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Best New Bar
The Windup Space
The Windup Space might just be the most smartly planned DIY venture to hit the bar circuit in Baltim...
Best Neighborhood Bar
Backstretch Saloon
Twice we've been offered pizza by carry-out box-wielding patrons while drinking $1.25 Bud and Bud Li...
Best Dive Bar
Midway Bar
The novelty of overpaying for drinks, or being hustled for drinks, while trying not to look at someo...
Best Upscale Bar
Jay's On Read Street
There is just something so civilized about Jay's on Read Street. Maybe it's the dark wood bar or the...
Best Place to Fake Rich
13th Floor
Bars at fancy hotels have long been one of the best places to fake it. Something about the unfamilia...
Best First-Date Bar
Peter's Inn
It's a simple question, to be asked of married Peter's Inn regulars: How many of you met or had your...
Best Wine Bar
The Wine Market
It's easy to drink too much vino at a wine bar. What better place to try more than one vintage, eat ...
Best Place For a Quiet Drink
Upstairs Lounge, Waterfront Hotel
Finding a quiet place for a relaxing drink in Fells Point is like an Indiana Jones mission. You know...
Best Pit-Stop Drink
Midtown Yacht Club
This would be the bar that we're most likely to just have one at. We like it, but the Midtown Yacht ...
Best Tourist-Friendly Bar
The Wharf Rat
Great beer. And that's just one reason the Wharf Rat's just slightly off the beaten path Fells Point...
Best Irish Pub
J. Patrick's
Wherever you go, anywhere in the world, you will find an Irish bar, and by Irish bar, we mean a bar ...
Best Sports Bar
Sláinte
No offense to the numerous multiple flat-screen TVs-boasting bars, pubs, taverns, and dives scattere...
Best Hookah Bar
Little Morocco Café
The belly dancers on weekend nights, blaring Middle Eastern music, and jacked-up prices all make tre...
Best Bar Pool Table
Spirits Tavern
Spirits is a rare gem in the vast category that is "neighborhood bars." The beer is extra cold, the ...
Best Jukebox
Friends
Some of even our favorite, divey, allegedly music-loving watering spots have switched over to the wr...
Best Karaoke
Nevin's Cross Street Station
Comfortably divey with no frills, Nevin's has only one thing going for it, but that one thing is mor...
Best Hootenanny
Hogan's Alley
Hogan's Alley in South Baltimore radiates neighborhood bar coziness with cheap beer, carry-out, and ...
Best Gay Bar
Grand Central
When it comes to GLBT nightlife, Grand Central has been an endearing fusion of charming neighborhood...
Best Lesbian Bar
Sappho's
Sappho's, the self-billed "exclusive ladies' lounge" that occupies what was once a low-key piano bar...
Best Hipster Bar
Rocket to Venus
Hampden's Rocket to Venus has it going on: cool bar with good food served late enough that even if y...
Best Drunken Hookup Bar
Magerks
Pack a hundred college students and twentysomethings--and maybe even a few sketchy thirtysomethings-...
Best Inevitable After-Hours Spot
The Copycat Building
No idea really how many spots in the building complex have parties, shows, or sit-around-and-get-dru...
Best New Bar Smell
Mount Royal Tavern
For the first few weeks after the smoking ban turned us nicotine addicts into savages huddling under...
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Best Bar For Smoking Outside
Flip's At Clipper Mill
Fact is, and we know smoking is bad, bars are easier on smokers when they offer an option other than...
Best Bar For Smoking Inside
Hucka's
Sick of the pariah status thrust upon you since the smoking ban, and can't find a simple place to ge...
Best Thing Everyone Says About Every Bar
John Waters Goes There
"Hey, you want to go to the Club Charles? I hear John Waters goes there." "I hear he's upstairs at t...
Best Bar That John Waters Goes To
Holiday House
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Best Bartender(s)
Carrmen Motto and Tracey Wise
Let's face it, Baltimore is a hard-drinking town. In a city that is saturated, if you will, with dri...
Best Happy Hour
Curb Shoppe
We love getting to the Curb Shoppe a touch before 5 p.m. on Fridays for a fair shot at the free happ...
Best Happy Hour Special
Three Beers For $3 (or $4)
Calling yourself a beer snob used to be like announcing that you were a french fry aficionado. But, ...
Best Cheap Drinks
Penny a Pint Night At Patrick's
No one can resist the chance to drink endlessly and on the cheap. It's tough to say when Patrick's w...
Best Opportunity For Free Whiskey
Alexander's
It's easy and simple so long as you don't mind withstanding Boston-bred Irish-inspired punk. A shot ...
Best Beer Selection
Racers Café
Racers doesn't have the largest beer selection in town--it's doubtful anyone will ever top Max's in ...
Best Local Draft Beer
Oliver's Anniversary Best Bitter
What, you thought the Brewer's Art made the only local draft beers worth lauding? Guess again, bub. ...
Best Blueberry Beer
The Dog Pub
Tucked amid the hubbub and congestion of Cross Street is the cozy Dog Pub. Although it has an extens...
Best Local Bottled Beer
Clipper City Oxford Organics
Maybe your mother used the occasional beer to bring shine and natural highlights to her hair in the ...
Best Cocktail Menu
Pepino's
The few times we've visited Pepino's, the "crowd" has included us, the unflappably friendly bartende...
Best Cocktail
The Old Fashioned At Henninger's Tavern
The old fashioned is a relatively simple drink to make, given its complexity--sugar, water, two kind...
Best Martini
Dionysus
We Baltimore tipplers seem to have finally emerged from a very dark period, when something called a ...
Best Margarita
Nacho Mama's
The unique presentation of Nacho Mama's signature hubcap margarita makes it the most social of bever...
Best Specialty Drink
The Fritz At Jack's Bistro
Some of the deadliest cocktails sneak up on you because they're so delicious the third goes down bef...
Best Dance Club
Paradox
A first time at Paradox is like stepping onto another planet. From the two distinct dance floors to ...
Best Dance Night
Deep Sugar
Unfortunately in Baltimore, one of the requirements for this category is longevity--club nights in B...
Best Club For Sale
Club Choices
It hasn't sold yet for its $20 million asking price, but someone may yet see Club Choices as a barga...
Best DJ at a Club
Adam Gonzo
Of course, every hipster's a DJ now, right? (The full trifecta is DJ, cyclist, and vegan chef these ...
Best Strip Joint
The Crazy Russian
Ever since Baltimore city went all-nude, we've seen the sense of play drain out of many of our finer...
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