Dan Electro’s Guitar Bar
Smack dab in the middle of a residential neighborhood north of Downtown, Dan Electro’s is a rec-room roadhouse, with day-glo walls that feel a bit like a 1970s roller rink.…
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Under the Volcano
Frozen Screwdrivers and an array of local and national musical acts draw a diverse crowd to this neighborhood bar dressed up with tropical Dia de los Muertos décor. Just off…
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Anvil Bar & Refuge
This is, more or less, where it all started in Houston. Opened in 2009 by a young Bobby Heugel who, by his own account, didn’t really know what he was…
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The Pastry War
Think of The Pastry War as a PR firm for traditionally made agave spirits. If the spirit's agave piñas aren’t roasted in a stone oven and ground under the stone wheel…
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Captain Foxheart’s Bad News Bar and Spirit Lodge
Don’t let the somewhat secretive entrance, baroque name, dark wood and chandeliers fool you, Bad News Bar is about as comfortable as it gets. There’s a basement-bar nonchalance to the…
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Grand Prize Bar
Grand Prize Bar is pretty much Cheers, but only if you replace Norm and Cliff with every off-duty chef and barman in the city of Houston. Equal parts serious cocktail…
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Double Trouble
A laid back, soft-tiki hideaway offering both of the world’s best intoxicants, Double Trouble can wind you up and wind you back down. Brewing coffee from Houston’s own Greenway Coffee…
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Lei Low
Houston’s first total immersion tiki bar of the modern era, Lei Low is a beautiful example of how something so silly can be treated so seriously, to such delightful effect. The…
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Julep
Stepping into Julep is like stepping out onto a back porch. The place feels made of lace and sunshine, practically oozing Southern charm. The latest in Bobby Heugel’s Clumsy Butcher…
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Moving Sidewalk
Watching bartender Alex Gregg’s evolution over his time behind Houston bars has been akin to watching the evolution of Houston itself. He’s moved through the flush of a newfound love…
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