Hours & Location
651-224-7345 or 651-224-7346.
Open for indoor dining & takeout!
Daily Hours: Lounge: 3-10 p.m.
(Food service begins at 4:30 p.m.)
Dining Room: 4:30-10 p.m.
Mancini’s is proudly located in the heart of the capitol city’s West Seventh Street neighborhood at
531 West 7th St., St. Paul, MN 55102
Our Family
In 1948, our father, Nick Mancini, had just returned from a tour of duty in Japan as an Army engineer. That year, he and our grandparents mortgaged the family home to open Mancini’s Bar. The original Mancini’s was a tiny West Seventh Street tavern frequented by St. Paul’s hardest working folks. The joint sat about 50 people with a long bar and a little kitchen in the back. Our grandma had a food service-cafeteria background, and enough recipes from her days back in Italy to be dangerous. Grandma whipped up dishes from scratch with ingredients she purchased at local markets, while our Dad and Grandpa served beer and cocktails at the bar.
Dad’s passion for hospitality grew and his penchant for keeping the business a family-run operation became a priority. He dreamed that someday he could own a supper club with the family name on the marquee. With our mom, Mary Ann, at his side and our grandparents’ support, Nick opened Mancini’s Char House on the same West Seventh Street plot.
Dad was committed not only to offering the best hospitality, but the best steaks and seafood in town. The thing was…he knew nothing about beef, so he traveled to Italy and New York to study Italian grilling techniques. Dad also brought in a partner who knew pretty much everything there was to know about steak, in hopes that he’d teach him how to prepare and serve it. The steak expert didn’t stick around long.
Now a sole proprietor, Nick had no choice, but to get behind the grill and start cooking. It was a trial and error process. After his meals were on the table, he went out to each party to ask for honest feedback. He wanted to get it right. It was that honest feedback that created the recipes and methods we use in our kitchen to this day. Dad’s table visits all those years ago were so critical to the Char House’s initial success that they’re still a tradition. Visit us and you’ll see third- and fourth-generation Mancini family members greeting customers and checking on tables.
The take-off was slow for Mancini’s Char House while Dad perfected the product and service he’d later become famous for. That was until 1976, when columnist Gareth Hiebert “Oliver Towne” wrote about the Char House in the St. Paul Pioneer Press & Dispatch. Hiebert wrote, “Off that open-hearth grill come steaks that would be the envy even in Florence, Italy where beef grilling was invented. But never such beef. Nicky and Bertha (his sister) still roam the dining room, as if it were home and the customers ‘family.’” Since the morning that newspaper column hit doorsteps, the place has been packed.
In the ‘80s, we added the Vegas-style lounge, and Mancini’s became known for showcasing some of Minneapolis-St. Paul’s best live music. The area’s most-talented musicians, along with several national touring acts (a la Tony Bennett, Paul Anka, Buddy Greco, Tommy Sands, Gypsy and The Jets) have graced our stage. As Minnesota kids, one of our favorites was when the late Kirby Puckett sang Louis Armstrong’s “Wonderful World” on the lounge stage.
After our mom, Mary Ann, was done raising four children, she joined Dad at the Char House & Lounge as chief financial officer, working behind the scenes managing accounting, payroll and so much more. Mom really became the backbone of business operations in the ‘80s and ‘90s.
We’ve both worked in the family business since we could walk, so it’s made us fiercely passionate about sharing great food and great service with great people. The two of us did our best to learn as much as we could while working under our parents’ tutelage—studying their business savvy, the way they treated people and how they supported our community. As our parents aged, we were committed to keeping the place open and continuing to serve the best steaks in town with good old-fashioned values as our guide.
We took over operation of the Char House & Lounge in 2005. Our Dad passed away in 2007, leaving an unmatched legacy of hospitality and service. Mom’s been gone since 2014. Every day, we strive to make them proud and carry on the vibrant traditions they created here in the heart of St. Paul. We hope you’ll join us for dinner, cocktails and live music. You’ll enter as a friend and leave as family. “Entre come amico. Partire come famiglia.”
Pat & John Mancini
Join Us!
For more than 70 years, Mancini’s has been a St. Paul tradition. We’ve built our business and our reputation on outstanding service, exceptional quality and good old-fashioned family values. Today, the Mancini family’s third and fourth generations welcome you to historic West Seventh Street’s home for fine steaks, seafood and cocktails. Join us for supper-club-style hospitality, legendary live music and food that’s worth writing home about.
