Houston Drinking Guide

While not as exhaustive as the restaurant guide, this is an always-in-progress guide to drinking in Houston. I'll try to add more categories and updates in the future.

Best Beer Bars:

1. Flying Saucer
2. Cobble & Spoke
3. Axelrad Beer Garden
4. Moon Tower Inn
5. Heights Bier Garten

Best Breweries:

1. Saint Arnold
2. SpindleTap
3. Equal Parts
4. True Anomaly
5. 8th Wonder 
6. Karbach
7. Holler
8. Brash
9. Eureka Heights
10. Great Heights

Best Cocktail Bars:

1. Bandista
2. Julep
3. Anvil/Refuge
4. Better Luck Tomorrow
5. Diversión
6. Captain Foxheart’s Bad News Bar & Spirit Lounge
7. Johnny’s Gold Brick
8. The Toasted Coconut
9. Permission
10. Clarkwood
11. Hidden Bar
12. Aye Candy
13. Santé
14. Bar Moon
15. Bar Doko
16. Sidebar
17. Reserve 101
18. Nickel City
19. Botøníca
20. Jethro’s

Best Fancy/Sophisticated Cocktail Bars:

1. Bandista
2. Refuge
3. Diversión
4. Permission
5. Clarkwood
6. Aye Candy
7. Santé
8. Bar Moon
9. Bar Doko
10. Sidebar

Best Mid-Range Cocktail Bars:

Coming soon!

Best Casual Cocktail Bars:

1. Better Luck Tomorrow
2. Johnny’s Gold Brick
3. Wooster’s Garden
4. Nickel City
5. Jethro’s
6. Eight Row Flint
7. Double Trouble Caffeine & Cocktails
8. Good God, Nadine's
9. Heights & Co.
10. EZ’s Liquor Lounge

Best Dive Bars:

1. Poison Girl
2. Grand Prize Bar
3. Neil's Bahr
4. West Alabama Ice House
5. Sunny's Bar