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1. 9:30 Club
A 1,200-capacity independent music club on V Street NW that opened in 1980 and moved to its current home, a former music hall, in 1996.
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2. Atomic Liquors
Fremont East bar that calls itself Las Vegas' oldest freestanding bar, with 20 rotating draft beers, bar food and a history that has drawn film crews and Anthony Bourdain.
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3. Ball & Chain
Ball & Chain is a Calle Ocho bar established in 1935, with live Latin music and jazz from the afternoon, an outdoor stage and Cuban food.
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4. Dimitriou’s Jazz Alley
Family owned and operated since 1980, Dimitriou's Jazz Alley is a Seattle jazz supper club hosting touring artists, with its own dining menu.
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5. Green Mill Cocktail Lounge
The Green Mill in Uptown is a historic jazz club with Prohibition-era links to Al Capone's Outfit, live music every night and the long-running Uptown Poetry Slam.
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6. Perch
French-inspired rooftop bar and restaurant high above Pershing Square, with outdoor patios, skyline views, cocktails and small plates, plus weekend brunch.
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7. Preservation Hall
A small French Quarter music hall founded in 1961 to protect and promote traditional New Orleans jazz, with live performances every night.
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8. Smuggler’s Cove
Smuggler's Cove is Martin Cate's rum and tiki bar on Gough Street, with more than 1,400 rums and a menu of over 80 historic and modern rum cocktails.
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9. Village Vanguard
A tiny, wedge-shaped basement jazz club on Seventh Avenue South that has hosted the music's greats at the same address since 1935.
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10. Wally’s Café Jazz Club
A family-run jazz club on Massachusetts Avenue, opened in 1947, with early-evening jam sessions where Berklee students play alongside veterans and live sets every night.
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11. Bell in Hand Tavern
A Union Street tavern near Faneuil Hall that traces its history to 1795 and to a Boston town crier, and is believed to be one of America's oldest bars.
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12. Bemelmans Bar
The Carlyle hotel's elegant piano bar, painted with whimsical murals by Madeline illustrator Ludwig Bemelmans, with nightly piano and late jazz.
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13. Blues Alley
Founded in 1965 in an 18th-century Georgetown carriage house, Blues Alley calls itself the nation's oldest continuing jazz supper club.
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14. Café La Trova
Café La Trova is a Little Havana cocktail bar from cantinero Julio Cabrera and chef Michelle Bernstein, ranked among North America's 50 Best Bars.
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15. Carousel Bar and Lounge
The revolving, carousel-themed bar inside Hotel Monteleone, turning since 1949, with craft cocktails and live music seven nights a week.
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16. Frankie’s Tiki Room
Round-the-clock tiki bar on West Charleston with an interior by Bamboo Ben and carvings and art by well-known tiki artists, serving tropical cocktails 24 hours a day.
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17. Kingston Mines
Kingston Mines is a Lincoln Park blues club open since 1968, with bands on two stages and music until 4am on Friday and Saturday nights.
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18. The Crocodile
First opened in 1991, The Crocodile is Belltown's independent live music venue, now on First Avenue with a 750-capacity showroom, smaller rooms and hotel rooms upstairs.
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19. Trick Dog
Trick Dog is an award-winning Mission cocktail bar on 20th Street, known for themed menus that change regularly and food served until late.
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20. Troubadour
Doug Weston's Troubadour has hosted live music on Santa Monica Boulevard since 1957, and it was where Elton John played his first American show in 1970.
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