Best Of2025

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Best Bar/Club (Burbs): The Belle & The Bear

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

Best Bar/Club (Central): Ludlow Garage

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

Best Bar/Club (Downtown/OTR): Ghost Baby

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

Best Bar/Club (East Side): Little Miami Brewing

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

Best Bar/Club (Northern Kentucky): Southgate House Revival

  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

Best Bar/Club (West Side): Knotty Pine Rock Club & Tiki Bar

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

Best Bar/Club for Live Music (Local Bands): The Belle & The Bear

  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

Best Bar/Club for Live Music (National Acts): Bogart's

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

Best Bar/Club Staff: The Belle and The Bear

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

Best Bartender (First & Last Name/Bar Affiliation): Cat Middendorf (Queen City Exchange)

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

Best Beer Selection (Bottles & Cans): Queen City Exchange

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

Best Beer Selection (Draft): Queen City Exchange

  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

Best Bloody Mary: Northside Yacht Club

  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

Best Bourbon Cocktail: Old Kentucky Bourbon Bar

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

Best Bourbon Selection (Bar): Old Kentucky Bourbon Bar

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

Best Bourbon Selection (Retail): The Party Source

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

Best Bowling Alley: Western Bowl

Best Canned Cocktail (Local): Sway (Madtree)

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

Best Casino: Hard Rock Casino

  1. Hard Rock Casino
  2. Hollywood Casino (Lawrenceburg)
  3. Belterra Casino Resort

Best Celtic/British Pub: Molly Malone's

  1. Molly Malone's
  2. O'Malley's in the Alley
  3. The Pub - Rookwood
  4. Nicholson's
  5. Hap’s Irish Pub
  6. RP McMurphy’s
  7. Crowley’s
  8. Crow's Nest
  9. Cock & Bull
  10. Murphy's