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The Best Bars in Pittsburgh

Pittsburgh's cocktail culture grew slowly and on its own terms, and the region's taste for its own spirits goes back to the Whiskey Rebellion. The best bars in Pittsburgh sit downtown in the Cultural District and out in Lawrenceville, Squirrel Hill and East Liberty. In Squirrel Hill, Hidden Harbor stocks 715 rums, runs six rum flights and pours a house white rum made with Maggie's Farm, a Strip District distillery. The Warren Bar and Burrow on 7th Street is named for owner Spencer Warren, founder of Embury, the city's first craft cocktail bar, and keeps its bar open until 2am. Bridges & Bourbon on Penn Avenue sets fire to some drinks and pours a Pennsylvania whiskey flight with Iron City Rye. Bar Botanico on Butler Street in Lawrenceville mixes bourbon infused with popcorn, and Lorelei in East Liberty builds its cocktails on Alpine liqueurs and amari. Bar Botanico, Lorelei and The Warren take no reservations. These are the bars we would start with.

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  1. Bar Botanico
    Cocktail Bar

    Bar Botanico

    Bar Botanico is a cocktail bar in Central Lawrenceville that describes its drinks as thoughtful cocktails in the heart of Pittsburgh's Lawrenceville, built around botanicals and house syrups. It opens at five on weekdays, takes Tuesday off, and opens at two on the weekend.

    4325 Butler Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15201Mon and Wed-Thu 5pm-11pm, Fri 5pm-12am, Sat 2pm-12am, Sun 2pm-9pm
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  2. Bridges & Bourbon
    Whiskey Bar

    Bridges & Bourbon

    Bridges & Bourbon describes itself as a high-end cocktail bar and restaurant in downtown Pittsburgh, on Penn Avenue in the Cultural District, with weekly events and specials and a brunch service on Saturday. The bar runs later than the kitchen, until eleven on weeknights and midnight on Friday and Saturday.

    930 Penn Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15222Mon-Thu 4pm-11pm, Fri 4pm-12am, Sat 11:30am-12am
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  3. Hidden Harbor
    Tiki Bar

    Hidden Harbor

    Hidden Harbor is tucked away in Squirrel Hill and offers, in its words, shelter from life's stormy seas: a tiki bar with a rum list that runs into the hundreds, a Tiki Time Machine tasting program and a rum society it calls the Dead Parrots. Happy hour runs five to six, Tuesday to Friday, and the room closes at eleven midweek and midnight on the weekend.

    1708 Shady Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15217Tue-Thu 5pm-11pm, Fri-Sat 5pm-12am
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  4. Lorelei
    Wine Bar

    Lorelei

    Lorelei is, in its own description, an Alpine wine and cocktail bar, beer hall and bottle shop all in one, with a woodfired kitchen, on South Highland Avenue in East Liberty. The wine and cocktail bar leans on gin and amaro, the beer hall on the Alpine countries, and the shop sells both to take home.

    124 S Highland Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15206Wed-Thu 5pm-10pm, Sat 3pm-12am
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  5. The Warren Bar and Burrow
    Wine Bar

    The Warren Bar and Burrow

    The Warren calls itself a neighborhood bar in the Cultural District, cocktails, wine and sushi on Seventh Street, open until two every night with the kitchen running to midnight. It does not take reservations, keeps a spirit list and cocktail list online, and books its private event space by enquiry.

    245 7th Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15222Daily 4pm-2am
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