Chatterbox Pub

Lager-battered onion rings, homemade ginger ale, and Frogger on a flat-screen TV. Is there really any other way to spend your lunch hour? The Chatterbox’s new outpost in Highland Park, a onetime Perkins, has been refashioned as a hipster den full of vintage couches and paint-by-number artworks—though it seems slightly more polished than the original basement-chic neighborhood bar in South Minneapolis. But the huge skillet breakfasts, tasty burgers, and creative bar snacks are still noteworthy, as are the focaccia pizzas with their tangy, herby sauce and toppings like tiger shrimp and lemon pepper chicken. And nothing goes better with the Chatterbox’s cornmeal-fried pickles than a pint of their Chit Chat Ale (or maybe that’s just the disco ball talking). 800 Cleveland Ave. S., St. Paul; 651-699-1154