Dive bars will save the West
They’re bastions of authenticity in performative times
Bars
Sunday
Thursday
The Long Room, a reliable Chicago bar with all the essentials
It provided everything a human being requires — and it was a two-minute walk from my house
How to do St. Patrick’s Day like an Irish American
You needn’t travel to Ireland to celebrate its saint’s day
Friday
The understated perfection of Long Island Bar
Is it the best bar in Brooklyn? Certainly
Wednesday
The Office Lounge is everything a Texas bar should be
Plastic ashtrays line the tables and bar as a living symbol of Texan freedom
Monday
In search of the perfect martini
For my money the only ‘cocktail’ worthy of the name is the classic martini, together with the gimlet
The comfort of drinking at the Hound
I can’t wait to go back
Sunday
The charm of Toronto’s Park Hyatt Writer’s Room
It’s like dropping into the opening scene of an Agatha Christie story: anything could happen
Thursday
Lucien, the best bar in New York for writers
Establishments where writers and reporters liked to drink hold for me a privileged position
Friday
McSorley’s Old Ale House resists restoration
The pub has Ireland, and the Irish experience in America, in its DNA
Monday
Crossing the border for margaritas at La Roca
The mere fact it is on that liminal, edgy, Mexico-American borderland adds a definite frisson
Tuesday
The comfort of drinking at Lucy’s
I once said when it closes, it’ll be time to leave New York. That was seventeen years ago
Monday
Colony Grill’s culture remains
What Colony lacks in ash it makes up for with the world’s best pizza, one designed specifically for drinkers
Tuesday
My favorite Red Lion pub
Spare a thought, dear Americans, for the British cost-of-drinking crisis
Friday
Remembering Orsini’s
By the time I hit the ground running in 1956, Orsini’s was jumping
Tuesday
One of Washington’s best bars returns
The Post Pub is rumored to be reopening after a tragic dip in drinking saw it flounder
