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Upstairs Pub | Bloomington, IN

The bartender’s surly, which I like. “You open?” I asked the first time I stepped in. It was three in the afternoon and the place was empty. “Door wouldn’t be open if we weren’t,” he answered, not bothering to look at me. The place is big, with darts and pool tables and a great view [...]
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Halligan Bar | Lincoln Park, Chicago

The memories are a little hazy, but I believe that during my bachelor party bar crawl we had most of this bar singing along to “Thank God I’m a Country Boy” by John Denver. I take that as a positive sign for a bar. Generally, it skews towards the post-college crowd. Good-looking bartenders too, which [...]
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Rulloff’s | Ithaca, NY

Named after the robber and murderer Edward Rulloff, whose famous last words were “Hurry it up! I want to be in hell in time for dinner,” you go here for the cheap pitchers of beer, scantily-clad under-age women, and the loud music. It is a college bar in Ithaca’s Collegetown. It is a perfect college [...]
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