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

Bars We Love: Jack Rose Dining Saloon, Washington, D.C. (Playboy.com)

Bars We Love: Jack Rose Dining Saloon, Washington, D.C. (Playboy.com)

A crowned prince and a foreign minister walk into a bar. They slurp down some oysters, share a few glasses of Glenmorangie single malt and then when the check comes, they playfully fight over who will pay the bill. This sounds like the set up to a joke, but when it happened in real life, at Jack Rose Dining Saloon in Washington, D.C., body guards flanked the table, intervening to make sure it didn’t turn into an international incident.

http://www.playboy.com/articles/bars-we-love-jack-rose-dining-saloon-washington-d-c

Bars We Love: Kimball House, Atlanta (Playboy.com)

Bars We Love: Kimball House, Atlanta (Playboy.com)

City in a Glass: San Diego (PasteMagazine.com)

City in a Glass: San Diego (PasteMagazine.com)