Everything Felt Cursed After Carrie Nation Closed
Before it became Ginger’s, the Brooklyn gay bar was its very own neighborhood opera.
- story: Alexander Chee
- illustration: Lydia Ortiz
Mermaid Lounge Was a Total Circus
The New Orleans music venue was a bastion of consequence-free chaos and eccentricity.
- story: Franz Nicolay
- photo: Nancy Laskowski Maas
Tell Me Your Double Door Story
In its prime, the Chicago rock club meant something different to everyone.
- story: Megan Stielstra
- photo: Double Door
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An Italian Amaro Tour, in Six Cocktails
We challenged two bartenders to create a series of cocktails using Averna, Braulio and Cynar that evoke the home region of each amaro.
- story: Punch Staff
- photos: Michelle Heimerman
The Paris Dive That Vanished Without a Trace
During its idiosyncratic reign, Le Fitzcarraldo adopted a chameleon-like existence, changing forms every other month. Then one day, it disappeared all together.
- story: Toby Cecchini
- illustration: Nick Hensley-Wagner
Where Have All the Tortured Punks Gone?
Grimy, dark and relentlessly unapologetic, Mars Bar was among the final bastions of a bygone New York.
- story: Rosie Schaap
- photo: Dennis Crowley
Bar Review: The Making of American Aperitivo
Since opening in a 100-year-old landmark, Dante has brought new meaning to the Italian-style cocktail, and reaffirmed the iconic space as a New York City mainstay.
- story: Robert Simonson
- photos: Lizzie Munro
The Country Music Joint That Nearly Saved Calgary
A Bar Named Sue was the coolest bar you’ve never heard of, in a town you’ve never been to.
- story: Brandy Jensen
- photo: Jeremy Hood
LA’s Last Great LGBT Piano Bar
The Other Side was a “best friend” to a generation of LGBT bar goers who were left wondering: Where will we go now?
- story: Besha Rodell
- illustration: Shannon Knight
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A British Bar Tour Through New York City
With cask-conditioned ales, deep Scotch selections and white-jacket Martini service, here’s where to channel the British spirit stateside.
- story: Punch Staff
- photos: Lizzie Munro
I’m Obsessed With This Bar’s Halloween Makeover
In “My Obsession,” writers take an object and explore its significance. This month: Jen Doll finds joy in Brooklyn Public House’s temporary horrors.
The Green Bay Fans That Co-Opted a Historic NYC Bar
Every Sunday during fall, this former literary haunt is packed wall-to-wall with jersey-clad Wisconsinites.
- story: Robert Simonson
- photos: Eric Medsker