Each steak is hand-picked at our wholesaler’s and flawlessly broiled on Mancini’s large, open charcoal broilers.
Our Menu
Our family tree is rooted in Fragneto L’Abate Italy, which is also home to some of the finest steakhouses in the world. Beef is carefully raised and aged to perfection, then grilled on open-hearth charcoal pits. Inspired by this old-world tradition, Mancini’s has used this same technique for grilling steak and lobster for more than 70 years, hand-selecting steaks and seafood and flawlessly broiling every piece on our open charcoal broilers.
Live Music at Mancini's is Back!
Events & Banquets
Holiday Parties | Networking Events | Rehearsal Dinners | Welcome Parties | Anniversary Celebrations | Corporate Meetings | Birthday Parties | Baby & Wedding Showers | Employee Parties | Team Banquets | More!
Let us host your next event! We have a big Italian family and we love an excuse to celebrate, so in addition to steaks and seafood, events are one of the things we do best.
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Honoring St. Paul Athletes
Mancini’s Sports Hall of Fame
Mancini’s Sports Hall of Fame honors athletes who grew up in St. Paul’s boxing rings or on neighborhood ice rinks, sand lots, grassy fields and basketball courts. We induct five St. Paul athletes annually, and recognize them at a grand banquet. All Sports Hall of Fame honorees are recognized on a plaque that hangs in Mancini’s lounge.
