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Find Michael “Hippie Mike” Pollei at Lala’s

In this edition of “The Regulars,” meet the man who spends three days a week at the Austin bar where it’s always Christmas.

  • story: Brad Thomas Parsons
  • photo: Drew Anthony Smith
Dive Bars
Places

The Dive Bar Would Rather Save Us

We assumed it was up to us to rescue a dying breed of bar. Turns out, it might be the other way around.

  • story: Brad Thomas Parsons
  • photo: Ed Anderson
Billymark's Dive Bar NYC
Places

Find Bob Rizzo at Billymark’s West

Welcome to "The Regulars," a series that explores the people who make a bar what it is. Up first, the 16-year patron of New York's sprawling Chelsea dive, Billymark's.

  • story: Brad Thomas Parsons
  • photo: Ed Anderson
Dive Bar Last Call
Cocktails

All Quiet on the Dive Bar Front

Dive bars come to life only when people walk through their doors. As many remain empty, Brad Thomas Parsons imagines a road trip in pursuit of the country’s most beloved.

  • story: Brad Thomas Parsons
  • photo: Ed Anderson
Places

Some Bars Never Really Close

Even when the door is locked, Pete’s Out in the Cold quietly keeps watch over its corner of New Orleans.

  • story: Leslie Pariseau
  • photo: Pete's Out in the Cold
Places

The Age of the Imitation Dive Bar

As the dives of yesterday dwindle, their make-believe counterparts have risen up to fill the void.

  • story: Joshua David Stein
  • photo: Shannon Sturgis
Foxz Athens Georigia
Places

Friends in Low Places

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

  • story: André Gallant
  • illustration: Nick Hensley-Wagner
Places

At Happy’s, Midcentury Miami Still Glows Beneath the Grunge

Planted on an island causeway between beach and city, this relic of the Rat Pack heyday has acquired the patina of a true locals' haunt.

  • story: Leslie Pariseau
  • photos: Anthony J. Rayburn
Boars Heads Tavern Athens
Places

Free Bar Popcorn Has Saved Us All

In "My Obsession," writers take a single object in a bar and explore its significance. This month: Amanda Mull on what dipping into the free snack supply at her old…

  • story: Amanda Mull
  • illustration: Joan LeMay
Sharlenes bar Brooklyn NYC
Places

How a Notoriously Inhospitable Dive Became the New York City Media Hangout

“Cool digs, but the bartender’s shitty attitude turned me off.”

  • story: Meredith Clark
  • photos: Shannon Sturgis
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