Cocktail bars, wine bars, dive bars and gastropubs: drinking in Cleveland for grown-ups.

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Where to drink

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Velvet Tango Room

  • ★ 4.7
  • Craft cocktail bar
  • $$$
  • Tremont

Drink Sazerac, Last Word and other pre-Prohibition classics, every drink built fresh from scratch

Velvet Tango Room on Columbus Road in Tremont, Paulius Nasvytis's craft cocktail lounge since 1996, runs scratch pre-Prohibition drinks nightly.

Society Lounge

  • ★ 4.5
  • Speakeasy-style cocktail lounge
  • $$$
  • Downtown

Drink Vintage classics and craft seasonal cocktails

Society Lounge on the East 4th Street pedestrian block, a speakeasy-style cocktail room in a Warehouse District basement, runs vintage decor.

ABC the Tavern

Drink Extensive draft and bottle list, weekday happy hour

ABC the Tavern on West 25th Street in Ohio City, a long-running neighborhood tavern reopened by the current owners in 2009, runs late kitchen to 01:00.

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Jukebox

Drink Craft beer, simple pub grub and jukebox music

Jukebox on West 29th Street in Hingetown, a neighborhood bar with craft beer, simple pub grub and a heated outdoor patio, has anchored the firehouse corner.

Prosperity Social Club

Drink Boilermakers, beer and Eastern European pub menu

Prosperity Social Club on Starkweather Avenue in Tremont, a 1938 tavern with original wood-paneled walls and Wednesday-night polka, runs pierogi-and-kielbasa.

Gillespie's Map Room

Drink Over 100 domestic, micro and import beers, downtown craft-pizza pub

Gillespie's Map Room on West 9th Street in the Warehouse District, a pub with more than 100 beers and brick-oven pizza since 2005, anchors the Warehouse.

Great Lakes Brewing Company Brewpub

Drink Dortmunder Gold, Edmund Fitzgerald Porter and seasonal Great Lakes releases

Great Lakes Brewing Company on Market Avenue in Ohio City, Ohio's original craft brewery since 1988, runs the in-house brewpub with Dortmunder Gold.

Market Garden Brewery

Drink Prosperity Wheat, Citramax IPA and seasonal house releases

Market Garden Brewery on West 25th Street across from the West Side Market, the Sam McNulty and Andy Tveekrem brewpub, runs a full kitchen alongside.

Hofbrauhaus Cleveland

Drink Hofbrauhaus Original, Dunkel, Hefe Weizen and seasonal Munich-imported brews

Hofbrauhaus Cleveland on Chester Avenue downtown, a licensed branch of Munich's 1589 Hofbrauhaus, runs Bavarian beer and oompah in a 600-seat hall.

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Saucy Brew Works Pinney Dock

Drink Love Juice IPA, Habituale Czech-style pilsner and seasonal house releases

Saucy Brew Works on Detroit Avenue in Hingetown, the Pinney Dock taproom for the Brent Zimmerman brewery, runs Love Juice IPA and an in-house pizza kitchen.

Masthead Brewing Co.

Drink House Belgian-inspired ales, IPAs and barrel-aged releases

Masthead Brewing on Superior Avenue downtown, a 300-seat brewery with a 100-foot bar, runs Belgian-leaning house ales and wood-fired pizzas daily.