The Best Dive Bars in Houston, by the Record
The best dive bars in Houston, by the professional record: Huckberry, Houstonia, and Esquire have all weighed in, and their honors are what rank this list. Poison Girl Bar comes out on top.
EZ's Liquor Lounge and Big Star Bar hold the next two places. Houstonia shows up on more of this list than any other guide, with Esquire next.
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Rank 2. EZ's Liquor Lounge
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Rank 3. Big Star Bar
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Rank 3. Catbirds
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Rank 3. Grand Prize Bar
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Rank 3. Notsuoh
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Taxidermy, graffitied walls, mannequins, shelves of old shoes, and a trippy dome with bean bag chairs on the second floor: Notsuoh is less a dive bar and more a three-story cabinet of curiosities that also happens to serve drinks. The art is strange, the vibe is stranger, and the whole place reads like a dare Houston issues to anyone who thinks Austin has a monopoly on weird. An old-school Main Street institution that earns every square foot.
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Rank 3. Sunny's Bar
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Rank 3. Voodoo Queen Daiquiri Dive
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