2013 Bar Guide

How to Build a Respectable Home Bar

Sometimes you don't feel like hitting the bars, yet you still require a good drink. Or maybe you just want to impress your friends....

How to Order a Drink Like a Man

1. Stand tall and try not to look sullen or angry. Smile. 2. Never wave your money in the air. 3. Never call the bartender by...

How to Live It Up at a Gay Bar

Forget your worries, troubles, and those orthopedic shoes. With Miss Magnolia Jackson Pickett Burnside's Three B's to Busting Out, you too will have one...

How to Impress a Woman at a Bar

There's a beautiful girl at the bar and, wait, did she just look over here? What should I do? Send her a drink? Drop...

How to Be the Funny Guy

Brandon McPherson, aspiring comedian, caricature artist and bartender at 525 at the Berry Burk. 1. Bring a friend. Support is crucial so that if you...

How to Take the Perfect Selfie

Brittany Heit, bartender at Jorge's Cantina and a well-known self-portrait taker. 1. Beware the toilet photo bomb. The bathroom is the safest place to take...

How to Avoid Bar Drama

Evan Nasteff, prolific Richmond actor and bartender at Pie. 1. Find a spot that makes you comfortable or you'll inevitably run into drama or find...

How to Deal With Drunks

Marithe Patterson, bartender at the Bellytimber Tavern and F.W. Sullivan's Fan Bar & Grille. There is never an easy way to deal with drunk people....

Drink Shrinks

Bartenders pour some life lessons — and a few cocktails — from the other side of the bar.

Professors of the Drink

Take it from the experts: here's what you should know about RVA bar life.

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