Skip to content
Baltimore
DrinkSouth Baltimore

Idle Hour

This is one of the best dive bars in this part of the city. Quiet, not too crowded, and away from the frat party to the north. The cocktails can actually be pretty good, and worth a slightly higher price than you would find at a more off-the-beaten-path dive bar (which would pretty much be limited to gin & tonics and rye & sodas anyway). The patrons also tend to be a bit older and more mature, and there are rumors of hipsters, although it's a little doubtful you would find any in Federal Hill.

Address
201 E Fort Ave

Listing from Wikivoyage: Baltimore/South Baltimore, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Updated 28 Sept 2026. Something wrong? Tell us.