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150 Best Bars in America

A spirited guide to the country's top watering holes

150 Best Bars in America
Arthur Bovino

Keywords Bar, Beer, Bars, Drinking. Cocktails

Best Jazz/Blues Bars:

Preservation Hall (New Orleans, La.)

Green Mill Jazz Club (Chicago, Ill.)

Wild Bill's (Memphis, Tenn.)

B.L.U.E.S. (Chicago, Ill.)

Etta's Lounge (Houston, Texas)

Best Jukebox Bars:

Lucy's (New York, N.Y.)

Jones (Los Angeles, Calif.)

Tosca Café (San Francisco, Calif.)

Best Bars for Craft Beers:

Toronado Bar (San Francisco, Calif.)

Max's Taphouse (Baltimore, Md.)

Spuyten Duyvil (New York, N.Y.)

Schlafly (St. Louis, Mo.)

ChurchKey (Washington, D.C.)

Best Bars for Belgian Beer:

Ebenezer's (Lovell, Maine)

Publick House (Brookline, Mass.)

Granville Moore's (Washington, D.C.)

Cadieux Café (Detroit, Mich.)

Bars with the Best View:

Nepenthe (Big Sur, Calif.)

Top of the Hub (Boston, Mass.)

Stratosphere Tower Air Bar (Las Vegas, Nev.)

Crabby Joe's Deck & Grill (Daytona Beach, Fla.)

Best Outdoor Bars:

Zeitgeist (San Francisco, Calif.)

Mohawk bar (Austin, Texas)

Rontoms (Portland, Ore.)

Best Beach Bars:

Nikki Beach (Miami, Fla.)

House Without a Key (Honolulu, Hawaii)

Beachcomber (San Diego, Calif.)

Duke's Canoe Club (Honolulu, Hawaii)

The Flora-Bama Lounge and Package Store (Pensacola, Fla.)

Best Beer Gardens:

Bohemian Hall & Beer Garden (Astoria, N.Y.)

Memphis Taproom (Philadelphia, Pa.)

Scholz Garten (Austin, Texas)

Best Housemade Infusions/Bitters:

The Varnish (Los Angeles, Calif.)

Violet Hour (Chicago, Ill.)

Drink (Boston, Mass.)

Best Garden-to-Glass Cocktails:

Cyrus (Healdsburg, Calif.)

Comme Ça (LA, Calif.)

PX (Alexandria, Va.)

Best Brewpubs:

Ebenezer's (Lovell, Maine)

Portsmouth Brewery (Portsmouth, N.H.)

Dogfish Head Brewpub (Rehoboth Beach, Del.)

Breckenridge Brewery (Breckenridge, Colo.)

Best Molecular Mixology:

Aviary (Chicago, Ill.)

Bar Centro at Bazaar (Los Angeles, Calif.)

Best Barrel-Aged Cocktails:

Clyde Common (Portland, Ore.)

Rickhouse (San Francisco, Calif.)

Best Classic Cocktails:

Anvil Bar & Refuge (Houston, Texas)

Clover Club (Brooklyn, N.Y.)

Gin Joint (Charleston, S.C.)

Cure (New Orleans, La.)

Best Bars for a Martini:

Columbia Room (Washington, D.C.)

Four Seasons (New York, N.Y.)

Best Piano Bars:

Pete's Dueling Piano Bar (Austin, Texas)

Dresden Room (Los Angeles, Calif.)

Bombay Club (New Orleans, La.)

Pat O'Brien's (New Orleans, La.)

Best Nightclubs:

Santos Party House (New York, N.Y.)

Tryst (Las Vegas, Nev.)

Best Bars for Live Music:

Continental Club (Austin, Texas)

The Middle East (Boston, Mass.)

Mercury Lounge (New York, N.Y.)

dba (New Orleans, La.)

Best Bars for Cheap Drinks:

Lafitte's Blacksmith Shop (New Orleans, La.)

Terrible's Casino (Las Vegas, Nev.)

Barfly's (Austin, Texas)

Best Bars for Celebrity-Spotting:

Chateau Nightclub (Las Vegas, Nev.)

Bar Centrale (New York, N.Y.)

Roger Room (West Hollywood, Calif.)

Four Seasons (Beverly Hills, Calif.)

Tropicana Bar (Hollywood, Calif.)

Best Airport Bars:

Vino Volo (Oakland, Calif.)

New Belgian Hub Bar & Grill (Denver, Colo.)

Cibo (Philadelphia, Pa.)





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