Colorado has been called the Napa Valley of beer, a suds lover’s paradise. When on a quest for fine drink in Denver, whet your whistle at these local breweries. Great Divide Founded in 1994, Great Divide’s concoctions have won 17 medals at the Great American Beer Festival. Staples like the hoppy, bitter Titan IPA, the malty Claymore Scotch Ale and Yeti, an imperial stout clocking in at 9.5% ABV, are supplemented by seasonal specialties such as the Enlgish Old-Style Hibernation Ale, Belgica, a …More

There are still a shocking number of area bartenders who don't know the difference between a straight rye whiskey and Canadian Club, but we're happy to say that the City of Angels has been playing some serious catch-up in the classic cocktail revival race. For starters, not only do the bartenders at downtown's 7 Grand know from rye, they stock endless brands of all types of whiskey, and have achieved high acclaim for their cocktail prowess. So has the Varnish at the formerly ultra-divey Cole's restaurant. Also …More

The Czech capital is rightly famous for its raucous beer gardens and homey brew pubs but the bar scene certainly isn’t limited to those choices alone. An abundance of elegant and cosmopolitan cocktail lounges abound where Prague’s elite meet to consume the finest quality wines and spirits in settings of class and culture. So step away from that beer stein and step up to one of these trendy establishments where you can rub shoulders with Prague’s beautiful people. Barego in the Mandarin Oriental …More

The City of Brotherly Love is stock piled high with hip bars. Center City Sips is a summer program that encourages young professionals to experience drink specials at some of the city’s finest drinking establishments. Check to see if your favorite spot made the list so you can enjoy $4 cocktails, $2 beers and half-priced appetizers on Wednesdays 5-7 p.m. from June 1 to August 31. Some of the best bars are located in restaurants. Steven Starr, restaurateur extraordinaire, has several popular establishments …More

  Martin Scorcese’s 1984 film, “After Hours,” tells the story of Paul Hackett, a man trapped in a Kafkaesque struggle against the absurd horrors of a late night in 1980s SoHo. If there were any lesson to draw from the movie, it’s that a night on the town is fine as long as you have enough cash for the ride home. Fortunately, there’s no depiction of late-night Chicago as disparate as this. Not even in “Adventures in Babysitting.” In fact, for a post-midnight approach …More

  Boston takes great pride in its reputation as a drinking town offering what seems like a bar on every corner. With such an embarrassment of riches, how do you separate the extraordinary from the merely ordinary? Drink your way through this list of lounges and you’ll take a tour of the best bars Boston has to offer. Drink is Boston’s nationally acclaimed, neo-retro cocktail lounge featuring the town’s most renowned mixologists.  Creativity and quality ingredients combine with a …More