Best Bars In America
Best Bars In America

Best Bars In America

2013 2 Seasons 21 Episodes ⭐ 8.0 Documentary

Comedians Jay Larson and Sean Patton explore bars featured in Esquire magazine’s annual rundown of the best in the country. With stops in Milwaukee, Chicago and San Francisco, Jay and Sean drink their way through neighborhood dives and swanky bars alike. More than just a cross-country bar crawl, this is a happy hour any self-respecting man should experience in his lifetime.

Comedians Jay Larson and Sean Patton explore bars featured in Esquire magazine’s annual rundown of the best in the country. With stops in Milwaukee, Chicago and San Francisco, Jay and Sean drink their way through neighborhood dives and swanky bars alike. More than just a cross-country bar crawl, this is a happy hour any self-respecting man should experience in his lifetime.

Seasons & Episodes

EP 1

Bryant's Cocktail Lounge

Friends and comedians Jay Larson and Sean Patton explore bars featured in Esquire magazine’s annual rundown of the bes

EP 2

Portland

Jay and Sean visit Portland, Oregon, a town known for its alternative ethos and hipster spirit. From a microbrewery and

EP 3

Austin

Jay and Sean visit Austin, Texas, a town that embraces the craft cocktail movement while giving it a unique local twist

EP 4

New York City

Jay and Sean visit New York City, where they meet the creator of Esquire magazine's annual best bars list and follow his

EP 5

Boston

Jay and Sean visit Jay's hometown of Boston, and create a whirlwind tour of Beantown.

EP 6

Bar Food

Jay and Sean search for the best hotel bars in the U.S. Comedians Nick Thune and Jen Kirkman appear.

EP 7

Brooklyn

Jay and Sean are back in New York, but this time they’re taking their drinking tour to their old stomping ground: Broo

EP 8

Hotel Bars

Jay and Sean travel the country looking for that which is often overlooked, the best hotel bars in the country. Special

EP 9

Dive Bars

More than just sleazy neighborhood dumps, Jay and Sean hunt for the best dive bars America has to offer.

EP 10

New Orleans

Jay and Sean visit New Orleans, Louisiana, the birthplace of both jazz and Sean Patton.

EP 11

Los Angeles

Jay and Sean end their cross-country journey back home in Los Angeles; guests include comic Rory Scovel, chef Roy Choi a

EP 1

San Francisco

Season 2 begins with comedians Jay Larson and Sean Patton getting punch drunk with Nat Faxon in San Francisco.

EP 2

Washington D.C.

Jay and Sean visit Washington, D.C., and drink from the country's largest whiskey collection, check out a new brewery in

EP 3

Louisville

Jay and Sean visit Louisville and learn there is a lot more than whiskey in bourbon country. They sip a cocktail with a

EP 4

Minneapolis

Jay and Sean take in the booze-cruising, polka-filled world of Minneapolis, where they snack on pig's head, enter meat r

EP 5

Speakeasies

Jay and Sean walk through armoires, sneak in back doors and slide away bookcases to reveal the Cuban flair, coin tricks

EP 6

Southern California Coast

Jay and Sean visit the Southern California coast, where they find an old stagecoach stop in the mountains of Santa Barba

EP 7

Booze and Food

Jay and Sean search for the best bar food in America. In San Francisco, they toss dough with a champion pizza maker. In

EP 8

Chicago

Jay and Sean visit Chicago and learn about booze's mobster roots. They get the Picasso treatment at a neighborhood landm

EP 9

Detroit

Jay and Sean visit Detroit, which was named Esquire's Bar City of the Year, and drink at a train station turned craft be

EP 10

Bar Games

Season 2 ends with Jay and Sean playing bingo, beer pong and virtual golf at the best game bars in the country. They als

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