2018 Jack Hannahan
Buzz Hannahan
2017 Tom Quinlan
Rob Quinlan
2016 Jim Wiesner*
2015 Rich Allen
2014 Tim Tschida
2013 Jack Palmer
2012 Ernest (Bucky) Kendig
2011 Mike Campion
2010 Tim Kiemel Sr.
2009 Jack Morris
2008 Jim Hare
2007 Jim O'Neil
2006 Larry Ogden*
2005 Paul Molitor
2004 Steve Winfield
2003 Jim McNeely
2002 Dennis Denning
2001 Jim Rantz
2000 Hon. John Finley*
1999 Bill Peterso
1998 Bill Hafner
1997 Pat McCarthy*
1996 Ron Marston
1995 Tom Mee*
1994 Howie Schultz*
1993 Robert Wasko
1992 Ken Staples*
1991 Alex Romanchuck
1990 Jerry Schaber
1989 Red Fischer*
1988 Dick Kaess*
1987 John Mauer*
1986 Louis Cardinal*
1985 Angelo Giuliani*
*Deceased
Baseball
2018 Tom Barnes
2017 Matt Birk
2016 Jerry Foley
2015 Kevin Berg
2014 Barry Persby
2014 Stacy Robinson*
2013 Ed Hitchcock
2012 Jim Carter
2011 Tim McManus
2010 Jerry Trooien
2009 Ray Hitchcock
2008 Dick Strutz
2007 Terry Cummings
2006 Gary Ales
2005 Buster Brown*
Gerry Brown
2004 Bob Slater
2003 Bill Walsh
2002 Norb Robertson*
Mike Robertson
2001 Bill Follmer*
2000 Hon. Allen Markert
1999 Bruce Van de Walker
1998 Earl Gray
1997 Tom Cross
1996 Mal Scanlon
1995 Jerry Kafka*
1994 Jim Wirth*
1993 John McManus*
1992 Ken Mauer
1991 Wes Barrette*
1990 Bob Vogel*
1989 Bert Sandberg*
1988 Joe Cascalenda
1987 Hon. Smitty Eggleston*
1986 Jack Salscheider*
1985 Don Simensen*
*Deceased
Football
2018 Jack Dale
2017 Kevin Hartzell
2016 Mike Foley
2015 Bill Weller
2014 Jeff Sauer*
2013 Moose Younghans
2012 Dave Langevin
2011 Tom St. Martin*
2010 Terry Skrypek
2009 Doug Woog
2008 Tom Younghans
2007 Paul Johnson
2006 Warren Strelow*
2005 Phil Housley
2004 Herb Brooks*
2003 Tom Vannelli
Greg Vannelli
2002 Mike Haedrich
2001 Pat McKusky
2000 Rod Magnuson*
1999 Bob Schmidt
1998 Kyle Peterson*
1997 Dick Haigh
1996 Dave Peterson
1995 Harold Younghans
1994 Donald Willer
1993 Arnold Bauer
1992 Ted Joyce*
1991 Bob Paradise
Dick Paradise*
1990 Lou Cotroneo
1989 Ron Vannelli*
1988 Jack McCartan
1987 Ken Yackel*
1986 George Karn*
1985 Bob Dill*
*Deceased
Hockey
2018 Steve Karel
2017 John "Lew" Morin
2016 Steve Fritz
2015 John Tauer
2014 Ken Mauer Jr.
2013 Tom Perrault
2012 Dan Brink
2011 Gerald Keenan
2010 Jack Tamble
2009 Jim Conway
2008 Terry Flynn
2007 John Hislop*
2006 Jake Mauer
2005 Bill McKee*
2004 Lloyd Sandstrom
2003 Jim Fritsche
2002 Terry McMahon
2001 Ron Causton
2000 Jerry O'Connor*
1999 Dennis Fitzpatrick
1998 Al Unise*
1997 Jay Salmen
1996 Joe Hutton Jr.
1995 Tom Feely*
*Deceased
Basketball
2018 Mike Monette
2017 George Anderson
2016 Mark Nelson
2015 Cal Cox
2014 Brian Brunette
2013 Marco Morelli
2012 Paul Dotty
2011 Phil (Skip) Skarda
2010 Nick Castillo
2009 Mike Evgen
2008 Gary Struss
2007 Dale Jackson
2006 Joe Abbott
2005 Jim Beattie
2004 Del Bravo
2003 Gary Holmgren
2002 Tom Campion
2001 Chuck Mitch
2000 Dick Zasada
1999 Jay Pelzer
1998 Frank Cobb*
1997 Bob Campion*
1996 John Matthews
1995 Dick Delaney*
1994 Manuel Melendez
1993 Gene Rock White*
1992 Dennis Nelson
1991 Don Weller
1990 Bill Schmidt*
1989 Joe Azzone*
1988 Joe Stepka*
1987 Emmett Yanez
1986 Jim O'Hara*
1985 Jack Gibbons*
*Deceased
Boxing
The Mancini Special Award was founded to honor athletes and builders of youth. These honorees are community focused and have been leaders in coaching, teaching or just helping in St. Paul youth athletics.
2018 Joel Montpetit
Jim Rogers
2017 Frank White
2016 Jim Kelley
2015 Bob Klepperich
2014 Bob Tschida
2013 Larry McMahon
2013 Jim Wells
2012 Harold (Snuf) Kurvers*
2011 John Tschida
2010 Ted Steichen Jr.
2009 Charley Walters
Rich Kallok
2008 Bob Carley*
Harvey Davis
Bill Lynch
2007 Snap Leitner
2006 Bob Graiziger Sr.*
Mike Ruddy*
2005 Bob McElroy*
2004 Nick Mancini*
John Hajlo*
2003 Bob Ryan*
Roger Conway*
George Sweeney*
2002 Jim O'Hara*
2001 Jack Berres*
Clair Galdonik*
Red Roberts*
2000 The Montpetit Family*
Bob Ridder*
1999 Len Salstrom*
Frank Zucco*
1998 Reno Rossini*
Joe Sturdivant*
1997 Dick Jonckowski
1996 Jim Hegerle*
1995 Karl Kassulke*
1994 Jim Pascholl
Joe Meyer*
1993 Lloyd Kasel*
1992 Fred Macalus
1990 Walter Wescott
1989 Tom Blaha*
1988 Larry Rosenthal*
1987 Frank Barrett*
1986 Al Baisi*
1985 John Mariucci*
*Deceased
Special Award
Join us at the Fair, August 25-
September 5, 2022
Mancini’s al Fresco
at the Minnesota State Fair
We’ll see you at the fair!
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For information, call 651-224-7345 or 651-224-7346.
Mancini’s takes St. Paul’s supper club traditions, great food, libations and live music to Minnesota’s most beloved event – the Great Minnesota Get-Together! Visit us at the fair for open-air dining “al Fresco” and State Fair-style menu variations on our Char House favorites. Visit us at the northeast corner of Carnes Avenue and Nelson Street—around the corner from the Giant Slide! We’ll see you at the fair!
