You cannot build a dive bar. Dive bars are formed slowly, like stalactites, after years of buildup of scuff marks, spilled beers and punched walls.
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How to Find a Perfect Bar Anywhere in the World (Esquire.com)
Everyone has a fantasy of rolling into an unfamiliar city, walking into a nondescript bar, and discovering it's the coolest, chillest place within a 50-mile radius to swig beer.
Lord, Take Me To Beer Church (Playboy.com)
Step into the beer hall at Taft's Ale House in Cincinnati, and you’ll whisper a prayer of thanks to the Father, the Son and the Holy Distilled Spirit.
Bars We Love: Gramps, Miami (Playboy.com)
To the uninitiated, the biggest thing Gramps bar in Miami seems to have going for it is its A/C unit. “AIR CONDITIONING, COLD BEER, COCKTAILS,” reads the stencil across the front of the building.
Best New Bars in America, 2016 (Playboy Magazine, November 2016)
Every year we search the U.S. for the top new places to get a great drink: the best spots where they take making a cocktail seriously, but don’t take themselves too seriously. After making an open call for nominations and consulting some of the best bartenders, drinks writers, and industry insiders, we came up with a list of 50 worthy finalists.
Bars We Love: Barrel Proof, New Orleans (Playboy.com)
When people who work in the service industry get off of work, the last thing they want to drink is a complicated cocktail. They want a beer and a shot of whiskey.
Bars We Love: Eat the Rich, Washington, D.C. (Playboy.com)
The oyster-meets-cocktail bars that are opening across the country today all seem to focus on absinthe and the refined, pinkies-up saloons of centuries past. Eat the Rich oyster and cocktail bar in Washington, D.C., however, is not one of those bars.
City in a Glass: Asheville (PasteMagazine.com)
We’re not going to fight it: Asheville, North Carolina, is a beer city. On this city drinks tour, we’re going to introduce you to three solid Asheville drinks, show you where some nice people will make them for you and even how to replicate one of them at home.
Bars We Love: Republic, Minneapolis (Playboy.com)
Matt O’Reilly, owner of Republic in Minneapolis, will be the first to tell you his bar is not for everyone. “We send a clear message: quality over popularity,” he says. “We don’t sell Budweiser. We don’t need to sell Budweiser.”
The 9 Weirdest Drinks at MLB Stadiums in 2016 (Playboy.com)
You can do better than a $12 cup of Blue Moon at the ballpark. The concessions at MLB stadiums are getting more creative, diverse and kind of strange, and we’re not just talking about the food.
City in a Glass: Charleston (PasteMagazine.com)
Charleston, South Carolina, is a drinking city for proper adults. Here, urban drinking societies are a thing and cocktail hour is a long-held social tradition. On this city drinks tour, we’re going to introduce you to three classic cocktails made with a Charleston twist, show you where to find them and even how to replicate them at home.
Bars We Love: Edmund’s Oast, Charleston (Playboy.com)
Why just be a good beer bar or a good cocktail bar or a good wine bar when you can be great at all three? That’s the motto at Edmund’s Oast brew pub in Charleston, South Carolina.
Bars We Love: Wassail, New York City (Playboy.com)
Depending on whom you ask, cider is either the next wine or the next beer. But really, it’s the next…cider. “Cider is something that is very old, but very new too,” says Jennifer Lim, owner of Wassail cider bar in New York City’s Lower East Side.
9 Essential Food and Drink Stops in Austin During SXSW (Playboy.com)
In Austin you can throw a breakfast taco in any direction and hit a decent place to eat or drink. But if your only exposure to the city’s dining scene is when you parachute into town for South By Southwest, you should be aiming for higher than decent. Here’s our cheat sheet for nine of Austin’s notable openings, new expansions and essential institutions to get you through the week.
Bars We Love: The White Horse, Austin (Playboy.com)
The White Horse bar in Austin, Texas, has the best wine list in town: Red ($5), White ($5) and Shut Up ($10). “We’re a honky tonk,” co-owner Denis O'Donnell says. “If you come in and ask for a martini, we’re going to laugh you out of here for being stupid.
10 Cool Gifts for the Texas Boozer (DallasObserver.com)
This year, gift your booze-loving friends more sophisticated presents than just a handle of Tito’s and a six-pack of Tecate. (Although, to be honest, they’d probably still love to get those.)
City in a Glass: Park City, Utah (PasteMagazine.com)
Many people think you can’t get a good drink in Park City, Utah. Sure, the state has some strict liquor laws that limit base spirits to 1½ ounces per glass. But just because you can’t order a double doesn’t mean all of the drinks are weak.
The Best Dive Bars in Atlanta, According to Bartenders (FirstWeFeast.com)
Atlantans want more than just cheap beer and good jukeboxes from their dive bars—they want entertainment. Revelers in the ATL like to chug their brews while watching street fights, belting into karaoke machines, listening to live blues musicians, or even admiring strippers.
The Best Dive Bars in New Orleans, According to Bartenders (FirstWeFeast.com)
When the professional drink-slingers in New Orleans want to have a beer, they stay far away from the “go-cup” toting amateurs on Bourbon Street. Instead, they head straight to the seedy dives.
City in a Glass: Birmingham (PasteMagazine.com)
Depending on your wherewithal, you could theoretically work your way through all of Birmingham’s cocktail destinations and four beer breweries in one weekend. Not that we'd recommend that.