Courtney Balestier is a food and culture writer whose work has appeared in the likes of Lucky Peach, Oxford American and the New York Times and has been anthologized in Cornbread Nation 7: The Best of Southern Food Writing. You can find more of her work at courtneybalestier.com.

The Bar Where Nobody Knows Your Name
What does the bar by which we judge all other bars look like today? In “Deep Dive,” we send writers back to their college haunts to find out what treasures…
- story: Courtney Balestier
- illustration: Laura Breiling