Must-see nightlife in Eastern USA

  • Front Street Brewery

    Front Street Brewery

    Coastal North Carolina

    It's only vaguely unusual that Wilmington's original brewery is North Carolina's biggest whisky bar! So, if beer isn't your thing, the 400+ bottles of…

  • Located above late-night bar Slippery Slope in Chicago's Logan Square, Heavy Feather is a take on a 1970s fern bar.

    Heavy Feather

    Chicago

    Modeled after fern bars of the late 1970s and early '80s – plant-adorned drinking establishments replete with wood accents and faux Tiffany lamps – Heavy…

  • Journeyman Distillery

    Gold Coast

    Located in the old Featherbone Factory, which used to produce corsets and buggy whips, Journeyman cooks up organic whiskies, gins and other booze, and…

  • BAR

    New Haven

    This restaurant-club-pub encompasses the Bru Room (New Haven's first brewpub), the Front Room, the video-oriented BARtropolis Room and other enclaves…

  • Neighborhood favorite Bridgeport Coffee shop.

    Bridgeport Coffee

    Chicago

    Single-origin, house-roasted coffee, breakfast sandwiches and free wi-fi make up for spacey service at this long-running Bridgeport favorite. Lofty…

  • Veil Brewing

    Richmond

    One of the most popular craft breweries in the emerging Scott's Addition neighborhood, Veil is known for its hop-forward beers, plenty of which are…

  • Half Acre Lincoln Tap Room

    Chicago

    Half Acre was one of the leaders of Chicago's craft brewing movement, concocting the deliciously hoppy Daisy Cutter Pale Ale and selling it in cans. The…

  • New Holland Brewing – The Knickerbocker

    Michigan

    The cavernous, echo-y building feels somewhat impersonal – it's vast enough that full-size barrels hang from the high ceiling as light covers – but hey,…

  • Greenwood Park

    New York City

    Only in Brooklyn is a beer garden easily mistaken for an auto scrap yard…and all the better for it. Around the corner from Green-Wood Cemetery, this 13…

  • Grand Rapids Brewing Company

    Michigan

    Grand Rapids Brewing is one of the nation's few organic-certified beer makers. The rustic interior, built from reclaimed wood and other materials, jumps…

  • Spotted Owl

    Cleveland

    The Owl hides in a Tremont residential complex. Push open the iron gate and walk down the alleyway that leads to the dark, moody room. It feels like a…

  • Cooter Brown’s Tavern & Oyster Bar

    New Orleans

    Cooter’s scores points with locals because it served as a community gathering place in the aftermath of Katrina. College kids, local characters and Uptown…

  • Haymarket Pub & Brewery

    Chicago

    An early arrival on the West Loop scene, Haymarket remains nicely low-key. It doesn't try to win you over with uberhipness like many of its neighbors…

  • 3 Points Urban Brewery

    Cincinnati

    Art and beer mix at 3 Points, a sleek industrial space with black-and-white stools and high-top tables. The brewers commission local artists to design…

  • Old Talbott Tavern

    Kentucky

    The dim limestone environs of the Old Talbott Tavern have been welcoming guests like Abraham Lincoln and Daniel Boone since the late 1700s. It was a…

  • Black Forest Brooklyn

    New York City

    Two German Brooklynites opened this hip take on a traditional beer hall, with dark ceiling timbers, exposed brick and waiters in red-checked shirts…

  • Outer Banks Brewing Station

    Outer Banks

    This Kill Devil Hills microbrewery is powered by a 93ft wind turbine, the first such brewery in the USA. That means you'll be doing your part for global…

  • Bob's Your Uncle

    Upper West Side & Central Park

    This is the kind of friendly, easygoing neighborhood bar you wish was your local. (We do, anyway.) Beverages focus mainly on craft brews (10 rotating…

  • 3 Arts Club Cafe

    Chicago

    Chandeliers dangle from the high ceiling, fountains gurgle, and sleek couches offer respite under leafy trees in a light-bathed glass atrium. This elegant…

