No one goes to a music venue expecting The Ritz. When a business packs large quantities of people together for an extended period of time — their sweat, spittle and other bodily fluids mingling together for hours on end — a degree of grime is expected by most visitors. Likewise, art lovers don’t often experience spaces that reflect the vitality of the artwork they’re showcasing. Prominent art venues are usually sterile, exclusive and ruthlessly controlled. The Design Collective (DSGN CLLCTV) brings the grime in abundance, with its graffiti and paint-covered exterior in Northside. But DSGN CLLCTV is more than a brand — it’s the epicenter of Cincinnati’s underground art and culture scene and a gateway for the uninitiated into a world of artists and performers operating outside the mainstream. It’s one of the only places in Cincinnati where you can scrape your elbow in a mosh pit one day, and then see an exhibition from local street artists the next; DSGN CLLCTV is a refuge for creators who’ve been ignored or rejected by the city’s tastemakers. dsgncllctv.com. 

1. The Belle & The Bear
2. MVP Sports Bar & Grille
3. The Monkey Bar & Grille

1. Ludlow Garage
2. Northside Yacht Club
3. The Comet

1. Ghost Baby
2. Somerset
3. Queen City Exchange

1. Little Miami Brewing
2. Oakley Pub
3. Mount Lookout Tavern

1. Southgate House Revival
2. Old Kentucky Bourbon Bar
3. Mansion Hill Tavern
4. Juniper’s
5. Second Story
6. Jerry's Jug House
7. Rosie’s Tavern
8. The B-List
9. Covington Yard
10. Smoke Justis

1. Knotty Pine Rock Club & Tiki Bar
2. West Side Brewing
3. Blue Note Harrison

1. The Belle & The Bear
2. Southgate House Revival
3. MOTR Pub
4. Ghost Baby
5. Juniper’s
6. Northside Tavern
7. Arnold's Bar & Grill
8. Dead Low Brewing
9. Urban Artifact
10. Northside Yacht Club

1. Bogart's
2. Ludlow Garage
3. Southgate House Revival

1. The Belle and The Bear
2. Queen City Exchange
3. MixWells

1. Cat Middendorf (Queen City Exchange)
2. Ceris Christopher (The Belle & the Bear)
3. Adrienne Curry-Zeigler (Revel OTR)

1. Queen City Exchange
2. The Belle and The Bear
3. Higher Gravity

1. Queen City Exchange
2. The Belle & The Bear
3. Yardhouse
4. Crafts & Vines
5. Higher Gravity
6. Hoppin' Vines
7. Rhinehaus
8. Dead Low Brewing
9. Sons of Toil Brewing
10. Somerset

1. Northside Yacht Club
2. The Eagle
3. The Belle and The Bear
4. Juniper’s
5. Nation Kitchen & Bar
6. Dead Low Brewing TIE HangOverEasy
7. Crazy Fox Saloon
8. Taste of Belgium
9. Maplewood Kitchen and Bar
10. Coppin’s at Hotel Covington

1. Old Kentucky Bourbon Bar
2. Wiseguy Lounge
3. Japp's

1. Old Kentucky Bourbon Bar
2. Queen City Exchange
3. Wiseguy Lounge

1. The Party Source
2. Jungle Jim's International Market
3. Revival Vintage Spirits

Sway (Madtree)
RGBevs (Rhinegeist)
Blackberry Breeze (FigLeaf Brewing)

Holiday Liquor Bar offers drinks like Malört and food like hot dogs. In a separate area next to the bar is the fun center, featuring pool tables and Skee-Ball. But in the bar area lies possibly Cincinnati’s only Zoltar machine. If you recall, in the movie Big, Tom Hanks wishes on a Zoltar machine to be a 30-year-old man, and his wish comes true. Instead of making wishes come true, the machine spouts out a horoscope-like card predicting your future. Take the master’s wisdom to heart. holidayliquorbar.com.