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
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
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
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
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
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
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