  • Bell Book & Candle

    West Village, Chelsea & Meatpacking District

    Step down into this candlelit gastropub for strong, inventive libations with infused spirits and smoky mezcals and hearty late-night pub grub. A 20…

  • Miami Brewing Company

    Everglades National Park

    You'll find first-rate craft brews in this enormous warehouse-style tasting room. The brewers here bring more than a hint of Floridian accents in beers…

  • H Street Country Club

    Washington, DC

    The Country Club is three levels of great. The bottom floor is packed with pool tables, skeeball and shuffleboard, while the upper floor contains its own…

  • Press Room

    Chicago

    Groups of friends and couples on dates descend to the Press Room's snug basement digs to chitchat at candlelit tables over glasses of red, white and…

  • Springwater Supper Club & Lounge

    Nashville

    Folks say this smoky dive is Tennessee's oldest bar. We're not sure how to verify that claim, but true or not, how many dives provide a view of the…

  • Mitten Brewing Company

    Michigan

    Mitten occupies a beautiful brick Victorian-era fire station. Locals chitchat at knotty wood tables in the warm, pub-like interior. Vintage baseball…

  • Goose Island Fulton Street Brewery

    Chicago

    Goose Island – Chicago's first craft brewer, launched in 1988 – is now owned by Anheuser-Busch InBev, so technically it's no longer a craft brewer. But it…

  • Lavender Lake

    New York City

    Named after the colorfully polluted Gowanus Canal, this popular local haunt is set in a former stable. Lavender Lake serves carefully selected craft beers…

  • Thornapple Brewing Co

    Michigan

    Thornapple is like a friendly corner tavern, where patrons know each other, play cards and compete on trivia teams, though the vibe is slightly punctured…

  • Cherry Public House

    Gold Coast

    The pub is home to Cherry Republic Brewing Company that makes Leelanau Lambic, a dry, tart ale blended with local Montmorency cherries. It also produces…

  • Aria

    West Village, Chelsea & Meatpacking District

    In the western reaches of the Village, Aria is an inviting music-filled space, with a mix of brick and tile walls and rustic wood tables. There's a good…

  • Highlands

    West Village, Chelsea & Meatpacking District

    This handsome Scottish-inspired drinkery is a fine place to while away an evening. Exposed brick, a fireplace and a mix of animal heads, pheasant…

  • Arnold’s

    Cincinnati

    Sit at the bar at Arnold’s and you might rub elbows with a city council member or local newscaster or Reds baseball player. The downtown staple has been…

  • Russian Lady

    Connecticut

    Nobody actually knows who the Russian Lady, is but the youngsters who like to drink, dance and party the night away all swear she's their new best friend…

  • Irish Kevin’s

    Key West

    One of the most popular megabars on Duval, Kevin’s has a pretty good entertainment formula pinned down: nightly live acts that are a cross between a folk…

  • Vagabond Pool Bar

    Miami

    Tucked behind the Vagabond Hotel, this is a great spot to start the evening, with perfectly mixed cocktails, courtesy of pro bartenders (the kind who will…

  • Revelry Brewery

    Charleston

    Probably the hippest of the Northern Peninsula breweries. It's hard to beat knocking back a few artfully crafted cold ones on Revelry's fairy-lit and fire…

  • Columns Hotel

    New Orleans

    With its antebellum trappings – a raised front porch, white Doric columns, a flanking live oak – the Columns Hotel harks back to a simpler era. Here we’re…

  • Uncommons

    West Village, Chelsea & Meatpacking District

    If you can't get enough of board games, duck into this coffee shop, where a small fee gives you access to an enormous collection of new, popular and rare…

  • Bardo Brewing

    Washington, DC

    Sprawled by the river in the shadow of Nationals Park, Bardo feels post-apocalyptic. Silver fermentation tanks rise from the dirt, dogs lope around rusted…

  • Mid-City Yacht Club

    New Orleans

    The Yacht Club is so much a part of the neighborhood that one of the owners took his boat out to save flooded Katrina victims (hence the name of the bar,…

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