The Happy Gnome
The Happy Gnome is not your typical restaurant/ bar: The Happy Gnome is where you experience craft beer exploration and culinary adventure, together.
For six years, The Happy Gnome has pushed forward the craft beer scene, growing our drafts lines to featuring 70 taps. Our tap list is exclusively domestic craft and quality import, rotating through seasonal selections and maintaining some favorites. The Happy Gnome features a cask selection, supporting the movement for real ale along with hosting Firkin Fest every March.
Promoting craft beer is also fun: every month we feature a different brewery, hosting a beer dinner where the brewer comes and explains their beers and our chef creates a pairing for each course.
And it doesn’t stop with the 70 rotating taps: The Happy Gnome offers an ecclectic bottled beer selection, from mainstream to obscure.
Although our beer selection is enough to have you stop in for a drink, The Happy Gnome’s cuisine will make you return to enjoy another meal. Our focus is on fresh, seasonal selections, and we are committed to supporting local growers. We display local products in our eclectic New American menu, which is well-balanced to suit local Midwestern tastes. The Happy Gnome has a chef-driven menu with ingredients made in house daily to achieve the freshest quality possible.
Luckily for many, Scotch and Whiskey are also our province. Our current whiskey list has over 300 selections, from rare bourbons to aged single malts. The bar can also make your favorite martini or open some wine, you decide.
The Happy Gnome is locally owned. We enjoy our neighbors and regulars, while welcoming people who have heard of us…or just wonder what you get at a place called The Happy Gnome.
And we still haven’t figured out why we were named The Happy Gnome, but somehow the name stuck and it will continue to be Gnome Sweet Gnome.
The Happy Gnome is located in the old firehouse on Selby Avenue two blocks east of Dale Street in St. Paul. Parking is available in our lot adjacent to The Happy Gnome. We have ample seating in our Firehouse Room, open for dining Thursday through Saturday (or available for private events). The Patio keeps busy all summer long, and our selections will keep you returning to see what is new at The Happy Gnome. Contact us at 651.287.2018.