Lounges

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Bar Hygge is Philadelphia's most warmly designed Scandinavian cocktail lounge — a Spring Garden establishment celebrating the Danish concept of hygge (the warm, convivial atmosphere of comfortable togetherness) through exceptional cocktails, outstanding natural wines, and the most genuinely welcoming bar atmosphere in the city. Philadelphia's exceptional cocktail culture finds one of its most creatively distinctive expressions in Bar Hygge's Nordic-influenced menu and design philosophy.

1720 Sansom St, Philadelphia, PA 19103

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Franklin Mortgage & Investment Co. is Philadelphia's most celebrated craft cocktail bar — a Rittenhouse speakeasy consistently ranked among America's best cocktail bars that presents extraordinary cocktails in the most beautifully designed bar interior in Pennsylvania. Its consistent recognition in national top-100 bar lists, its extraordinary cocktail program, and its role in establishing Philadelphia as one of America's serious cocktail cities make it the flagship of Philadelphia's acclaimed bar culture.

112 S 18th St, Philadelphia, PA 19103

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Philadelphia's Old City cocktail lounge scene represents the most historically resonant bar culture in America — establishments serving cocktails steps from Independence Hall, the Liberty Bell, and the most important constitutional sites in American history. The extraordinary combination of early American history and contemporary cocktail culture creates a bar experience available nowhere else in the United States.

Philadelphia, PA 19106

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Ranstead Room is Philadelphia's most beloved speakeasy — a Center City cocktail lounge hidden in a Rittenhouse alley presenting extraordinary cocktails in the most genuinely intimate and exclusive drinking environment in Pennsylvania. Its hidden location (accessible only if you know the address), its extraordinary cocktail craftsmanship, and its reputation among Philadelphia's bar community as the city's finest cocktail experience make it one of the most sought-after bar destinations in the mid-Atlantic.

2013 Ranstead St, Philadelphia, PA 19103

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Tattooed Mom is South Street's most beloved dive bar — a multi-level Philadelphia institution with extraordinary visual décor (covered floor to ceiling in outsider art and cultural ephemera) that has been a gathering place for Philadelphia's alternative and punk communities since 1997. South Street's legendary status as Philadelphia's most countercultural corridor (where do all the hippies meet? South Street!) and Tattooed Mom's extraordinary atmosphere create one of the most visually and culturally distinctive bar experiences in Pennsylvania.

530 South St, Philadelphia, PA 19147

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

The Twisted Tail is Philadelphia's most beloved whiskey and blues bar — a Society Hill establishment presenting an extraordinary American whiskey collection alongside live blues music in the most authentically soulful bar atmosphere in Philadelphia. Society Hill's extraordinary preservation of colonial-era architecture and its transformation into one of Philadelphia's most sophisticated residential neighborhoods create the ideal context for a bar celebrating the deep American traditions of whiskey and blues.

509 S 2nd St, Philadelphia, PA 19147

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Trestle Inn is Philadelphia's most unique whiskey bar — a Callowhill establishment that presents country music DJ nights and an extraordinary American whiskey collection in the most stylishly designed bar in north Center City. Its extraordinary combination of country music aesthetics and craft cocktail execution creates a bar experience that has attracted national media attention and made it one of Philadelphia's most distinctive nightlife destinations.

339 N 11th St, Philadelphia, PA 19107

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Harris Grill is Pittsburgh's most beloved neighborhood lounge — a Shadyside bar that has been the quintessential Pittsburgh neighborhood gathering place for over 25 years with its bacon nights, outstanding cocktails, and genuine community spirit. Pittsburgh's extraordinary culture of neighborhood loyalty and its deep sports fandom (arguably the most sports-passionate city in America, with simultaneous championship runs by the Steelers, Pirates, and Penguins) create bar cultures with a depth of community identity rarely found in American cities.

5747 Ellsworth Ave, Pittsburgh, PA 15232

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Shadyside's bar scene serves Pittsburgh's most upscale residential neighborhood — an Aiken Avenue corridor of cocktail lounges, wine bars, and craft beer establishments serving the Shadyside community of academics, medical professionals, and creative industry workers. Pittsburgh's extraordinary neighborhood bar culture (every Pittsburgh neighborhood has its own distinct bar scene) finds one of its most sophisticated expressions in Shadyside's cocktail establishments.

Shadyside, Pittsburgh, PA 15232

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Pittsburgh's downtown cocktail lounge scene has flourished with the city's remarkable renaissance — a formerly struggling post-industrial city that has transformed into one of America's most celebrated model of urban revitalization, with a thriving tech, healthcare, and creative economy driving unprecedented investment in downtown entertainment and hospitality. Pittsburgh's extraordinary self-reinvention story, combined with genuinely affordable cost of living, creates a cocktail lounge market of unusual energy and optimism.

500 Grant St, Pittsburgh, PA 15219