(And it felt good to send a little love their way, too.
The love they put into operating during a pandemic just to help their employees get by.
Even though these establishments weren’t open in the traditional, save-me-a-stool sense, I still had to experience them. And I can’t come close to making the bacon-y Benton’s Old Fashioned that was handed to me in a paper bag outside of PDT ( Best Bars, 2008). Sidetrack has multiple bars and a rooftop deck great for people watching. Sidetrack The biggest and perhaps the most popular gay bar in Chicago. It’s packed with gay bars, cultural attractions and interesting people. Do I like martinis at home? Yes, but not as much as I like martinis at home delivered by Mister Paradise ( Best Bars, 2019). Boystown is Chicago’s famous gay and appropriately named gay area. The reception was really amazing, Kerr said on August 3, one. Mount Vernon is the gay neighborhood in Baltimore, and many of the bars are concentrated around that central area. Dog Day Afternoon, from restaurateurs Joe Boyle and Jay Kerr, opened this week to crowds of hungry Windsor Terracites clamoring for one of their toppings-loaded dogs. Some of Baltimores gay bars have been around for decades, and continue to attract patrons both young and old. The intimate 560-square foot bar can hold about 43 people, although owner Marty Rogo is carefully eyeing an expansion next door if and when Huey’s Hot Dogs decides to hang-up its shingle and call. Could I make a semi-decent daiquiri at home? Yes, but it wouldn’t be as transcendent as the one I picked up from the window at Brooklyn’s Leyenda ( Best Bars, 2016). A new takeout joint in Windsor Terrace is offering hard-to-find Chicago-style hot dogs with a side of nostalgia.
Many transitioned into makeshift to-go operations, and that’s where my saccharine “What makes a bar a Best Bar?” reasoning became honest fact. When I returned home to New York, my favorite watering holes had started to close, with messages like “Stay Safe, See You Soon!” hastily taped to their doors. Best Bars are places you need your best pals to know about. We served it with grilled hamburgers and hot dogs and there wasnt a bit left over,' says reviewer Kelley James Magestro. It was at the Prince in L.A.’s Koreatown, a place that made this year’s list not only because of its horseshoe bar, red banquettes, and cocktails and Korean fried chicken-what a killer combo!-but also because I just had to share this old-school, slightly weird, still sort of under-the-radar experience with my friend Amanda. Baked beans are the perfect side for hot dogs, and this recipe loads them up with ground beef and bacon for a true meat-lovers meal. A trade secret: While we spend most of the year going to bars to compile this list, a flurry of reporting happens in the spring, right before our deadline, because (a) it’s a great time to travel and drink and (b) writers never turn in stories early.īut this March, as the trees began to bloom and the country started to hibernate, I squeezed in one last reporting trip to Los Angeles and had one final drink at a bar before the Great Quarantine.