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What neighborhood joints can teach us about the fabric of their communities.

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

The Raven Lounge & Restaurant remains a spiritual home for America’s original music.

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.

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.

The bar within this 118-year-old mecca of Italian-American cuisine is one of Brooklyn’s best-kept secrets.

The Queens bar where everybody is treated like a local.

A Williamsburg dive that falls somewhere between rock ‘n’ roll bar and eighth grade art project.

Inside Chez Jay, the bygone celebrity haunt that remains an idiosyncratic relic of old Hollywood.

Walk west on 133rd. Find the red awning marked Bill’s Place and buzz yourself in.

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