If the approval ratings of the GOP get you down, put some Oompah-pah into your step at this legendary bar, which first opened its doors in 1949. On Friday and Saturday nights, tuba aficionados can dance to local Polka bands while eating traditional dishes like spare ribs and sauerkraut. After dinner, guests can take their Zywiec beer to the side room to sing along to "Sweet" Lou Snider's piano ditties. The septuagenarian has been tickling the ivories here every day for the past 41 years. Alternatively, country club Republicans should check out the Grill at the St. Paul Hotel. Located steps from the Xcel Energy Center, it acquired four bottles of Macallan 55 for the convention, and boasts that it will be the only place whiskey drinkers will find it in Minnesota. Make sure a lobbyist is paying; each one-ounce shot costs $525.