Bars

Austin, Texas

Jester King Brewery is one of America's most acclaimed farmhouse breweries — an Austin Hill Country estate producing Belgian-influenced wild ales and farmhouse beers that have earned national recognition for their complexity and terroir. The brewery's pastoral setting outside Austin's city limits, combined with its extraordinary beer program and farm-to-table food pairing events, creates one of the most unique and celebrated bar experiences in Texas.

13187 Fitzhugh Rd, Austin, TX 78736

Austin, Texas

Nickel City is Austin's most beloved dive bar — an East Austin institution that has been cited as one of America's best dive bars for its cold beer, authentic atmosphere, and utter lack of pretension in a city that increasingly trends toward rooftop bars and craft cocktail destinations. Its resistance to Austin's rapid gentrification, cheap drinks, and genuine neighborhood character make it an essential Austin institution.

1133 E 11th St, Austin, TX 78702

Austin, Texas

White Horse is Austin's most beloved honky-tonk bar — an East Austin country dance bar that presents nightly live country, Tejano, and Americana music in a sawdust-on-the-floor dance hall setting. Its role in preserving Austin's genuine Texas honky-tonk tradition against the tide of Nashville-style commercialization makes it one of the city's most important cultural institutions for those seeking the Austin that existed before the bachelorette tours.

500 Comal St, Austin, TX 78702

Dallas, Texas

Barbaricum is one of Deep Ellum's most atmospheric craft beer bars — serving Dallas's growing craft beer community in the neighborhood that defines the authentic Dallas entertainment culture that exists beyond Uptown's bottle service clubs. Deep Ellum's extraordinary concentration of music venues, bars, and art galleries creates one of Texas's most interesting urban entertainment districts.

Deep Ellum, Dallas, TX 75226

Dallas, Texas

Midnight Rambler is Dallas's most acclaimed cocktail bar — a subterranean Adolphus Hotel lounge consistently ranked among America's best bars for its extraordinary cocktail program developed under nationally renowned bartender Chad Solomon. Its sunken location beneath one of Dallas's most historic hotels, combined with its serious approach to cocktail craft, creates one of the most distinctive bar experiences in the American South.

1321 Commerce St, Dallas, TX 75202

Fort Worth, Texas

The White Elephant Saloon in Fort Worth's Stockyards National Historic District is one of Texas's most beloved authentic Western bars — a 19th-century saloon presenting nightly live country and Western music in America's most genuine working cowboy heritage environment. The Stockyards' history as the world's largest cattle market and its twice-daily longhorn cattle drive creates the most authentic Western entertainment experience available in the United States.

Fort Worth, TX 76106

Houston, Texas

Cle Lounge & Cabana Club is Houston's most stylish bar and pool venue — a Midtown destination combining an outdoor pool, bar, and lounge space that serves Houston's young professional community year-round in the perpetually warm Texas climate. Its daytime pool parties and evening lounge programming make it one of the most versatile entertainment venues in a city with 9 months of outdoor-friendly weather.

2301 Main St, Houston, TX 77002

Houston, Texas

Hay Merchant is Houston's most celebrated craft beer bar — a Montrose establishment with 40+ taps of carefully selected craft beers that has consistently ranked among America's best beer bars and helped establish Houston as one of the most significant craft beer cities in the American South. Its combination of exceptional beer curation, excellent food, and genuine community gathering atmosphere has made it the benchmark for Houston beer culture.

1100 Westheimer Rd, Houston, TX 77006

San Antonio, Texas

Flying Saucer Draught Emporium in San Antonio's Pearl District is one of the city's most popular craft beer destinations — combining the chain's extraordinary selection of 200+ beers with the Pearl District's extraordinary combination of food halls, farmers markets, and the Hotel Emma. The Pearl District's transformation from a former Pearl Brewery site to San Antonio's most culinarily acclaimed neighborhood makes Flying Saucer a natural fit in one of Texas's most interesting adaptive reuse developments.

Pearl District, San Antonio, TX 78215

San Antonio, Texas

Liberty Bar is San Antonio's most beloved neighborhood restaurant and bar — a Southtown institution in a uniquely tilted Victorian building that serves Mexican-influenced American food and cocktails to San Antonio's most creative and progressive community. The Southtown Arts District's gallery walks, First Friday events, and concentration of independent restaurants make Liberty Bar's neighborhood one of the most authentic entertainment districts in South Texas.

Southtown, San Antonio, TX 78210