Detroit’s Last Great Blues Bar
In a changing city, the 75-year-old Raven Lounge & Restaurant remains a spiritual home for America’s original music.
- story: Leslie Pariseau
- photos: Jenna Belevender
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
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
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
America Is Alive and Well at Paradise Alley
The Queens bar where everybody is treated like a local.
- story: Leslie Pariseau
- photos: Michelle Hiemerman
Dardy Bar Doesn’t Want You to Grow Up
A Williamsburg dive that falls somewhere between rock ‘n’ roll bar and eighth grade art project.
- story: Leslie Pariseau
- photos: Eric Medsker
Santa Monica’s Late Great Celebrity Dive Abides
Inside Chez Jay, the bygone celebrity haunt that remains an idiosyncratic relic of old Hollywood.
- story: Leslie Pariseau
- photos: Dylan + Jeni
Find Your Paradise in Midtown
In “Dive” Leslie Pariseau explores the bars at the far edges of popular nightlife. Here: Tommy Bahama bar, an under-the-radar, beach-themed attraction in gilded Midtown Manhattan.
- story: Leslie Pariseau
- photos: Michelle Heimerman
The Last Speakeasy on Swing Street
In "Dive" Leslie Pariseau explores the bars at far edge of popular nightlife. Up first: The under-the-radar Harlem jazz joint, Bill’s Place.
- story: Leslie Pariseau
- photos: Michelle Heimerman
