SKINNER'S PUB INC

What SKINNER'S PUB INC does

Skinner's Pub Inc operates a single, family-owned neighborhood bar and restaurant at 919 Randolph Avenue in St. Paul, Minnesota. Founded in its current form in July 2000 by Pete and Molly Skinner — both lifelong St. Paul residents — the business serves made-from-scratch pub food including specialty pizzas, burgers, sandwiches, chicken, and salads, alongside a full bar. Revenue is generated primarily through on-premise dine-in and bar sales (bar open daily 10am-1am, kitchen hours vary by day), supplemented by a separately branded catering arm (Skinner's Catering via skinnerscatering.com) and a local delivery service. Pricing is unit-based and value-oriented: a weekday lunch buffet at $11.95, happy hour drinks from $3.50-$4.50 Mon-Fri 3pm-6pm, kids meals at $5.50, and rotating daily specials across the week.

The company runs an event-driven go-to-market built around a free Minnesota Twins game shuttle, patio live music, weekly Bingo, and an Eclub email loyalty program offering a free personal pizza on signup plus birthday rewards. The technology footprint is intentionally minimal: a WordPress website with The Events Calendar plugin for event management, the Aloha Order Online platform for digital ordering, and standard Facebook/Instagram social channels. There is no proprietary software, mobile app, or third-party delivery marketplace integration. Distribution is purely direct-to-consumer at the single physical location plus phone-in delivery to the surrounding area and the off-premise catering line.

The business is privately held by the Skinner family with no external investors, parent company, or funding history. Operating leverage comes from owner-operated labor, community goodwill accumulated over 25 years (founding membership in Serving Our Troops since 2004, 75,000+ steaks served to MN National Guard, an Emmy, and a National Guard Civilian Service Award), and repeat neighborhood patronage rather than from scale, technology, or capital structure. Successor-generation participation by son Sam Skinner has been publicly positioned as part of the 2025 25-year anniversary.

Name

SKINNER'S PUB INC

Legal name

SKINNER'S PUB INC

Website

https://skinnersmn.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2000

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Skinner's Pub Inc is a family-owned neighborhood bar and restaurant in St. Paul, Minnesota, founded in 2000 by Pete and Molly Skinner, serving made-from-scratch pub food, a full bar, catering, and community-driven events to local residents and Twins fans.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Neighborhood Bar & Restaurant

NAICS

Drinking Places (Alcoholic Beverages) (72241)

SIC

Retail-Eating & Drinking Places (5810)

akta.pro primary industry

Neighborhood & Sports Bars (THAFAEAA)

akta.pro secondary industry

Pubs & Gastropubs (CRANACAB)

Keywords

• Neighborhood bar restaurant
• Casual dining services
• Food and beverage
• Event catering
• Pub food specials

Headquarters

HQ city

St. Paul

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Operations, Personnel, Supply Chain, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Food and Beverage Sales: Primary revenue from on-site restaurant and bar sales including pizzas, burgers, sandwiches, chicken, salads, and alcoholic beverages. Operates daily with bar hours 10am-1am and kitchen hours varying by day.
2. Catering Services: Separate catering business (skinnerscatering.com) providing catering for corporate meetings, private parties, weddings, funerals and special events.
3. Delivery: Delivery available to surrounding area with phone ordering for additional revenue stream.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Skinner's Pub is a single-location neighborhood bar and restaurant in St. Paul, Minnesota, selling made-from-scratch pub food (pizzas, burgers, sandwiches, chicken, salads) and a full bar of alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages to walk-in dine-in customers. The business supplements on-premise sales with off-site catering for corporate and private events, online ordering for pickup and delivery through AlohaOrderOnline, an E-Club email loyalty program, and recurring community programming including happy hour, daily food specials, live patio music, weekly Bingo, and a free shuttle to Minnesota Twins home games.

