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The Brewer's Art

The Brewer's Art won the reader's poll in Baltimore Magazine and the City Paper for best bar in the city, and Esquire's pick for best bar in the United States. No one is too sure what to make of that wild superlative, but it is clearly a good bar. Their house brews are almost always great and offered at ridiculously low prices, and they have an excellent selection of liquors (especially scotch and brandies) and wines by the glass. The old Mt Vernon townhouse it is housed in is beautiful, with a swanky upscale seating area upstairs and a perfect dark brick dive ambiance downstairs. And even the food, upscale American, is outstanding, making the place a worthy dinner choice, or just an extra good place to get some bar food. Mains run in the $20s, light fare: $8-14.

Address: 1106 N Charles St
Hours: Mon-Sat 4PM-2AM, Sun 5PM-2AM; dinner: Sun-Wed 5:30PM-9PM, Thu-Sat 5:30PM-10:30PM
Website: thebrewersart.com (opens in a new tab)

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