Newcomer's Guide

The 10 Best Bars in the Bayou City

The essential cocktail lounges, vinotecas, beer gardens, dives, and other watering holes for when you need a drink.

08/30/2018 Edited by Gwendolyn Knapp

Ice House

Where Have All the Dive Bars Gone?

Charting the demise of the Inner Loop dive bar, an increasingly endangered species

Early Morning Rounds

Despite shrinking third shift crowds, the iconic Eastwood dive bar continues its early wake-up call.

That's the Spirit

If you haven’t yet found your own personal Cheers, let us be your guide to Houston’s 60 best hometown bars across 12 neighborhoods.

Best Bars 2014

Ours is a city with dive bars in abundance, but we dug a little deeper to put together a list every Houstonian must know.

Best of Houstonia

Behold: the 10 best bars in all of Houstonia, plus 27 more definitive drinkeries in eight categories.

Eat This Now

The Second Ward dive bar serves food until 2 a.m. every day.

In Vino Veritas

Banana Hammocks and Bloody Marys make this bartender happy.

05/09/2014 By Alice Alsup

Houston Pride

Montrose: One Of World's Best Gayborhoods: At least according to Buzzfeed.

11/15/2013 By John Lomax