Filming in the Northeast Minneapolis Arts District
Brick seed warehouses and a former brewery hold artist studios, and a corner bar that Grumpier Old Men filmed as Slippery's Tavern.
What Northeast Minneapolis Arts District looks like
The rises six storeys in dark red brick along Jackson Street NE, a black water tower on its roof and a row of concrete grain silos at one end. Windows repeat in even rows the full height of the facade. A green awning shades a row of doors at street level, and cars line the lot out front.
The former Grain Belt brew house stands at Marshall Street and 13th Avenue NE, five to six storeys in cream colored brick with arched window openings and a tall corner chimney. A painted sign above the main arch still reads Friendly Grain Belt Beer, with 1891 worked into the same panel. The brickwork is largely intact, and the building now holds offices.
13th Avenue NE runs through the district's commercial blocks, brick storefronts and converted warehouses on one side and small early twentieth century houses on the side streets. Indeed Brewing Company's taproom occupies the ground floor of the on 15th Avenue NE, garage doors and a painted sign facing an outdoor patio. Storefronts along Second Street NE carry stone paneling and metal awnings over the ground floor shops.
Catholic Church has a red brick tower topped with a green copper steeple, visible over the rooftops from several blocks away. Stucco duplexes with paired gabled roofs and columned porches line the residential streets nearby. The grid mixes wide former mill avenues with narrower residential blocks running between them.
Shot in Northeast Minneapolis Arts District
Grumpier Old Men filmed the 's own storefront on 13th Avenue NE as the outside of Slippery's Tavern in 1995. The bar's interior scenes were shot a few blocks away at Mayslack's on 4th Street NE.
Grumpier Old Men, 1995
331 Club
Played Slippery's Tavern, 1995
The production filmed the 331 Club's own facade as the outside of Slippery's Tavern. Its interior scenes were shot a few blocks away at Mayslack's, a bar on 4th Street NE that has operated under its own name since 1955. Street View
What Northeast Minneapolis Arts District can double for
Brewers Hill in Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Brewers Hill runs along the Milwaukee River in cream brick, including the former Schlitz brewery buildings now converted into offices and lofts. Arched window openings and painted ghost signage on the brewery walls match the same industrial to studio conversions here. The hillside setting and river frontage give Milwaukee away in a wide shot, so keep the frame on the brick facades rather than the skyline behind them. Try searching cream brick brewery buildings now.
Over-the-Rhine's brick tenements and former brewery buildings fill one of the country's largest historic brewery districts. Miles Ahead filmed on these streets in 2015, its exteriors set among the same nineteenth century brick. The blocks run steeper and more densely built than the low industrial buildings here, so a flatter street holds the comparison better than a hillside one. Try searching brick brewery district streets now.
Pilsen's brick factory buildings have been converted into art studios and galleries the same way the Northrup King and Solar Arts buildings have. Small early twentieth century houses fill the blocks around them, on a grid much like this one. Pilsen's murals are larger and more numerous, and elevated tracks cut through several blocks. A frame that avoids both holds the comparison better. Try searching brick factory art studios now.
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