Bars

Are Elitist Cocktails Wrecking Our Bars?

Zester Daily | Posted 05.29.2012

Read More: Bars, Cocktails, Vodka, Drinking, Bartenders, Cocktail Bars, Speakeasies, Mixology, Food News
Zester Daily

As bartenders are downright fetishized for their ability to combine specific spirits, I feel we're losing some of the spirit of the bar. People are there to have a good time and meet people, not to pray at the altar of the cocktail.

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10 Annoying Ways To Behave In A Bar

Zagat | Posted 05.17.2012

Read More: Bar Behavior, Bar, Bars, Alcohol, Beer, Bartenders, Slidepollajax, Drinking, Food News
Zagat

We've chatted with some of our bartender friends and rounded up ten obnoxious behaviors that come out at drinkin' time.

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PHOTOS: The Country's Ultimate Rooftop Bars

Oyster | Posted 05.17.2012

Read More: Miami, Rooftop Bars, Drinking, Travel, Hotels, Food and Drink Travel, Fort Lauderdale, Bars, Slidepollajax, Hotel Bars, Los Angeles, New York City, Travel News
Oyster

If you're daydreaming about sipping on a perfectly made cocktail a few stories above street level too, check out our selection of the hottest hotel rooftop bars across the country now.

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Showing Your Facebook Page As Proof You're 21? UK Bouncers Say Why Not?

The Huffington Post | Katherine Bindley | Posted 05.04.2012

Read More: Fake ID, Bars, Fake-Ids, Drinking-Underage, Under Age Drinking, Fake IDs, Bouncer, Facebook, Technology News

Bouncers have long been known to check whether a person trying to enter a bar is of age in wide variety of ways. There's the "What's your address" que...

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PHOTOS: America's Best Rooftop Bars

Departures Magazine | Posted 04.21.2012

Read More: Hotels, Bars, Travel, America, Slidepollajax, Departures Magazine, Departures, Rooftop Bar, Drinking, Travel News
Departures Magazine

High above the bustling din of Midtown Manhattan, Morris found what he was looking for atop the 21st floor of the Strand Hotel.

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8 Reasons to Love Bars

Leah Odze Epstein | Posted 04.12.2012

Read More: Bars, Extroverts, Recovery, Introverts, Arcades, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Addiction, Pinball, Pool, Drinking, Women News
Leah Odze Epstein

When you're at a bar, people don't want to hear that you're doing "great." They want to hear a story.

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Amsterdam By Bike

Jetsetter.com | Posted 05.21.2012

Read More: Holland, Cocktails, Bars, Amsterdam, Steak, Jordaan, Netherlands, Spas, Biking Destinations, Biking, Travel News
Jetsetter.com

If ever a city were made for cycling, Amsterdam -- with its miles of safe bike lanes on flat, canal-skirting roads -- is it.

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Great St. Patrick's Day Beers You'd Never Want To Make Green

The Daily Meal | Posted 05.15.2012

Read More: Sam Adams, Bars, Pubs, Guinness, St. Patrick's Day, St. Patty's Day, Beer, Stout, Ireland, Slidepollajax, Irish Beer, Food News
The Daily Meal

For fans of great brews, it's admittedly a little worrisome that Googling "St. Patrick's Day Beer" instantly returns a rash of images and links to neon-green pints.

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PHOTOS: Kitschy And Cool Hotel Bars

Oyster | Posted 04.25.2012

Read More: Slidepollajax, Bars, Travel, Hotels, Hotel Bars, Kitschy, Travel Tips, Travel News
Oyster

So we've shuffled through the clutter to find the top 10 hotel bars that, despite (or because) of being themed, are super cool.

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The 100 Highest-Grossing Nightclubs, Bars And Lounges

Posted 02.21.2012

Read More: Nightclub & Bar Top 100, Nightclub Top 100, Bar Top 100, Bars, Video, Lounges, Nightclubs, Technomic, Food News

Restaurant industry research firm Technomic has released its annual list of the Top 100 Nightclub & Bars, detailing the highest grossing clubs in the ...

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Rachel Tepper

PHOTOS: Pop-Up Coffeehouse Opens Inside Darnell's Bar

HuffingtonPost.com | Rachel Tepper | Posted 02.15.2012

Read More: DC News, Howard University, Pop Up Coffeeshop, Good Dc Coffee, Bars, The Blind Dog Cafe, Noah Karesh, Darnell Perkins, DC Restaurants, Dc Around Town, Darnell's, U Street, Dc Coffee, Blind Dog Cafe, DC News

WASHINGTON -- The lights are usually off during the day at Darnell's Bar, a well-loved but little-known watering hole on Florida Avenue NW near Howard...

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Rachel Tepper

D.C. Bartenders Tell All: Valentine's Day Antics In A Dive Bar

HuffingtonPost.com | Rachel Tepper | Posted 02.10.2012

Read More: D.C. Bartenders, DC News, Video, Lucky Bar, Bars, The Big Hunt, Dive Bars, Valentine's Day, Dc Around Town, Public Bar, DC News

WASHINGTON -- What does Valentine's Day look like at a raucous bar in the nation's capital? It ain't always pretty, according to a handful of area...

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How To Get The Best Cash-Paying Jobs Abroad

Off Track Planet | Posted 04.09.2012

Read More: English, Bars, Unemployment, Hostels, Money, Backpacking, Budget, Abroad, Employment, Job, Jobs, Travel, Craigslist, Cash, Skiing, Travel News
Off Track Planet

When your budget approaches the big "O" halfway across the world, everything becomes less peaches and sunshine and more hunger pangs and angry fits. Luckily, you don't need a trunk of Portuguese gold to turn the situation around.

