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. Permission
9. Clarkwood
10. Hidden Bar
11. Wooster’s Garden
12. Aye Candy
13. Santé
14. Bar Doko
15. Sidebar
16. Reserve 101
17. The Toasted Coconut
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 Doko
9. Sidebar
10. Melrose

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