Bars in New Haven

New Haven's Crown Street and College Street nightlife corridors include numerous bars serving the Yale University community, with craft beer bars, cocktail lounges, and late-night establishments complementing the major music venues and restaurants that make New Haven Connecticut's most vibrant urban entertainment city.

Anna Liffey's is one of New Haven's most popular Irish pubs, a neighborhood bar near Yale University serving both the academic community and New Haven locals with live Irish music, an extensive beer selection, and traditional pub atmosphere.

BAR (Bru Room at BAR) in New Haven is a unique bar and restaurant combining a wood-fired pizza menu with an on-premises microbrewery and billiards hall. A truly New Haven institution near Yale that has served students, faculty, and locals since 1991, BAR is one of the most beloved and unique bar concepts in Connecticut.

Ballo Italian Restaurant & Bar at Mohegan Sun is a lively Italian dining and bar destination within the casino resort featuring an open kitchen, wood-fired oven, craft cocktails, and a DJ-driven bar scene on weekend nights. One of Mohegan Sun's most social dining venues that functions as a cocktail lounge and social scene beyond just dinner.

Foxwoods Resort Casino features over a dozen bars, lounges, and entertainment spaces spread across its vast casino floor and hotel complex, including the Cedar Steakhouse Bar, Fox Sports Bar, Hard Rock Café, and multiple cocktail lounges. The scale of Foxwoods' bar programming — one of the largest casino resort complexes in North America — means there is always entertainment available across multiple venues.

Barcelona Wine Bar in West Hartford Center is one of Connecticut's most beloved Spanish tapas and wine bars, a rustic and intimate space with an extensive Spanish wine list and small plates. The bar's authentic Spanish atmosphere and late-night tapas culture make it one of the most consistently packed social destinations in greater Hartford, especially after theater performances nearby.

Bear's Smokehouse BBQ in downtown Hartford is one of Connecticut's most acclaimed barbecue restaurants, expanding into a lively neighborhood bar and gathering space with an extensive craft beer and bourbon selection. The combination of award-winning smoked meats, live music events, and craft beverage program has made Bear's a Hartford cultural institution.

New Haven's Wooster Square and Chapel Street arts districts provide an alternative nightlife and restaurant scene beyond the Yale University immediate surroundings, featuring Italian restaurants, cocktail bars, and gathering places that serve the broader New Haven community.

New Haven's Wooster Square and Ninth Square neighborhood bars serve the historic Italian community and the modern creative class with locally owned establishments that reflect Connecticut's most diverse urban entertainment landscape.

Captain Daniel Packer Inne in Mystic is a 1754 colonial tavern and restaurant that has been serving seafarers and travelers since the pre-Revolutionary era, one of Connecticut's most historic bar destinations in one of New England's most charming maritime villages.

Hartford's Franklin Avenue in the South End is Connecticut's most authentic Italian neighborhood, with family-owned restaurants, social clubs, and bars that have served the city's Italian-American community for generations.

Mohegan Sun's collection of bars and casual dining venues includes Jimmy Buffett-themed Changes in Latitudes and numerous other casual bar destinations that serve the resort's extensive non-casino entertainment footprint.

Chelsea Piers Connecticut in Stamford is a massive sports entertainment complex featuring a sports bar and event spaces alongside athletic facilities, serving Fairfield County's sports-active community with viewing events, private parties, and entertainment programming.

Criterion Bar on Chapel Street in New Haven is a popular cocktail bar near Yale University serving New Haven's student and professional communities with craft cocktails in a modern bar setting on one of the city's primary entertainment corridors.

Criterion in downtown New Haven is one of the most respected craft cocktail bars in Connecticut, offering innovative seasonal cocktail menus in an intimate downtown setting. The bar's commitment to quality spirits and creative bartending has made it a destination for cocktail enthusiasts across the state.

South Windsor CT along Main Street and the Route 30 corridor provides the agricultural and residential community northeast of Hartford with local dining and entertainment serving one of Connecticut's fastest-growing suburban communities near the Connecticut River.

Enfield CT along Route 5 in the Connecticut River Valley north of Hartford provides the upper Connecticut River communities near the Massachusetts border with local dining and entertainment options serving the tobacco valley's residential and commercial communities.

Hartford's downtown entertainment district along Asylum Street and Front Street includes cocktail bars, sports bars, and live music venues serving the capital city's professional and government employee community.

Hartford Flavor Company is Hartford's premier craft distillery and tasting room, producing Wild Moon craft liqueurs and operating a cocktail bar where visitors can taste Connecticut-made spirits in the city's South End neighborhood.

Madison CT's downtown along Wall Street and the shoreline district along the Long Island Sound provides one of Connecticut's most affluent shoreline communities with upscale dining, wine bars, and the seasonal beach community entertainment that serves the coastline between Guilford and Clinton.

South End Stamford's Harbor Point development and Canal Street corridor provide Stamford with waterfront bar and restaurant experiences that complement the downtown Bedford Street entertainment district for Fairfield County's most populous and corporate city.

Hartford's downtown bar scene along Asylum Street, Front Street, and the Colt Gateway complex provides Connecticut's capital city with cocktail bars, craft beer establishments, and live music venues serving the downtown professional community and entertainment seekers visiting from across the state.

Manchester CT's downtown and the Mill District neighborhood provide east-central Connecticut with a local bar and restaurant scene serving the residential community between Hartford and the Willimantic area.

Willimantic Brewing Company in the 'Willi' post office building is one of Connecticut's most unique brewpub settings, a historic 1909 post office converted into a celebrated brewpub serving eastern Connecticut with house-brewed beers and a full menu.