We ate breakfast at the newly opened Bad Waitress on 26th and Nicollet today. We really liked it. The food was just fine, even though they don't have my Tabasco. We liked the atmosphere as well. It doesn't look like a brand new building on the inside (unless you look at the ceiling). I didn't have a chance to look through the jukebox, but hey, cool there's a jukebox. The atmosphere points out something about Minneapolis, or at least southside (I can't speak for the NE hipsters, but their culture seems more like the common sort you'll find anywhere), and that is that Minneapolis hipster culture -- much like Minneapolis urban planning and yuppie culture -- feels like it sprang up separate from the typical national culture. That is, there's no woodland deer hunting feel, the music you hear at the cooler places is rarely Pitchfork's Best New Music or the ironic music style du jour (is it still New Wave? WTF?) , and nobody ever says anything like "Pabst is so Minneapolis."

So, yeah, we'll go back. I wonder if they have drink specials.