Nashville
Welcoming baristas, small tables suited to laptops, ample parking and a university-adjacent location: the Well might just be the perfect coffee shop. The…
Nashville
Welcoming baristas, small tables suited to laptops, ample parking and a university-adjacent location: the Well might just be the perfect coffee shop. The…
Tucson
Delightful single-origin chocolatier in southern Tucson, where, depending on the weather, you can sample a tongue-tingling Mexican hot chocolate or, more…
Seattle
LGBTIQ+ travelers who prefer catching up over a plate of nachos to blasting EDM will want to post up at this congenial pub. It's known as a bar for bears …
West Village, Chelsea & Meatpacking District
Even all the NYU students can’t ruin this: a cozy Belgian beer bar with Delirium Tremens on tap and a few dozen bottle options, including Duvel and…
Portland
This Scandinavian-style, minimalist cocktail bar is a two-time James Beard semi-finalist for 'Outstanding Bar Program.' The setting is spacious, airy and…
Portland
Nationally known for its Belgian-style beers, Allagash opens its doors for free tours and tastings every day (book a tour online; weekend tours are super…
Portland
Another cool brewery in Maine with innovative beer and a big, welcoming brewery bar? Why the hell not? This enormous space isn't just a good spot to grab…
Long Island
A small crew dedicated to brewing fine craft beers started in an old Greenport firehouse in 2009, but their expanded brewery-restaurant in Peconic is a…
Chicago
The Clipper's retro linoleum and Naugahyde decor hasn't changed much since it opened in 1937. Guys in bowling shirts and ladies in thrift-store dresses…
West Virginia
On top of the mountain (like the rest of Snowshoe resort), this place is tiny, so on busy nights it can feel as if you're bumping elbows with every skier…
Chicago
This award-winning Wisconsin roaster has branched out to Chicago, bringing its fair-trade, single-origin coffees to three locations across the city. This…
Santa Fe
From baseball caps and beards to kale-pesto connoisseurs, this gastropub is often overflowing with an eclectic bunch filling up on green chile poutine and…
Atlanta
Long before cold-pressed juices became trendy (and $12 a pop!), Atlanta had Arden's Garden, which has been firing off affordable and healthy bottles of…
Boise
Bardenay was the USA's very first 'distillery-pub,' and remains a one-of-a-kind watering hole. Located on Basque Block, it makes rum in-house and has…
Nashville
The stacked logs, hanging fireplace and pine-cone lamps evoke cold-weather climes at this ski-themed bar – the only thing missing is snow. Local craft…
Boulder
Hidden in the basement of Hotel Boulderado, License No 1 is a throwback to Prohibition times. It's a maze of dimly lit rooms, unfinished stone walls, deep…
Philadelphia
Pronounced 'win win' this cafe-bar is run on a cooperative basis and has the feel of your coolest friend's living room. Apart from Elixir Coffee Roasters…
Charlotte
Set in a former mill, Heist is one of several good-time NoDa breweries. With 36 taps spread over three bars (pints from $4.50), it offers some…
Portland
This bright-white 'coffee lab' churns out fluffy green matcha lattes and turmeric-ginger concoctions along with perfect espresso shots and a series of…
North Beach & Chinatown
Vintage red neon promises evenings worthy of WWII sailors on shore leave. Drink in the atmosphere, but stick to basic well drinks and beer straight from a…
Long Island
An old-school drinking and eating establishment along the manic 'strip' for 80 years, the Shagwong was a favored celebrity drop-in in the ’70s.
Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park
The small bar serves The Rim's lunch menu (and its view) all day long; craft brews from Big Island Brewhaus, Ola, Kona Brewing Co. and Maui Brewing Co…
West Village, Chelsea & Meatpacking District
If it weren’t for the lines later in the evening, you’d never guess that a charming bar lay beyond this plain metal door set into a brick wall on a…
Chicago
Revered chef Rick Bayless opened this quirky West Loop brewery inspired by beers people were drinking in Mexico City in the 1860s. Quaff fanciful…
San Francisco
Nob Hill society was once dominated by four ruthless railroad barons – but now it's your turn to give the orders in this swanky hilltop cocktail bar…
Nashville
People are elbow-to-elbow at the open windows of this convivial joint every time we walk by. There are games aplenty to keep folks distracted, including…
Ohio
Service Bar is inside Middle West Spirits distillery, so when you order a cocktail like the vanilla-tinged Rhinestone Cowboy, it’s made with bourbon fresh…
Union Square, Flatiron District & Gramercy
With its original 19th-century mirrors, pressed-tin ceiling and rosewood bar, this dark, atmospheric watering hole serving up brews since 1864 has all the…
St Augustine
The hottest spot in St. Augustine – with nary a Spanish colonial morsel in sight – flaunts exposed concrete, raw brickwork and soaring windows surrounding…
Richmond
This hipster hole-in-the-wall is a peculiar mash-up of wine bar, cafe and restaurant. Creative cocktails, craft beer and local wines are on offer, as is a…
The Mission, Dogpatch & Potrero Hill
Lesbian-owned since 1962, Wild Side West has kept its clientele busy making herstory in the beer garden and making out on the pool table (Janis Joplin…
Hilo
This microbrewery has a small tasting room where you can sample excellent craft beer. Most brews were originated by Mehana Brewing, Hilo's first…
Portland
Although Bramhall touts itself as a speakeasy, there's a level of exclusivity implied in that description that doesn't register at this redbrick…
Florida Keys
When Colonel Kurtz whispered, ‘The horror, the horror,’ in Apocalypse Now he was probably thinking about the night he got trashed in this scuzziest of…
Las Vegas
With a serious list of classic cocktails and housemade inventions, this low-lit speakeasy is undeniably romantic, and it feels decades ahead of Downtown's…
Illinois
The best of Springfield's downtown microbreweries in beer quality, the excellently named Buzz Bomb marries an original 1930s pressed-tin ceiling with…
Hudson Valley
Walk past the gleaming vats up front and choose from a seasonally rotating cast of a dozen or so brews, including several kinds of lager, blond, IPA,…
Martha's Vineyard
OK, so the tagline – 'a playground for adults' – may raise some eyebrows. But Loft is not risque. Instead, it's a rowdy 2nd-floor bar (above MV Chowder…
New Orleans
Dartboard, pool table, a long and dark bar, old-looking mirrors on the wall and a few video poker machines. And Billy Squier’s The Stroke on the speakers…
Chicago
Frank Sinatra and Bette Davis were among the celebs who used to swirl martinis in the old Pump Room, which recently got a modern rebranding as Booth One…
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