This neighborhood bar in downtown’s Little Tokyo neighborhood claims the largest Japanese whisky collection in the U.S.

Not least of which is because an 18-seat Japanese whisky bar, Bar Jackalope, is tucked inside a hidden back room. This mini-chain also has locations in San Diego, Denver, and Austin, but the original in DTLA is still the best. Located inside a seemingly typical sports bar, this whisky destination offers better food than you’d expect and a much bigger whisky list than you’d imagine, all among a sea of TVs playing Suns basketball and Cardinals football. This laid-back eatery in the Biltmore neighborhood offers American bites to pair perfectly with the bar’s 300 whiskies from across the globe. Ironically housed inside the former headquarters for Arizona Prohibition enforcement, this hip bar has ambitious (and highly Instagrammable) cocktails along with a phone book-thick spirits menu headlined by a ton of top whiskies. It’s hard to believe so many rare bottles of whisky from around the world have been amassed by the Yugoslavians running this Italian restaurant in residential Anchorage even harder when you realize that a good portion of the inventory was shattered by a 7.2-magnitude earthquake in 2018. This downtown speakeasy is a rustic, chic hole-in-the-wall that presents whisky-fueled crawfish boils a few times a year. Mainly, the following are just fun places to actually drink and enjoy great whisky. (Though many of those bars are included because their whisky lists are indeed extraordinary.) Among the following there are barbecue joints, jazz clubs, taco shacks, hidden garages, barber shops, pinball dives, retro-modern hotel bars, and everything in between. This likewise isn’t simply a list of high-end whisky “dens”-dark and quiet, with oak and leather aplenty. We tried our best to spread these picks throughout the country. The following guide offers the 101 bars, taverns, pubs, speakeasies, restaurants, clubs, and more that offer well-curated whisky collections, focused on specific categories, unique themes, or offbeat tasting experiences. 101 Bars Taverns, Restaurants & More to Delight Any Whisky Drinker

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