Esquire magazine’s second annual Best Bars of America list http://www.esquire.com/bestbars is out in the June 2007 issue. They include:

Lou’s Pub & Package, Birmingham, Ala.; J Lounge, Golden Gopher, The Edison, The Broadway Bar, La Cita, Bordello, Redwood, and Bar 107, Los Angeles; Musso & Frank Grill, Hollywood, Calif.; The Polo Lounge, Beverly Hills; Beach Ball, Newport Beach, Calif.; Brennan’s Pub, Marina Del Ray, Calif.; Bourbon & Branch, The Owl Tree, Vesuvio, and Zeitgeist, San Francisco; The Sportsman, Sonora, Calif.; Cruise Room, and El Chapultepec, Denver; Jimbo’s, and Churchill’s Pub, Miami; The Clermont Lounge, Atlanta; Lewers Lounge at the Halekulani Hotel, and La Mariana Sailing Club, Honolulu; The California Clipper, The Red Lion Pub, Bungalow, The Matchbox, Hideout, and Chipp Inn, Chicago; The Red Key, and Nicky Blaine’s, Indianapolis; The Old Seelbach Bar, Louisville; The Chart Room, The Bar at Tujague’s, Fritzel’s European Jazz Pub, and Napoleon House, New Orleans; The Brewer’s Art, and Shamrock Inn, Baltimore; B-Side Lounge, Cambridge, Mass.; No. 9 Park, Boston; Doyle’s Cafe, Jamaica Plain, Mass.; The Bar at Seldom Blues, Detroit; Miller’s Bar, Dearborn, Mich.; Bulldog NE, and Nye’s Polonaise Room, Minneapolis; Half Time Rec, St. Paul; John D. McGurk’s, St. Louis; Any bar on the Strip, Double Down Saloon, and Petrossian Bar, Las Vegas; Bemelmans Bar in the Carlyle Hotel, Little Branch, The Bar at Keens Steakhouse, Minetta Tavern, Jimmy’s Corner, The Angel’s Share, The Brooklyn Inn, The Rose Bar at the Gramercy Park Hotel, Flatiron Lounge, The Saloon, San Domenico Restaurant, Spuyten Duyvil, 21 Club, Grassroots Tavern, Bill’s Gay 90s, Julius’, and Pegu Club, New York City; Freddy’s Bar & Backroom, Brooklyn; Bohemian Hall & Beer Garden, Queens; Thomas Street Tavern, Charlotte, NC; Andyman’s Treehouse, Columbus, Ohio; The Library Bar & Grill, Norman, Okla.; Friendly Lounge, The Grey Lodge, and Southwark, Philadelphia; Dee’s Cafe, Pittsburgh; Tootsie’s Orchid Lounge, and Robert’s Western World, Nashville; La Tuna, San Antonio; Donn’s Depot, Austin; The Inwood Lounge, Dallas; Shooting Star Saloon, Huntsville, Utah; Sambar, Zig Zag Cafe, and
Fu Kun Wu, Seattle; Hawk ‘n’ Dove, and The Tune Inn, Washington, DC; Holler House, Milwaukee.

IN THE NEWS: The Morning News‘ Bill Addison gives three stars to Tradicion (4334 Lemmon Ave in Dallas) and three stars to Love Shack (110 E Exchange Ave. in Fort Worth), and explains dry-aged steaks in his column. Meanwhile, Kim Harwell offers three stars to Adelmo’s (4537 Cole Ave in Dallas) and Kim Pierce awards three stars to Nine Fish (3211 Preston Road in Frisco). guidelive.com … Dallas Observer’s Merritt Martin reviews SaWaDiKa Thai Zone. dallasobserver.com … The Dallas Business Journal reports planned fall openings on Henderson Avenue of the Old World-styled Capitol Pub, Italian restaurant Pulcinella (which also has a Houston location) and the Fish City Grill … The paper also reports that Vance Martin was slated to open Lili’s Bistro on Magnolia May 9 along one of Fort Worth’s most vibrant restaurant rows, in the former Servant’s Kitchen space at 1310 W. Magnolia Ave. … The Star-Telegram’s June Naylor reviews Rice ‘n Noodle (9094 Camp Bowie Blvd. West, Fort Worth), and the paper also lists 10 places to eat after 10 pm, including Ferre (215 E. Fourth St.) star-telegram.com … Fort Worth Weekly’s Peter Gorman reviews La Michoacana (2755 Ellis Ave, Fort Worth), while the Chow Baby column visits Sexy Chicken (5340 Rufe Snow Dr., North Richland Hills) and Ike’s C U Later Bar-B-Que (4708 E. Rosedale St., Fort Worth). fwweekly.com

Compiled by Pat Embry, WhereTheLocalsEat.com

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