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Located 200 miles below the arctic circle, the experimental Open/Closed was never built to last.

In Telluride, O'Bannon's was a refuge for mountaineers, nomadic hairstylists and one very famous foot fetishist.

With its molecular leanings and misfit chef-bartender duo, New York’s Tailor was daring, eccentric and 10 years too early.

The original Foxz Tavern was a home base for the queers, punks, rednecks and redneck queers of Normaltown.

Tucked beneath the city’s first Ethiopian restaurant, Langano Lounge was known for its free shows, pickle shots and requisite grit and grime.

The Theater District bar, which closed in 2006, was the sort of working class place that no longer exists in Times Square, or in the city as a whole.

Bull Moose Saloon was a hangout for the staff of the Observer in an era where everything seemed to matter both more and less.

Before it became Ginger’s, the Brooklyn gay bar was its very own neighborhood opera.

The New Orleans music venue was a bastion of consequence-free chaos and eccentricity.

In its prime, the Chicago rock club meant something different to everyone.

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