Esquire has written about drinking since the magazine's inception in 1933. But in 1985, we published our first guide to the best bars in America. (Subscribers can see that list—plus every issue of the magazine—at our digital archive, Esquire Classic.) Forty years later, we're still highlighting the best places to drink. For this edition, however, we took a slightly different approach. I think you'll enjoy it. Cheers! – Michael Sebastian, editor-in-chief Plus: |
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This year we went to some of our favorite writers and tapped a few of our own staffers with a simple question: Where do you go for a drink when the world's giving you the blues? |
When you summon memories of your favorite bar, what comes to mind? Is it the dexterity with which the bartender chiseled a block of ice into a gleaming sphere? Is it the way eyedropper pools of herbed oil floated on the surface of your martini like skimmed stones? Is it how you got to watch your thirty-dollar cocktail emerging from a dome of smoke? Maybe, maybe. But . . . probably not. Neat tricks those are, but if we're really, actually talking about your favorite bar, we're talking about gathering along a counter or around a table with people you'd die for. We're talking about a place where you can loosen up and be yourself and incinerate all that world-gone-mad stress before it incinerates you. We're talking about a bar whose very existence says something about the community you happen to inhabit. That's why we here at Esquire have decided to steer our annual Best Bars franchise in a different direction in 2025. No disrespect to the Gandalfian skills of America's top mixologists, but we're not really going to bars for wizardry right now. We just want a damn drink—and a jukebox, please, if that's not asking too much. So this year we went to some of our favorite writers in America (including one playwright, whose work shows great promise) and tapped a few of our own staffers with a simple question: Where do you go for a drink when the world's giving you the blues? |
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Digital watches aren't just for soldiers and elementary schoolers, of course. There are also numerous digital watches with significant horological bona fides and provenance that can be enjoyed by everyday watch enthusiasts: Armitron, which is celebrating 50 years of business, still makes modern versions of its early LCD watches. Due to the continued interest in heritage designs, many of the classic early digital watches are thus still on the market. And don't get us started on G-SHOCK: There are collectors out there with hundreds (or thousands) of models in their watch box. And who can blame 'em—in a stuffy world, these tough, affordable pieces are downright fun. From $40 Casios to high-end GPs, check out some of our favorite digital timepieces. |
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From the horrors of the Diddy trial to Taylor Swift's Liberation Day to Morgan Wallen seizing full control of the pop charts, the music headlines in late spring were a bit of an emotional rollercoaster. Maybe that's why some of the most memorable recent releases came from more disparate places, both geographically (the Isle of Wight and New Zealand) and stylistically: Female-fronted bands switched things up, young soul singers leaned into mellifluous vibes, and we were all reminded what rock & roll rebellion really sounds like. |
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