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PHOTOS: The Most Popular Super Bowl Bars Around The Country

Posted 02.03.2012

Read More: Super Bowl 46, Bars, Indianapolis, Super Bowl 2012, Superbowl, US Destinations, Global Pulse, Destinations, Cities, Super Bowl, Travel News

Tens of thousands of football fans are descending on Indianapolis to watch Super Bowl 46. But millions more are willing to forgo the headaches of trav...

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PHOTOS: New Paris Hotel Bar Offers Jaw-Dropping Views

Posted 01.27.2012

Read More: Paris Travel, Hotels, Bars, Video, Paris Hotels, France, International Destinations, Hotel Bars, Paris, Destinations, Travel News

A new bar that's opened on the 34th floor of Paris' Concorde La Fayette hotel is offering unparalleled views of the City of Lights. Appropriately c...

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Sober in the District: The Diary of a Buzzkill

Hani Almadhoun | Posted 03.21.2012

Read More: Religion, Bars, Lifestyle, Humor, Late Night, Alcohol, Washington DC, Drinking, Dc Around Town, Comedy News
Hani Almadhoun

So what does a Muslim, whose best friends are Mormons, do for fun in Washington, D.C.? When I first moved to the District, I had not seen many drunk people before.

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Get Drunk In A Trunk In Limpopo, South Africa

Pam Grout | Posted 03.07.2012

Read More: The Lion King, South Africa, Bars, World Records, International Travel, Limpopo, Baobab, International Destinations, Destinations, Travel Blogs, Travel News
Pam Grout

This gargantuan tree was around long before the Giza Pyramid. And while it doesn't attract quite as many tourists as the oldest of the world's seven wonders, it does attract a lot of imbibers who come to snap pictures of themselves clinking steins inside the trunk of a living tree.

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The Roaring Twenties: A Love Letter to Polk Street

Stefanie Lee | Posted 02.26.2012

Read More: Bars, San Francisco Bars, Millenials, Polk Street, Millennial Generation, San Francisco, Nightlife, Going Out, My Sf, San Francisco News
Stefanie Lee

On Polk Street, no one's on the front lines of a subculture war. Polk Street has no "code," dress or otherwise. There is no one way to act, no one bar to crowd, no one scene to be seen at. No one San Francisco subculture dominates.

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50 Best Bars In America

Food & Wine | Posted 02.15.2012

Read More: Cocktails, Bars, La Bars, San Francisco Bars, Nyc Bars, Denver Bars, Chicago Bars, New York Bars, Food & Wine, Food, Food News
Food & Wine

From a lounge in a renovated Las Vegas wedding chapel to a 19th-century-style saloon, America's best bars celebrate the handmade, the historical and the locally sourced.

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Should I Hit The Bars Or The Books?

College Magazine/ The Huffington Post | Samantha Scharmett | Posted 02.13.2012

Read More: Studying, Bars or the Books, Bars, College Magazine, Books, College News

From College Magazine. It's that time of year again: winter cheer is spreading through campus like wildfire! And by this, I mean the North Face coa...

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PHOTOS: The Birthplaces Of 10 Famous Cocktails

BootsnAll | Posted 02.08.2012

Read More: Drinks, Travel, Cocktails, Bars, Manhattan, Mai Tai, Foodie Travel, Slidepollajax, Bloody Mary, White Russian, Travel News
BootsnAll

Was a Manhattan truly invented in Manhattan? Where do Mojitos really come from? Who was Tom Collins anyway? Is a Mai Tai really Hawaiian?

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Weekend To-Do: Drunk Santas, LGBT Art And Roller Derby

The Huffington Post | Rachel Tepper | Posted 12.09.2011

Read More: DC News, Lgbt, Roller Derby, Bars, Art, Alcohol, Dc Around Town, Santa Stumble, Drinking, DC Rollergirls, DC News

WASHINGTON -- With the holidays just around the corner, we're starting to see Santa pop up everywhere. This weekend, jump into a Santa suit and take p...

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WATCH: Bar Designed By The Oscar-Winning Creator of 'Alien'

Posted 12.02.2011

Read More: HR Giger, Bars, Academy Awards, Sculpture, Visual Effects, Hr Giger Museum, Aliens, Bar, Surrealism, The Oscars, Hr Giger Bar, Drinking Alcohol, Ridley Scott, Museums, Alcohol, Oscars, Arts News

The world of surrealist painter and Oscar-winning visual effects wizard H.R. Giger is frightening for most of us. Known for dehumanizing bio-mechanica...

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PHOTOS: 7 Hotels That Mix Business With Pleasure

Oyster | Posted 01.29.2012

Read More: Slidepollajax, Hotels, Destinations, Business Travel, US Destinations, Bars, Restaurants, Nightclubs, Travel News
Oyster

Traveling for business doesn't mean you can't have any fun. These great hotels offer all the business traveler staples as well popular after-work or nightlife scenes.

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Healthy Eating And Drinking In San Diego

Carolyn Scott | Posted 01.18.2012

Read More: Bars, Vegetarian, Dining, Breweries, Healthy, San Diego, Restaurants, Gluten Free, Vegan, Travel, California, Travel News
Carolyn Scott

Beachy, relaxed and beautiful, healthy food is easy to find in this bayside border town. Lots of great stuff has popped up recently, so I decided to go back and check out some of the new places in and around town.

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