Our Family
In 1948, our father, Nick Mancini, had just returned from a tour of duty in Japan as an Army engineer. That year, he and our grandparents mortgaged the family home to open Mancini’s Bar. The original Mancini’s was a tiny West Seventh Street tavern frequented by St. Paul’s hardest working folks. The joint sat about 50 people with a long bar and a little kitchen in the back. Our grandma had a food service-cafeteria background, and enough recipes from her days back in Italy to be dangerous. Grandma whipped up dishes from scratch with ingredients she purchased at local markets, while our Dad and Grandpa served beer and cocktails at the bar.
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Dad’s passion for hospitality grew and his penchant for keeping the business a family-run operation became a priority. He dreamed that someday he could own a supper club with the family name on the marquee. With our mom, Mary Ann, at his side and our grandparents’ support, Nick opened Mancini’s Char House on the same West Seventh Street plot.
Dad was committed not only to offering the best hospitality, but the best steaks and seafood in town. The thing was…he knew nothing about beef, so he traveled to Italy and New York to study Italian grilling techniques. Dad also brought in a partner who knew pretty much everything there was to know about steak, in hopes that he’d teach him how to prepare and serve it. The steak expert didn’t stick around long.
Now a sole proprietor, Nick had no choice, but to get behind the grill and start cooking. It was a trial and error process. After his meals were on the table, he went out to each party to ask for honest feedback. He wanted to get it right. It was that honest feedback that created the recipes and methods we use in our kitchen to this day. Dad’s table visits all those years ago were so critical to the Char House’s initial success that they’re still a tradition. Visit us and you’ll see third- and fourth-generation Mancini family members greeting customers and checking on tables.
The take-off was slow for Mancini’s Char House while Dad perfected the product and service he’d later become famous for. That was until 1976, when columnist Gareth Hiebert “Oliver Towne” wrote about the Char House in the St. Paul Pioneer Press & Dispatch. Hiebert wrote, “Off that open-hearth grill come steaks that would be the envy even in Florence, Italy where beef grilling was invented. But never such beef. Nicky and Bertha (his sister) still roam the dining room, as if it were home and the customers ‘family.’” Since the morning that newspaper column hit doorsteps, the place has been packed.
In the ‘80s, we added the Vegas-style lounge, and Mancini’s became known for showcasing some of Minneapolis-St. Paul’s best live music. The area’s most-talented musicians, along with several national touring acts (a la Tony Bennett, Paul Anka, Buddy Greco, Tommy Sands, Gypsy and The Jets) have graced our stage. As Minnesota kids, one of our favorites was when the late Kirby Puckett sang Louis Armstrong’s “Wonderful World” on the lounge stage.
After our mom, Mary Ann, was done raising four children, she joined Dad at the Char House & Lounge as chief financial officer, working behind the scenes managing accounting, payroll and so much more. Mom really became the backbone of business operations in the ‘80s and ‘90s.
We’ve both worked in the family business since we could walk, so it’s made us fiercely passionate about sharing great food and great service with great people. The two of us did our best to learn as much as we could while working under our parents’ tutelage—studying their business savvy, the way they treated people and how they supported our community. As our parents aged, we were committed to keeping the place open and continuing to serve the best steaks in town with good old-fashioned values as our guide.
We took over operation of the Char House & Lounge in 2005. Our Dad passed away in 2007, leaving an unmatched legacy of hospitality and service. Mom’s been gone since 2014. Every day, we strive to make them proud and carry on the vibrant traditions they created here in the heart of St. Paul. We hope you’ll join us for dinner, cocktails and live music. You’ll enter as a friend and leave as family. “Entre come amico. Partire come famiglia.”
Pat & John Mancini
Our Family
In 1948, our father, Nick Mancini, had just returned from a tour of duty in Japan as an Army engineer. That year, he and our grandparents mortgaged the family home to open Mancini’s Bar. The original Mancini’s was a tiny West Seventh Street tavern frequented by St. Paul’s hardest working folks. The joint sat about 50 people with a long bar and a little kitchen in the back. Our grandma had a food service-cafeteria background, and enough recipes from her days back in Italy to be dangerous. Grandma whipped up dishes from scratch with ingredients she purchased at local markets, while our Dad and Grandpa served beer and cocktails at the bar.