Vern's Tiki Bar - at Public Domain

Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States

Vern's Tiki Bar opened in March of 2025 in the back of the Public Domain craft cocktail bar, where Neon Tiger used to be located.

The bar is named after Vernon Burke, a young bootlegger from the 1930s who also ran a speakeasy. The owner, Van Voorst, who’s a history buff, saw a 1932 article about Vern’s arrest, at a time when he and his brother-in-law were smuggling booze in Wisconsin and Minnesota. “I thought that’s kind of a fun story so let’s just name a tiki bar after Vern,” he said.

The bar is minimally decorated with some lauhala matting, thatch, tropical leaf wallpaper, some tropical plants, and dark booths with outdoor patio lights strung across the ceiling.

It's not an over-the-top immersive environment like some of the leading tiki bars around the country, but there is always room to grow and they have received good reviews on their tiki cocktails, which are served in inexpensive tiki mugs.

It does not appear that they have a house mug as of yet.