When it comes to choosing the perfect bar stool, it’s easy to get swept up in aesthetics. Do you go for mid-century sleekness ...

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The Oak Lounge and Bar sits on the corner of Dame and Parliament Street just across from Dublin’s City Hall and Dublin Castle. With so much fine architecture around it, this bar sits perfectly among ...

Police have arrested a person suspected of setting fire to the abandoned former popular country bar in Mission Valley on Christmas Day, it was announced Thursday. Police identified the suspect as ...

A Louisville wine bar has popped the cork on national recognition, being named one of the best wine bars in the U.S. by Wine Enthusiast. The honor celebrates Nouvelle’s exceptional Champagne selection ...

For many of us, time zones can be confusing - and it's actually not as simple as you might think to establish the order in which each country celebrates New Year - this is because of something ...

It comes down to the statement you’d like to make. By Tim McKeough When designing a kitchen, it’s normal to obsess over appliances, cabinets and counters. But there’s another element that ...

In 2024, the most memorable country albums were the projects that fell on one end or the other of a stylistic extreme. Some of the biggest splashes came from young-gun traditionalists, who ...

The top country songs of 2024 prove that country music — especially traditional country music — is in very good hands. A full 25 percent of the Top 40 songs from this year are by artists who ...

If there is one “big winner” of the 2024 Nosh Awards, it is Tallboy. The Temescal martini-focused cocktail bar that opened in May garnered the most votes of any Nosh Award winner ever. The bar gets ...

Lucy Perez has been working in diners for years, but until this year, she'd never owned one. Perez opened Lucy's Cafe Dec. 18 across from the Ne-Mar Center in Claremore. Lucy's is open 6 a.m. to ...

At Wye Oak, the bar counter sits in front of the high altar, which still has large stained-glass windows and statues of kneeling angels in place over the bar itself. O’Hare said it was a ...