Esquire's best bars 2017

1. Half Step

8.4

75 1/2 Rainey St, Austin, TX

Cocktail Bar · Downtown Austin · 48 tips and reviews

Nick's English Hut is one of Esquire's best bars 2017.

2. Nick's English Hut

8.0

423 E Kirkwood Ave, Bloomington, IN

Bar · 76 tips and reviews

Diamond Reef is one of Esquire's best bars 2017.

3. Diamond Reef

1057 Atlantic Ave, Brooklyn, NY

Cocktail Bar · Bedford-Stuyvesant · 37 tips and reviews

Milk Room is one of Esquire's best bars 2017.

4. Milk Room

7.7

12 S Michigan Ave (at E Madison St), Chicago, IL

Whisky Bar · The Loop · 7 tips and reviews

Lost Lake is one of Esquire's best bars 2017.

5. Lost Lake

3154 W Diversey Ave (at Kedzie Blvd), Chicago, IL

Tiki Bar · Logan Square · 53 tips and reviews

The Columbia Room is one of Esquire's best bars 2017.

6. The Columbia Room

124 Blagden Alley NW, Washington, D.C.

Cocktail Bar · Logan Circle - Shaw · 22 tips and reviews

Julep is one of Esquire's best bars 2017.

7. Julep

9.1

1919 Washington Ave. (White St.), Houston, TX

Cocktail Bar · 39 tips and reviews

Backbar is one of Esquire's best bars 2017.

8. Backbar

9.0

347 Warren St (S. 4th St), Hudson, NY

Bar · 13 tips and reviews

The White Water Tavern is one of Esquire's best bars 2017.

9. The White Water Tavern

8.9

2500 W 7th St (at S Thayer St.), Little Rock, AR

Dive Bar · Capitol View - Stifft Station · 17 tips and reviews

Everson Royce Bar is one of Esquire's best bars 2017.

10. Everson Royce Bar

9.2

1936 E 7th St, Los Angeles, CA

Cocktail Bar · Downtown Los Angeles · 44 tips and reviews

The Broken Shaker is one of Esquire's best bars 2017.

11. The Broken Shaker

9.3

2727 Indian Creek Dr, Miami Beach, FL

Cocktail Bar · Ocean Front · 239 tips and reviews

The Bar Room at Temple Court is one of Esquire's best bars 2017.

12. The Bar Room at Temple Court

9.3

123 Nassau St, New York, NY

Hotel Bar · Financial District · 31 tips and reviews

Death & Co. is one of Esquire's best bars 2017.

13. Death & Co.

8.9

433 E 6th St (btwn 1st Ave & Ave A), New York, NY

Speakeasy · East Village · 395 tips and reviews

ROKC is one of Esquire's best bars 2017.

14. ROKC

9.1

3452 Broadway (btwn W. 140 & W. 141 St), New York, NY

Cocktail Bar · West Harlem · 55 tips and reviews

Slowly Shirley is one of Esquire's best bars 2017.

15. Slowly Shirley

121 W 10th St (at Greenwich Ave), New York, NY

Speakeasy · West Village · 48 tips and reviews

Bar Goto is one of Esquire's best bars 2017.

16. Bar Goto

9.1

245 Eldridge St (btwn E Houston St & Stanton St), New York, NY

Cocktail Bar · Lower East Side · 104 tips and reviews

Gooski's is one of Esquire's best bars 2017.

17. Gooski's

8.6

3117 Brereton St, Pittsburgh, PA

Dive Bar · Polish Hill · 27 tips and reviews

Spirit is one of Esquire's best bars 2017.

18. Spirit

8.7

242 51st St, Pittsburgh, PA

Bar · Central Lawrenceville · 13 tips and reviews

The Magdalenae Room is one of Esquire's best bars 2017.

19. The Magdalenae Room

122 Fountain St, Providence, RI

Cocktail Bar · Downtown Providence · 7 tips and reviews

Bar Agricole is one of Esquire's best bars 2017.

20. Bar Agricole

355 11th St (at Folsom St), San Francisco, CA

Cocktail Bar · SoMa · 213 tips and reviews

Elsie's is one of Esquire's best bars 2017.

21. Elsie's

8.0

117 W DE La Guerra St, Santa Barbara, CA

Bar · West Downtown · 13 tips and reviews

Barnacle is one of Esquire's best bars 2017.

22. Barnacle

8.0

4743 Ballard Ave NW, Seattle, WA

Wine Bar · Ballard · 20 tips and reviews

Blackberry Farm is one of Esquire's best bars 2017.

23. Blackberry Farm

8.8

1471 W Millers Cove Rd, Walland, TN

Mountain · 13 tips and reviews

The Baldwin Bar is one of Esquire's best bars 2017.

24. The Baldwin Bar

8.8

2 Alfred St, Woburn, MA

Cocktail Bar · North Woburn · 7 tips and reviews