Michigan
Snug Harmony brews creative lagers, IPAs, stouts and sours. The list transforms often, but you might find beers like a lavender-tinged IPA or a peat…
Michigan
Snug Harmony brews creative lagers, IPAs, stouts and sours. The list transforms often, but you might find beers like a lavender-tinged IPA or a peat…
Chicago
Intelligentsia is a local chain that roasts its own beans and percolates good, strong stuff. The modern, industrial coffee bar makes a good fuel stop…
Massachusetts
In a picture-perfect red farm barn, this craft brewery produces a dozen different beers, including a tempting honey and a seasonal ale made with locally…
Las Vegas
A true dive bar and proud of it, this spot (where you may end up doing shots with the owner) calls itself 'the last neighborhood bar in Las Vegas.'…
Venice, Marina Del Rey & Playa del Rey
A fun pub right on the Boardwalk on Venice's north end, blessed with ample patio seating for sunset people-watching, long boards suspended from the…
Beck's Roasting House & Creamery
New Mexico
This compact coffee shop may sit beside one of the oldest roads in the country, the Camino Real, but its coffee is thoroughly modern. Beans are imported…
Yellowstone National Park
For post-geyser drinks, the Bear Pit Lounge offers cocktails, microbrews and pub food. The huckleberry margarita is a must-try. Stop in to admire the…
Memphis
One of the great dive bars in Memphis has a 2nd floor full of claw-foot tubs and tattered old furniture, remnants of its brothel past. The Soul Burger is…
Phoenix
Housed in the former Arizona Prohibition Headquarters, this stylish seating-only cocktail bar shakes up some serious mixes and slings some delicious food…
Montana
This long, narrow, pretty martini bar was opened by a lawyer who won a (hard-to-get) liquor license in a state lottery and named the place after his dad,…
Birmingham
A funky neighborhood bar – our favorite sort – the Parkside has weird art on the walls, assorted bric-a-brac, a big outdoor courtyard with a fire pit, an…
Kailua-Kona
Hidden away in a strip mall is 'the Mask,' one of Kailua-Kona's dedicated gay bars. In a town where drinking options run from tourist traps to sports bars…
Alaska
Dating back to the callow years of the gold rush, this saloon claims to be the oldest on the Bering Sea and was (is?) certainly the most notorious. It's…
Hilo
Find your inner 'om' in a teahouse hidden within a clothing boutique. Done in deep colors and Asian motifs, the New Age-y space offers ample seating and a…
Philadelphia
Whether you pull up a seat at the bar or find a cozy couch to relax on, this spot has everything you could want in a craft cocktail bar. Extra points if…
Oakland
Busting out of its original brick-and-wood-paneled shoe box into a second storefront and outdoor back patio, this place specialises in Belgian ales. Two…
Asheville
This scruffy but lovable downtown pub nails a fine drinking trifecta. Downstairs you’ll find 16 taps and nearly 200 bottles of Belgian ales; at street…
Portland
Stop in for a warming Moroccan spice latte at this airy, glassed-in coffee shop, with tempting pastries and friendly staff. Other Moroccan-leaning treats…
New Orleans
This sprawling, high-energy bar celebrates the games of your youth in a big and flashy way. There's life-size Jenga, towering Connect Four, air hockey,…
South Beach
Muscle boys with mustaches, glistening six-packs gyrating on stage, and a crowd of men who’ve decided shirts really aren’t their thing: do we need to…
Waikiki
Big, open-air and set back from the street behind tropical plants, Waikiki's namesake brewery has an industrial-chic setting where you can enjoy the nine…
Reno
This awesome little place gets points for originality. Occupying what was formerly a private home, the concept is simple: you bring your own food and…
Portland
This excellent brewery specializes in sour beers, many made from fruit – which may leave some beer fiends skeptical, but trust us and give it a try. If…
Cincinnati
This bar in the 1920s-era Netherland Plaza Hotel (now owned by Hilton) is an art deco monument. Sip a martini while ogling the fan-shaped couches, gilded…
Chicago
A local institution and the perfect neighborhood hangout, Guthrie’s remains true to its mellow roots even as the Cubs-fueled neighborhood goes manic…
Oakland
Highwire is well known across Oakland and the East Bay for its well regarded, exhaustively sourced coffee, as well as a commitment to sustainability …
Sequoia National Park
Awesome new microbrewery run by award-winning craft beer–maker and Pismo Beach implant Matt McWilliams. There's usually a couple of beers on tap at a time…
New Mexico
The local brewery of choice, the Spotted Dog is located rather incongruously next to a gas station at the southern tail of Mesilla. No matter, the 11…
Burlington
Step downstairs to this cave-like speakeasy for cocktails, boutique wines and occasional live music. It's sophisticated and sheltered from the raucous…
Greater Palm Springs
On a balmy night, Birba's hedge-fringed patio with twinkle lights and a sunken firepit brings a dolce vita vibe to the desert. Unwind with a glass of…
New Orleans
With a setting both swanky and spare, Oak's vibe is hard to place, but if you'd like a glass of wine or a specialty cocktail in a nondivey setting, this…
Seattle
If you want to enjoy a beer in Georgetown’s erstwhile redbrick Rainier beer factory, head to this minimalist taproom and microbrewery where old-fashioned…
Seattle
The Comet 2.0 replaced the dirty, dive-y, older version in 2014 after a brief closure. While not as endearingly disheveled as its predecessor (yet), the…
New Orleans
This swell bar is the tipsy companion to Café Adelaide, and its good-time vibe seems poised to spill into the lobby of the adjoining Loews Hotel. A dash…
Orlando
The famous live-music joint that encourages performances of all standards. It's part of the I-Drive 360 complex (think the Orlando Eye and more). Serves…
Kona Coast
Just over 2 miles north of the harbor turnoff along Hwy 19, this farm-grown coffee roaster's retail shop and coffee bar also stocks baked goodies and…
Las Vegas
Expect a more sultry, adults-only scene at Caesars Palace's pool club, where topless sunbathing is encouraged and women always get in free. The atmosphere…
Berkeley
Craft cocktails and Indian-inspired bar food is the name of the game at East Bay Spice Company. Try a Gold of Harrapa – gin, Campari, potato liqueur and…
Fort Lauderdale
We don’t want to call Laser Wolf sophisticated, but its extensive booze menu and pop-art styling definitely attracts Fort Lauderdale’s cerebral set. But…
Idaho
Part of the growing microdistillery movement, Warfield isn't in a hurry to rush their whiskey to bottle, but if their beer and vodka are any indications…
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