dive bars
I Spent 72 Depraved Hours Searching for the Gnarliest Dive Bar in Las Vegas
17 bars, six games of pool, and an unknowable number of Miller Lites later, I finally tracked it down. But I could never have prepared myself for what I found along the way.
Dive Bars Need PPP Loans to Survive—But Big Chains Sucked the Fund Dry
Corporations took millions from a program designed to help small businesses. Without that money, dives across the country are at risk of closing permanently.
The Life, Death, and Rebirth of New York City's Most Resilient Dive Bar
Sasha and Lee Lloyd overcame abuse, homelessness, depression, and betrayal to open The Hard Swallow—and they'll do anything to protect it.
The Best Bar in Austin Is Sam's Town Point
A slice of the old (cool) ATX inside the growing metropolis.
Former DC Music Venue Replaced by 'DIVE,' a Music-Themed Bar with $225 Bottle Service
In between tequila shots and bites of 'Fleetwood Mac & Cheese,' diners are encouraged to strum the guitars and ukuleles on display.
Fran's Eastside Is the Best Dive Bar in Nashville
It's so good, in fact, Nicole Kidman pretends to drink there.
Atlanta’s Best Bar Started as an Accident
Two brothers bought an old building to house their construction business, but started serving drinks instead.
The Best Bar in Philadelphia Is Dirty Frank's If You Love Dives
Dirty Frank's gleaming oasis of weird in a town beset by 21st-century slickening, it’s always made people its primary business, no matter who those people are.
Mike's Chili Parlor Is the Best Bar in Seattle If You Love Dives
It also happens to sell the city's best chili.
The Best Dive Bar in Texas Opens at 7 AM and Refuses to Be Gentrified
You see the eternal Houston at D&W Lounge.
The 10 Best Dive Bars in Washington, DC
From blues bars to Midwest-vibes watering holes to low-ceilinged cellars with top-notch jukeboxes, here are the best places to get divey in DC.
An El Paso Dive Bar Is Serving Some of the Best Nachos in America
Not all locals agree about the future of Texas's biggest border city, but they do see eye to eye on one thing: The Tap's perfect nachos.