Blue Rider

Blue Rider We have a wide variety of import and domestic beers, specialty drinks, Trivia, live music and the best dirtbag grilled cheese this side of the Mississippi!

Voted ND’s #1 Dive Bar, the Blue Rider was established Dec.,1994 as the first non-smoking bar in North Dakota.

*Trivia
*Live Music
*10 Cent Beer Night
*Pull-Tab Happy Hour
*Free Nacho Thursday
*Hamm’s on tap
*Fernet (also on tap)

We’ll see you all tomorrow for a nice cold drink and a break from the heatwave 😎
05/25/2026

We’ll see you all tomorrow for a nice cold drink and a break from the heatwave 😎

🚪ENTRY UPDATE🚪⚠️Caution Tape ( tape) up!
05/21/2026

🚪ENTRY UPDATE🚪

⚠️Caution Tape ( tape) up!

🆓Wood & Music!🆓🪵Pallets & plywood from the stage we built - FCFS. Wood only! (Barstools and trash cans NOT free) 🎶🎸 Liv...
05/16/2026

🆓Wood & Music!🆓

🪵Pallets & plywood from the stage we built - FCFS. Wood only! (Barstools and trash cans NOT free)

🎶🎸 Live music tonight from It Was Her Idea!

TONIGHT!!! PURE ENERGY!!!!
05/15/2026

TONIGHT!!! PURE ENERGY!!!!

Explosive performer based in Philadelphia, US, originally from Tokyo, Japan. A wild jet engine of tube amplified, howling feedback-laden acoustic guitar driven songwriting and noise performance. KENMUJO is able to reflect the true universality of music and its ability to unite people across boundari...

Take Thursday off!
05/14/2026

Take Thursday off!

‼️‼️MINOT‼️‼️

We’re making our return to Blue Rider on 5.20.2026 for our first show there in over a year!

We’re glad to be coming back and can’t wait to see you guys!

2 weeks in a row for those two…THE FIX IS IN!!!
05/13/2026

2 weeks in a row for those two…THE FIX IS IN!!!

Another amazing night at Blue Rider! The victors this evening were “The last time I had spam I quit Facebook” ! I had a blast!

🎤Live Music Tonight!🎸 will keep the tunes going late!
05/08/2026

🎤Live Music Tonight!🎸

will keep the tunes going late!

05/07/2026

🌮 NACHO AVERAGE THURSDAY 🌮
Thursday’s at the Blue Rider means FREE NACHOS for the people.
That’s right — crispy chips, melty cheese, questionable life choices, cold drinks, and the finest collection of dive bar philosophers in North Dakota.
Come hungry.
Stay weird.
Tell your boss you’re “networking.”

🧀 FREE nachos tonight
🍺 Cheap drinks
🎶 Good tunes
🤘 Bad decisions encouraged responsibly

The Blue Rider: solving dinner plans one paper basket at a time. .s.wilson .rodin

Address

118 1st Avenue SE
Minot, ND
58701

Opening Hours

Monday 4pm - 1am
Tuesday 4pm - 1am
Wednesday 4pm - 1am
Thursday 4pm - 1am
Friday 4pm - 2am
Saturday 4pm - 2am

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