twin Cities rooms and gardens built for long tables and German pours, from Mpls.St.Paul Magazine's 2026 Oktoberfest guide and its list of Twin Cities patios. Three sit in St. Paul and two in Minneapolis, and four of them hold an Oktoberfest in the second half of September.
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Waldmann Brewery · West Seventh
Mpls.St.Paul Magazine notes that the 1857 building holding Waldmann is the oldest commercial building in the state, so the room comes with its own history, and a sunny patio fit for groups of any size sits through the back. For Oktoberfest the brewery adds live music, traditional dance, a tented beer garden and salt glazed steins across two weekends in late September, with Family Day Sundays free for children under five. The magazine notes wine and non alcoholic options too. Order a German beer in a salt glazed stein out back.
Yoerg Brewing Company · Dayton's Bluff
Mpls.St.Paul Magazine describes St. Paul's historic Yoerg Brewing holding its Oktoberfest on the same sixteen days as Munich, September 19 through October 4. The tap list turns over to a selection of authentic German beers, with wine flights alongside, while the kitchen sends out wurst, Bavarian pretzels and German potato salad. The brewery takes its name from a St. Paul house that closed in 1952 and was brought back in 2016. Order a German beer with the wurst and a Bavarian pretzel.
Black Forest Inn · Whittier
Mpls.St.Paul Magazine has put Black Forest Inn on multiple MSP50 lists and describes food that is handmade and authentically German, an annual Oktoberfest that rocks, and a patio that was, the magazine says, one of the first outdoor dining spots in the Twin Cities. The garden behind the Eat Street building is where the room opens up once the weather turns. Order a German plate and a beer on the patio while the season holds.
Saint Paul Brewing · Swede Hollow
Mpls.St.Paul Magazine sets Saint Paul Brewing's Oktoberfest inside the ruins of the circa nineteenth century Hamm's horse stables, which is the setting the beer garden uses all season. The magazine lists a Friday Dogtoberfest with dogs in costume, a dog market and a dog portrait artist, then a Saturday with Fest Bier, a Marzen style Oktoberfest, Riesling, German food and the annual Stein Hold competition. Order the Fest Bier and a plate of the German food among the stable walls.
Surly Brewing Co. · Prospect Park
Mpls.St.Paul Magazine calls Surly's Beer Garden legendary and says a spot turns up even for a group: order inside or outside, find a fire pit or a picnic table and stay a while. SurlyFest brings six musical artists and German food including what the magazine describes as impossibly large pierogies, served at the Beer Hall and Surly Pizza Upstairs across the middle of September. Order a beer at the hall and carry it out to a picnic table.