The Best Bars in America, 2024

More bars these days seem to be a complete package, like a nightlife one-stop shop. They can be a club if you want—you know, the kind you dance in. They can be the place where you order a bottle of Champagne and endless oysters. They can be a jazz lounge. They can be the place where you think you’ve stumbled on a garage party attended by the city’s coolest people (in a city you didn’t know had cool people). They can be that dimly lit vault where you and everyone else become someone else. It’s not just about the drinks. Then again, it’s never just about the drinks. [View in Browser]( [Esquire]( [SHOP]( EXCLUSIVE [SUBSCRIBE]( [The Best Bars in America 2024]( [The Best Bars in America 2024]( More bars these days seem to be a complete package, like a nightlife one-stop shop. They can be a club if you want—you know, the kind you dance in. They can be the place where you order a bottle of Champagne and endless oysters. They can be a jazz lounge. They can be the place where you think you’ve stumbled on a garage party attended by the city’s coolest people (in a city you didn’t know had cool people). They can be that dimly lit vault where you and everyone else become someone else. It’s not just about the drinks. Then again, it’s never just about the drinks. [Read More](   [Five Fits With: Tom Broughton of Cubitts, Who Makes Spectacles, Not ‘Eyewear’]( [Five Fits With: Tom Broughton of Cubitts, Who Makes Spectacles, Not ‘Eyewear’]( The UK-based glasses enthusiast fills us in on the difference. [Read More]( [12 Flip-Flops You'll Want to Buy This Summer, Even If You Swore You'd Never Buy Flip-Flops]( [12 Flip-Flops You'll Want to Buy This Summer, Even If You Swore You'd Never Buy Flip-Flops]( Sometimes you just have to. [Read More](     [Republicans Are Lining Up to Support Their Special Boy After His 34 Felony Convictions]( [Republicans Are Lining Up to Support Their Special Boy After His 34 Felony Convictions]( Note to pundits, etc.: if you are planning to write about the Cult of the Convicted Former President* and are groping for historical analogies, please be advised that it was Flavor-Aid, not Kool-Aid, that the Reverend Jim Jones laced with poison. Thank you, The Management. Anyway, watching the zombie-licious reaction of Republican politicians to Thursday’s verdicts has been both nauseating and fascinating. And the most nauseating and fascinating of all came from renowned centrist Sen. Susan Collins, whose brows are now furrowed deeply enough to hold a three-day rain. [Read More](   [15 Merino Wool Shirts That Redefine Comfort]( [15 Merino Wool Shirts That Redefine Comfort]( Apparently, the perfect low-maintenance top does exist. [Read More]( [The Sexiest Erotic Novels of All Time]( [The Sexiest Erotic Novels of All Time]( An uncensored guide to quality smut. [Read More](     [Bill SkarsgÃ¥rd Likes It Darker]( [Bill SkarsgÃ¥rd Likes It Darker]( SkarsgÃ¥rd frequently gets asked why he favors such dark characters. There is a subtext to the question: Why is a guy who looks as good as he does, who could earn a hell of a lot of money playing lovable hunks and heroes, making himself so damn terrifying, so damn unlikable—and perhaps unmarketable—onscreen? Well, those roles are boring. Diving into the psyche of Nosferatu's Count Orlok, a vampire raised by Belial’s own hand, though? Now, that’s fun. “You have to use all of your imagination to try to come up with something cohesive,” he says of the appeal. It’s also a two-way street, he reminds me. You can only book what you get offered, after all. “I’m drawn toward them the same way they’re drawn toward me.” [Read More](   [ESQ SHR Jewelry]( [LiveIntent Logo]( [AdChoices Logo]( [How satisfied are you with the content of this newsletter?]( Follow Us [Unsubscribe]( | [Privacy Notice]( | [CA Notice at Collection]( Esquire is a publication of Hearst Magazines. ©2024 Hearst Magazine Media, Inc. All Rights Reserved. This email was sent by Hearst Magazines, 300 West 57th Street, New York, NY 10019-3779