Midtown

The Brewer's Art implausibly won not just the reader's poll in Baltimore Magazine and the City Paper for best bar in the city, but also Esquire's pick for best bar in the United States! No one is too sure what to make of that wild superlative, but it is clearly a good bar. Their house brews are almost always great and offered at ridiculously low prices, and they have an excellent selection of liquors especially scotch and brandies and wines by the glass. The old Mt Vernon townhouse it is housed in is beautiful, with a swanky upscale seating area upstairs and a perfect dark brick dive ambiance downstairs. And even the food, upscale American, is outstanding, making the place a worthy dinner choice, or just an extra good place to get some bar food. Mains run in the $20s, light fare: $8-14.

Another highly regarded gay bar in the Mt Vernon neighborhood, welcoming to and popular with just about everyone of any sexual orientation for a night of dancing.

Mt Vernon pub catering to the GLBT community, and winner of the "Best Gay Bar" award from Baltimore City Paper every year since 2004.