The Elk Room is a nightlife spot in Harbor East, Baltimore.
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.
Tip: Enter through Italian Disco; the list runs spirit-forward and classic.
Address: 1010 Fleet Street, Baltimore, MD 21202
The Baltimore Eagle on North Charles Street is the city's long-running leather and LGBTQ nightclub, reopened after renovation with a bar, dance floor and store.
Tip: It runs Thursday to Sunday; theme nights and dance parties draw the biggest crowds.
The Drinkery in Mount Vernon is a long-standing LGBTQ dive bar, a no-frills neighbourhood room open nightly with strong, cheap pours and a loyal crowd.
Tip: It is a true dive, open late and cash-friendly; a Mount Vernon mainstay for decades.
The Bluebird Cocktail Room in Hampden is a literary-themed upstairs bar where hyper-seasonal cocktails are poured in a quiet, book-lined room above the Avenue.
Tip: The upstairs Green Room is the calmest seat; the menu leans hyper-seasonal.
Fadensonnen in Old Goucher pours natural wine, sake and beer in a string-lit carriage-house garden, a laid-back evening room from Lane Harlan's team.
Tip: The back patio is the spot in warm weather; it is part wine bar, part sake bar, part beer garden.
The Horse You Came In On Saloon in Fells Point bills itself as America's oldest continuous saloon, a late-running Thames Street bar tied to Edgar Allan Poe.
Tip: The Poe lore is part of the draw; it runs late and loud on weekends.
Max's Taphouse on Fells Point's Broadway pours from more than a hundred taps late into the night, a beer hall built for long, loud sessions over rare pours.
Tip: It stays open late on Broadway; the tap list runs past 100, so ask what just kicked.
