Alyson Sheppard is a food writer and hangover specialist based in the South.

Bars We Love: Backbar, Somerville, Massachusetts (Playboy.com)

Bars We Love: Backbar, Somerville, Massachusetts (Playboy.com)

Finding Backbar in Somerville, Massachusetts, is a bit of a going-through-the-closet-and-getting-to-Narnia experience. Boston’s T doesn’t reach this part of town, and the bar’s doorway is not well marked. Ask for directions on the street and you’ll be pointed down an alleyway in search of a tiny orange door. 

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Where Are All of the Weed Cocktails? (Playboy.com)

Where Are All of the Weed Cocktails? (Playboy.com)

Bars We Love: Tough Luck Club, Tucson (Playboy.com)

Bars We Love: Tough Luck Club, Tucson (Playboy.com)