W.C. Harlan
- ★ 4.5
- Cocktail bar
- $$$
- Remington
Drink Amaro and seasonal cocktails
W.C. Harlan in Remington is a candlelit speakeasy behind an unmarked door, Lane Harlan's first bar, pouring seasonal cocktails and a deep amaro list.
Cocktail bars, wine bars, dive bars and gastropubs: drinking in Baltimore for grown-ups.
Where to drink
11 places
Sugarvale
- ★ 4.4
- Cocktail bar
- $$$
- Mount Vernon
Drink Inventive seasonal cocktails
Sugarvale in Mount Vernon is an intimate basement cocktail bar, mixing inventive, balanced drinks with zero pretension off a frequently changing menu.
Dutch Courage
- ★ 4.2
- Gin bar
- $$$
- Station North
Drink Gin and tonics, gin cocktails
Dutch Courage in Old Goucher is a gin-focused cocktail bar on North Charles Street, building its list around gin and tonics and a long back bar of botanicals.
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The Bluebird Cocktail Room
- ★ 4.3
- Cocktail bar
- $$$
- Hampden
Drink Literary-themed seasonal cocktails
The Bluebird Cocktail Room in Hampden is a literary-themed upstairs cocktail bar, mixing hyper-seasonal drinks in a book-lined room above the Avenue.
The Elk Room
- ★ 4.2
- Cocktail bar
- $$$
- Harbor East
Drink Spirit-forward classics
The Elk Room in Harbor East is a hidden cocktail bar behind Italian Disco, pouring spirit-forward classics in a dim, vintage Atlas Restaurant Group room.
The Owl Bar
- ★ 4.0
- Historic bar
- $$$
- Mount Vernon
Drink Classic cocktails
The Owl Bar in the Belvedere Hotel is a Mount Vernon landmark since 1903, a wood-panelled former speakeasy with terracotta owls and brick-oven pizza.
Max's Taphouse
- ★ 4.1
- Beer bar
- $$$
- Fells Point
Drink Hundreds of taps and bottles
Max's Taphouse on Fells Point's Broadway is a beer hall with more than a hundred taps and a deep bottle list, a Baltimore craft-beer institution.
Cat's Eye Pub
- ★ 4.0
- Live-music pub
- $$$
- Fells Point
Drink Beer and a shot
Cat's Eye Pub on the Fells Point waterfront is a no-frills live-music bar, running blues and rock bands nightly in a cramped, well-worn room on Thames Street.
The Horse You Came In On Saloon
- ★ 3.9
- Historic saloon
- $$$
- Fells Point
Drink Beer and whiskey
The Horse You Came In On Saloon in Fells Point claims to be America's oldest continuous saloon, a Thames Street bar tied to Edgar Allan Poe's last days.
Wet City
- ★ 4.0
- Beer bar and brewery
- $$$
- Mount Vernon
Drink House and guest craft beer
Wet City in Mount Vernon is a brewery, full bar and kitchen in one, pouring house beers and a chosen guest list alongside tacos in a colourful upstairs room.
Rye Street Tavern
- ★ 4.0
- Tavern and cocktail bar
- $$$
- Locust Point
Drink Sagamore Spirit rye cocktails
Rye Street Tavern in Port Covington pours cocktails built on Sagamore Spirit rye, a waterfront tavern with an open hearth and a Chesapeake-leaning kitchen.
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