Sports bar, billiards & darts near New Brighton, MN

From the stockyard town to the pool hall next door

New Brighton lies east of Fridley. The two cities share a border, and Interstate 694 is a main highway in both. New Brighton is in Ramsey County and Two Stooges is in Anoka County, so the short trip crosses the county line.

New Brighton was incorporated in 1891, three years after the Minneapolis Stockyards and Packing Company was formed, and it was named after Brighton, Massachusetts. The stockyard years are still celebrated each year at Stockyard Days in Long Lake Regional Park. Interstate 35W is the city's other main highway, and Rice Creek flows through the northern part of New Brighton as well as through central Fridley. When the festival or a day at Long Lake is over, 43 pool tables are waiting one city to the west.

Long before the stockyards, Mdewakanton Dakota people lived near the lakes in the mid-18th century and harvested wild rice. During World War II the Twin Cities Ordnance Plant made .30 and .50 caliber ammunition and employed about 24,000 people at its peak. Glacial terrain is still visible at Long Lake Regional Park, Irondale High School is part of Mounds View Public Schools, and Arden Hills, Shoreview, Roseville and St. Anthony are all close by. The city's ZIP code is 55112, the same one Mounds View uses, while Two Stooges is in Fridley's 55432. Pike Lake gave its name to a former kindergarten center, and APi Group, a company based in the city, joined the Fortune 500 in 2026.