Pal’s Lounge is a perfect bar. We’re kindly asking you to overlook the fact that you’ll probably have to walk through a small crowd of cigarette smokers, people vaping, and dogs to get in. But the beer-and-shot specials and cocktails are all reasonably priced, and the drinks are actually good—one of our favorites is the year-round floral vodka sipper called the Selfish Lover. Plus, there are always great food pop-ups like Big Boyz BBQ serving chicken thigh sandwiches and Umami Mami doing stir-fried noodles.