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The Regulars

Simons Tavern Chicago
Places

At Chicago’s Favorite Commuter Bar, Slushy Glögg Is a Stop Away

For almost a century, Simon’s Tavern and its mahogany bar top have been a space for killing time, making friends and drinking mulled wine.

  • story: Dalton LaFerney
  • photo: Ricky Kluge
Donns Depot Austin
Places

No Bar Keeps It Real Like Donn’s Depot

Equal parts honky-tonk, dance hall and derelict cocktail lounge, the iconic Austin piano bar and its regulars are icons of another era in a rapidly changing city.

  • story: Laurel Miller
  • photo: Drew Anthony Smith
Queer Bars Nobody's Darling
Places

Nobody’s Darling Is Chicago’s Queer Cheers

Founded by two queer Black women, the cocktail lounge is an inclusive antidote to the city’s cis-centered bars. Meet the regulars who have found a home there.

  • story: Abby Keller
  • photos: Clayton Hauck
Queer Bars Tiny Pony
Places

Tiny Pony Is the Gayest Bar in Yucca Valley

Meet the regulars who make the gun-shop-turned-queer-bar a desert oasis.

  • story: Rax Will
  • photos: Dylan + Jeni
Places

Find Mike Cunningham at Gramercy Tavern

In this edition of “The Regulars,” meet the creative jack-of-all-trades who occupies the commanding corner seat of Danny Meyer’s storied restaurant.

  • story: Brad Thomas Parsons
  • photo: Evan Sung
Places

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
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
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The Wines of Right Now

We spoke to 150 sommeliers and retailers around the country to assemble a list of the 15 producers who represent the wine zeitgeist right now.

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