Writer David Wood once joked that college was an amazing time--when parents fork over their savings to let kids go to a strange town and spend four years in a bar.
Seriously, though, the best college bars offer more than cold beers and hot cheese fries. They're fan headquarters for away games. They're stages where college bands become national acts. They're divey, not sleazy, and give visitors an insider's perspective and memorable stories.
So here's a toast to the mayhem of college and those bars that make it a great four years (or, in some cases, five...or six).
--Jenny Adams
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The Tombs, Georgetown, Washington, D.C.
<a href="http://www.travelandleisure.com/articles/americas-best-college-bars/9" title="America's Best College Bars" target="_hplink">See More of America's Best College Bars</a><br><br>Down in the Tombs, plaques gleam with the names of the <a href="http://www.tombs.com/main/home.cfm?Category=99_Days_Club&Section=Main" target="_hplink">99 Days Club</a> members, who rose to the challenge of purchasing something daily in the countdown to graduation. Early in the evenings, professors and Jesuits can be spotted among tables crowded with beer pitchers, served by waiters, often students, in preppy oxfords and bow ties. Comfort food options include the Bulldog burger: organic grass-fed beef, slathered in beer-braised onions, smoked bacon, cheddar, and mustard on a pretzel roll. The Tombs shares a kitchen with <a href="http://www.travelandleisure.com/restaurants/1789-restaurant-washington-dc" target="_hplink">1789</a>, a jackets-preferred, antiques-filled restaurant upstairs that attracts visiting parents.<br><br><em><a href="http://tombs.com" target="_hplink">tombs.com</a></em><br><br><em>Photo: Ron Blunt Photography</em>
Proud Larry?s, Ole Miss, Oxford, MS
<a href="http://www.travelandleisure.com/articles/americas-best-college-bars/9" title="America's Best College Bars" target="_hplink">See More of America's Best College Bars</a><br><br>One of Mississippi?s premier live music venues, Proud Larry?s was opened by a few graduates in 1993 and has been going strong ever since. By strong, we mean lines around the block on game days and sold-out shows with musicians like Shannon McNally and Iron & Wine. The University of Mississippi?s alumni association has an open tab here, and the cooler is lined with state-based labels like Lazy Magnolia Brewery and Cathead Vodka. For its 20th anniversary, Proud Larry?s celebrated with a live band every single day of April 2013.<br><br><em><a href="http://proudlarrys.com" target="_hplink">proudlarrys.com</a></em><br><br><em>Photo: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/Mike-Stanton-Photography/196144510422056?ref=ts&fref=ts%22" target="_hplink">Mike Stanton</a> / fairtrade-photos.com</em>
The Albatross, UC Berkeley, CA
<a href="http://www.travelandleisure.com/articles/americas-best-college-bars/9" title="America's Best College Bars" target="_hplink">See More of America's Best College Bars</a><br><br>Berkeley?s oldest pub sees a lot of the youngest legal drinkers?along with grad students, faculty, and local book clubs and sports teams. Once called ?a community center that happens to sell alcohol,? this is one bar where you can walk in with a stack of pizza boxes and plop down in a booth like it?s your living room. There are even classic games like Scrabble, Taboo, and Trivial Pursuit. While popcorn is the only food sold, the bottled beer list is 60 labels long, and the 14-handle draft lineup has a sweet spot for Belgians.<br><br><em><a href="http://albatrosspub.com" target="_hplink">albatrosspub.com</a></em><br><br><em>Photo: Courtesy of The Albatross</em>
Duffy?s Tavern, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE
<a href="http://www.travelandleisure.com/articles/americas-best-college-bars/9" title="America's Best College Bars" target="_hplink">See More of America's Best College Bars</a><br><br>Nirvana, 311, and Drive-By Truckers have all plugged in at Duffy?s, which is famous for getting acts before they?re actually famous. On weekends, this music (and comedy) club is also a big college hangout. Students get their money?s worth with no-cover live music and monstrous Fishbowls. Each serves four, with the drink recipe of your choice mixed into a giant glass bowl. Although Duffy?s is in a fly-over state, for well-known rock-and-roll artists, it remains a destination. Morrissey, front man of The Smiths, stopped his tour bus to hang out?no word on whether he finished a Fishbowl.<br><br><em><a href="http://duffyslincoln.com" target="_hplink">duffyslincoln.com</a></em><br><br><em>Photo: Hilary Stohs-Krause</em>
Rennie?s Landing, The University of Oregon, Eugene, OR
<a href="http://www.travelandleisure.com/articles/americas-best-college-bars/9" title="America's Best College Bars" target="_hplink">See More of America's Best College Bars</a><br><br>Even the president of the university is a big fan of Rennie?s, which has been known to pitch in for charitable causes and events?and to pour seasonal craft beers. Guests eat and drink inside of a historic, two-story house, complete with outdoor decks and fire pits for chilly evenings. To watch a Duck?s game on TV with friends, a giant plate of cheesy bacon fries, and boozy lemonade? Well, it?s satisfying in college and all the more so after you?ve graduated.<br><br><em><a href="http://rennieslanding.com" target="_hplink">rennieslanding.com</a></em><br><br><em>Photo: Courtesy of Rennie's Landing</em>
The All-American Rathskeller, Penn State, State College, PA
<a href="http://www.travelandleisure.com/articles/americas-best-college-bars/9" title="America's Best College Bars" target="_hplink">See More of America's Best College Bars</a><br><br>When the Rathskeller opened as a beer garden in 1933, students were issued college meal tickets for food and beer; fast-forward about 80 years, and it?s the oldest continuously operating bar in the state. Black-and-white photos of boxing matches, football championships, and the campus, as it?s grown year-to-year, adorn the walls. When writer Timothy Leary visited, he took a liking to the tables, some of which are covered in patrons? scrawled signatures, and wanted to buy one. The bar gave him a tabletop gratis, and Leary framed and hung it in his house.<br><br><em><a href="http://site.theskeller.com" target="_hplink">site.theskeller.com</a></em><br><br><em>Photo: Duke Gastiger</em>
The Flying Saucer, Vanderbilt, Nashville
<a href="http://www.travelandleisure.com/articles/americas-best-college-bars/9" title="America's Best College Bars" target="_hplink">See More of America's Best College Bars</a><br><br>Of the 16 Flying Saucer bars in the U.S., Nashville gets our vote for the killer beer list and loyal student body. ?We?re close to the stadium,? explains Marketing Director Gabe Cardinale, ?but we also offer beers from around the world and a staff that knows more about those beers than any other bar.? Meet the Beer Goddesses, waitresses who go through a rigorous training program. To be a member of the UFO Club, you have to taste 200 different brews. ?When you complete it, you get a saucer with your name and a quote of your choice,? Cardinale continues. ?There are over 1,000 plates in the Nashville location, and the Vanderbilt crowd dominates the wall.?<br><br><em><a href="http://beerknurd.com" target="_hplink">beerknurd.com</a></em><br><br><em>Photo: <a href="http://www.denisemattoxphotography.com/" target="_hplink">Denise Mattox</a></em>
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