Built into the side of an East Downtown warehouse, this spot does everything a dive bar should—from great cocktails, boilermaker beer and shot specials, a solid cheeseburger, and a TV for the sports fans. Nickel City epitomizes the jack-of-all-trades neighborhood bar. Originally from Austin, this spot knows how to replicate its well-worn dive bar theme. Somehow everything here looks distressed, as though folks have been moseying in and out of the bar for years, even though it was created of nothing but an empty room. And while looking worn in, the food and drinks at Nickel City take it from more than just an everyday dive. The menu includes double-decker cheeseburger sliders we order every visit, to the unhinged delight that is crunchy pizza logs—cheese and pepperoni stuffed into egg roll wrappers then deep fried, of course—and baskets of tots smothered in chili and gooey cheese. Nickel City serves greasy dive bar food and gallons of booze from noon to 2am every night of the week. For a good time any afternoon or evening, swing in to catch a breeze on the patio, side-eye an Astros game, or grab some fried bologna and a shot of Beam.