USA TODAY's Best Bars 2025: See photos of the Bars of the Year

It's gorgeous day come out and dine at the Salty Dog, known for its casual atmosphere and unique menu. Perched on Sarasota's City Island, it has been a beloved waterfront hangout since 1991, offering a brilliant blend of a British pub and a Florida beach bar feel.

Banquette seating at Mary Lou's on Southern Boulevard and Olive Avenue in West Palm Beach, Fla.

Ghost Baby in Cincinnati, Ohio, is one of USA TODAY's 2025 Bars of the Year. Ghost Baby is secluded in an old beer lagering tunnel underneath the city of Cincinnati. It features craft cocktails, live music and a unique atmosphere.

Melissa Scarborough is the owner of the Tasting Room of Louisiana located in Downtown Alexandria. She is also Louisiana's lone whiskey sommelier.

The Rabbit Hole in Greenville, S.C., one of USA TODAY's 2025 Bars of the Year. White Rabbit's Remedy, one of many mixed drinks.

Jameson Hubbard plays at Druid City Brewing in Tuscaloosa on May 31, 2025. The bar has been selected as one of USA TODAY’s Bars of the Year in the United States. Owner Bo Hicks emphasizes the bar’s intent to give musicians a place to play and the community a place to hear live music.

Little Jumbo co-owner Chall Gray pours a tequila spritz behind the bar along Broadway Street in Asheville, June 4, 2025.

Pale blue dot, a mezcal drink colored with blue spirulina, at Cowan's Public, Nutley, N.J., June 17, 2025.

Kevin Pulled mixes up some drinks at The Blind Elephant in downtown Wilmington, N.C.

"Tastie" performs during a drag show at Georgies Bar in Asbury Park.

Bartender Gia Castro serves up a Knee Duster, vodka, almond liqueur, orange and rose water, in the Speakeasy at Carrie Nation Restaurant and Cocktail Club at 11 Beacon St., Boston, May 22, 2025.

A cosmo at the bar at Horsefeathers in Tarrytown May 13, 2025. Horsefeathers, a Tarrytown staple since 1981, serves American classics while celebrating local history.

Popular local duo Jumbo Shrimp looks out over the water of Lake Ontario as they play to the beach crowd at Marge’s Lakeside Inn.

The interior of Darling's cocktail bar on Bardstown Road has an intimate, upscale feel but comfortable vibe. The bar has become a popular place for a drink in the Bonnycastle neighborhood, offering dozens of cocktails, house-made tonics as well as a variety of Kentucky bourbons and European aperitifs. May 20, 2025

Grace Perry, owner of Gracie's Tax Bar, a popular downtown Phoenix dive bar known for its affordable drinks and huge calendar of events. The business was recently named one of the best bars in the country by USA TODAY.

Jax Donahue prepares a Newgroni at Carry On, a cocktail bar in Phoenix on June 6, 2025.

Co-owners of the Tiny Pony Tavern, from left, Alison Paris, Siobhan McDonald and Carmen Mello are photographed at their bar in Yucca Valley, Calif., May 13, 2025.

A branded sign is seen during business hours at Odell Brewing Co on June 25, 2025, in Fort Collins, Colo.

Lemon & Olive bartender Eddie Vasquez mixes drinks at the Eugene bar.

The Karate Kick contains carrot, ginger syrup and lime at Bartender's Handshake on April 30, 2025, in Des Moines.

Terra Lopez of the Sacramento, Calif.-based music duo Rituals of Mine performs at Gabe's during the Mission Creek Festival in Iowa City on April 7, 2018.

One of the bartenders walks behind the bar on May 8, 2025, at Saloon No. 10 in Deadwood, South Dakota.

A look inside Agency, a new hybrid cocktail bar inside the Dubbel Dutch Hotel, 817 N. Marshall St., Milwaukee, pictured on Oct. 25, 2024.

Bartenders toast at Good For A Few in Oklahoma City, on Thursday, May 15, 2025.

The bar at Brother Wolf, on Jackson Avenue in Downtown Knoxville, Tenn., Tuesday, May 13, 2025.

A look at the VIP lounge inside Fat Charlie’s Speakeasy at 107 Harbor Town Square in Memphis, Tenn., on May 1, 2025.

Patrons dine at Robert's Western World in Nashville, Tenn., on May 27, 2025.