Bar on Vice

The Hold-up

A Story by Gary Fairfull

Set in east London, this story is for the most part true. Some of the names have been changed to protect the guilty. Full story

Please Snort Me

An Oral History of Brooklyn's Most Notorious Bar

Why hello there, sonny. You too, little miss. So you're the young whippersnappers that're living in good old Williamsburg, Brooklyn, now, huh? Full story

At Chumley's

Since 1928, Chumley's on Bedford Street in Greenwich Village has sat behind an unmarked door. It started as a speakeasy and gradually became the gold standard of writers’ bars in New York. Full story

Family Tradition

The Appalachian Way

Martin County, Kentucky is dry. That means unless you can make moonshine, you ain't getting drunk. If you want to crank it up, you need to head over the bridge into Fort Gay (yeah, yeah), West Virginia. That's where the Wildcat bar is. Full story

Gay Stuff

Chicago is a totally depressing town to live in, yet it seems to house some of the world’s happiest homosexual chaps. We just called one and asked him what gay shit rules around here. Full story

Drugless in Chicago

The Bar Scene and the Mysteries that Surround It

Chicago is an alcohol town. I rolled in here from the West Coast with a bona fide coke problem. Relocating to drugless Chicago proved far cheaper than rehab. Full story