Saxon Pub
When Joe Ables opened the Saxon Pub in 1990, he had the novel idea of scheduling headliners early in the evening. This helped attract a core of regulars who come for happy hour and then stick around for a couple of hours.
When Joe Ables opened the Saxon Pub in 1990, he had the novel idea of scheduling headliners early in the evening. This helped attract a core of regulars who come for happy hour and then stick around for a couple of hours.
This building was built as a swanky supper club in the 1950s, but was run-down and surrounded by seedy motels when Steve Wertheimer bought it in the 1980s. He turned it into a bar but retained much of the historic charm, ...
In addition to antique bowling lanes, The Highball offers karaoke rooms, local bands, and offbeat events such as burlesque shows. Opened in 2009, The Highball occupies a cavernous space in a strip center anchored by Alamo...
Known for years as "The Home of the Blues", Antone's is now also home to country, bluegrass and alt-rock. Founded by Clifford Antone in 1975, the club has survived several address changes, as well as Antone's passing in 2...
Given the city’s large student population and its no-holds-barred attitude, Austin nightlife can get pretty crazy. If you’re familiar with Bourbon Street in New...
City Hall’s central location, just off Plaça de Catalunya, draws a mixed crowd and the music is equally diverse. Expect techno and house, as well as ubiquitous electro nights, from a roster of top-notch national DJs, with...
It might be slightly too blinging for some, but this Asian themed club and lounge by the Port Olimpic is certainly popular with a happy, well-groomed crowd of party-goers. Hosting international DJs such as Groove Armada a...
Barcelona nightlife is every bit as legendary as you’ve heard—so be prepared to get no sleep and party through the night. After ploughing yourself with drinks a...
This perennially packed drinking hole in Barceloneta is a family-run joint serving up their own brand of cava and wines. You'll have to (politely) use your elbows to get through the dense throng to the counter, where you ...
Slip into a rich, leather banquette, order a martini and watch the bow-tie-clad bartenders expertly work. Stepping into this prestigious cocktail bar is like stepping back in time; the dark wood bar, the old liquor bottle...
Grab a group of friends, a fruity cocktail and absorb the views from this 26th-floor bar in the iconic, sail-shaped W Hotel. The building's solitary perch on the end of a small peninsula near Barceloneta beach means it of...
This 100-year-old cavern started off life as a salt cellar before becoming a wine wholesaler, and vast barrels still decorate the space, along with an abundance of kitsch objects and eccentric artworks.
A mainstay on the Gràcia arts scene, Helio, as it’s known to regulars, started life 17 years ago as a nightclub hosting poetry recitals and live music. Over the years, its added art and photography exhibitions and film sc...
In debates about which Barcelona address serves the best burgers, Betty Ford often comes out tops. Named after the former US first lady and rehab guru, this is the city's ultimate hip late night food stop, dishing out mea...
Hidden down a narrow street near the Palau de la Música, L’Antic Teatre is a independent creative space set in a 17th century mansion. Think of an art form and you’ll find it somewhere on its eclectic programme: they cove...
This former warehouse has been given an industrial chic makeover with arty psychedelic projections decorating the walls and lots of squishy sofas to lounge on. Close to the legendary music venue, Sala Apolo, it’s the perf...
With a 1912 gramophone next to the entrance declaring its obsession, Vinilo is perhaps Barcelona's ultimate bar for alternative music geeks. Moodily lit, with retro movie projections and music memorabilia decorating the w...
If you spot what looks like a lively house party going on in one of the Placa Reial's third-floor apartments, just follow the line of thirsty people across the square, ring the bell and head up the stairs.
This Barceloneta bar is small, down-to-earth and packed with arty intellectuals drawn by absinthe served in the bohemian method with a flaming sugar cube. Beloved of Parisian artists and writers, the Green Fairy may not b...
Barcelona nightlife promises limitless possibilities and promises to surpass even the loftiest of expectations. Spend the daylight hours exploring and discoveri...
Flashy, glitzy but potentially a lot of fun, interconnected clubs La Boom & Animal are among the ultimate posing spots for Athens look-at-me set. Located in upscale Kolonaki, La Boom revisits the decade that taste forgot,...
In an old Athenian factory, K44’s ethos is bringing creative people together and connecting them in one vast concrete space. This has resulted in an outstanding record store, fashion showroom and artists' studios all unde...
In the sweat and heat of the city summer, clubbers make for the seaside, and the coastline of suburban Athens from Pireas to Vouliagmeni is lined with glamorous clubs. While Island is a little harder to reach (take a tram...
Gazi’s main drag Voutadhon is lined with big, brash clubs competing for the loudest sound system and little discernible difference between them. But hidden on the back streets, Buzz is a newish venue, and unlike the typic...
This rambling art complex and drinking den was the first of Gazi's warehouse spaces to pack itself with cross-cultural offerings. Tardis-like inside, it includes two stages, four bars, a theatre space, installation room a...