Product overview

Skinner's Pub is a neighborhood bar and restaurant in St. Paul, MN celebrating 25 years in business. The core offering is made-from-scratch food service including specialty pizzas, burgers, sandwiches, and chicken dinners. Additional offerings include an online ordering system via AlohaOrderOnline, catering services through a separate website, an E-Club membership program for email promotions and birthday rewards, daily food and drink specials, happy hour discounts, live music events on the patio, Bingo nights, and a free Twins game shuttle service. The business operates as a single unified pub concept with multiple complementary programs rather than a platform architecture.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Skinner's Catering: Catering services for corporate meetings, private parties, weddings, funerals and special events

Products and services

• Dine-In Bar & Restaurant Service Full-service neighborhood bar and restaurant at 919 Randolph Avenue, St. Paul, offering made-from-scratch food including pizzas, burgers, sandwiches, chicken, salads, and daily specials, plus a full bar with daily bar hours of 10am-1am and kitchen hours varying by day. Open to walk-in customers (no reservations), casual attire, kids welcome, accepts cash and credit cards.
• Skinners Catering Off-site catering service providing the same food and warm, friendly service as the pub for corporate meetings, private parties, weddings, funerals, and other special events. Operated through a dedicated website at skinnerscatering.com.
• Online Ordering for Pickup & Delivery Digital ordering system enabling customers to place pickup and delivery orders online through the AlohaOrderOnline platform at skinnersmn.alohaorderonline.com. Delivery available to the surrounding area via phone ordering.
• E-Club Loyalty Membership Free email newsletter loyalty club that delivers specials, event information, and exclusive member promotions. Members receive a free personal 1-topping pizza upon signup and birthday rewards including a free drink, 10-inch pizza with topping, and t-shirt when visiting during their birthday month with 3 guests.

Quantifiable outcome

• Served more than 75,000 steaks for Minnesota National Guard soldiers and families since 2004 through Serving Our Troops program

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration1 record

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Serving Our TroopscoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2004Pete and Molly Skinner are founding members of the Serving Our Troops program since 2004. Working with business and citizens across Minnesota, the program has served more than 75,000 steaks for Minnesota National Guard soldiers and families worldwide. Pete has personally grilled for troops in Kosovo, Kuwait, Iraq, Mississippi, Oklahoma, Wisconsin, and Saint Paul.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Keegan's Irish Pub: Multi-location Irish pub concept offering pub food, daily specials, and a community events calendar in the Twin Cities. Comparable neighborhood pub model with similar value-driven pricing approach.
• Merlin's Rest Pub: Long-established Minneapolis neighborhood pub with a similar community/regulars orientation, full bar, made-from-scratch food, trivia/events programming, and strong local following. Directly comparable independent pub competing for the same Twin Cities casual-dining-out audience.
• Pat's Tap: Long-running Minneapolis neighborhood bar with outdoor patio, casual food, and strong community identity. Comparable single-location neighborhood pub competing for similar casual evening/weekend traffic.
• Shamrock's Bar & Grill: St. Paul neighborhood bar and grill offering casual American pub fare and a full bar, serving a comparable local-community customer base within the same metro as Skinner's.
• Town Hall Brewery: Minneapolis brewery-and-pub serving made-from-scratch food alongside house-brewed beer, with events programming and a loyal neighborhood following. Directly comparable on food-plus-drink community pub model.
• Muddy Pig: St. Paul gastropub focused on craft beer and elevated pub food with a neighborhood regulars base. Comparable pub-with-serious-food positioning to Skinner's, especially relevant given Skinner's gastropub-style menu.
• The Local (Irish Pub): Minneapolis-based Irish neighborhood pub offering pub food, daily specials, and a community-events calendar. Closely comparable concept and target demographic to Skinner's Pub within the same Twin Cities market.

Broad incumbents

• The Bulldog: Twin Cities multi-location pub chain with extensive beer lists, burgers, and patio programming. Broader incumbent offering a similar neighborhood pub-and-burger experience at greater scale than Skinner's single site.
• Green Mill Restaurant & Bar: Established Midwest pizza-and-pub chain offering casual dining and bar service with deep sports-programming integration. Broader incumbent competitor that overlaps with Skinner's pizza/pub/sports fan positioning at greater scale.
• Broadway Pizza: Twin Cities pizza-and-bar chain with family-friendly casual dining, similar lunch buffet and kids-eat-free style specials. Comparable menu overlap and family/community customer segment.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/skinnerspub
• Instagraminstagram.com/skinnerspub
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/skinner's-pub-inc

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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