City Listings
The Scoundrel’s Field Guide is an evolving library of dives, with new entries added as often as we can get drinking. The cities below represent collections of some of our favorites, though not yet completely exhaustive of all these great places have to offer. Check back often and suggest your favorites to give us more excuses to leave the house.
Amarillo / Lubbock
Call it Texas panhandle extended, dive bars intersecting with Route 66.
Atlanta
Evolving patchwork of neighborhoods with a rich network of dives underneath.
Columbus
Modern Midwestern city with some profoundly not modern dive bar gems.
Cleveland
The best dive bars come from the richest history, and Cleveland provides.
Jacksonville
There's something about beach air giving birth to dive bars and Jacksonville is no exception.
Louisville
Southern and Midwestern influences converge to create a patchwork of divey options.
Minneapolis
Minneapolis provides the perfect storm of food, drinking and dive bars, yes, including the Juicy Lucy.
New Orleans
There may be no better city to create dive bars steeped in history, culture and neighborhood uniqueness.
New York
The task of visiting and documenting every New York dive bar is daunting but someone must.
Tampa / St. Pete
Stitched-together cities with deep roots make for fertile drinking ground.
