RuPaul, Patron Saint of New York’s Gay Bars
During Drag Race season, New York’s gay bars have the atmosphere of a sports bar in the run up to the Super Bowl.
- story: Jen Vafidis
- photo: Gabi Porter
Snake and Jake’s Operates on the Other Side of Twilight
In this installment of “Dive,” a look inside an Uptown New Orleans bar that’s become a landing place for oddball night owls, even at 6 a.m.
- story: Leslie Pariseau
- photos: Randy P. Schmidt
Bar Review: The Shake Shack of Christmas Bars
With 95 locations worldwide, the Christmas-themed craft cocktail pop-ups, Miracle on 9th Street and Sippin’ Santa, have become holiday juggernauts. But are they all created equal?
- story: Robert Simonson
- photo: Lizzie Munro
The Old Brooklyn Still Drinks at Bamonte’s
The bar within this 118-year-old mecca of Italian-American cuisine is one of Brooklyn’s best-kept secrets.
- story: Leslie Pariseau
- photos: Michelle Hiemerman
Long Live the New York Piano Bar
A look at three very Manhattan piano bars, where you can request everything from Russian folk songs to Pavement and the Pixies.
- story: Kenny Herzog
- photos: Eric Medsker
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
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
Sex, Drugs and Mojitos: The Coffee Shop Story
The week of its closing, bartenders, managers, servers and celebrities look back on the legendary hangout’s wildest moments.
- story: Nathaniel Adams
- photo: Courtney Tight
Last Call: Stumbling Toward Faulkner’s Grave
A group of Oxford, Mississippi, bartenders showcase what their city looks like after closing time.
- story: Brad Thomas Parsons
- photos: Ed Anderson
Paris DuRante Is an Institution Within an Institution
The Campbell’s bartender is the calm eye in a hurricane of Grand Central commuters.
- story: Robert Simonson
- photo: Eric Medsker
