Bottoms up! Here are some of last year’s best bars and cocktails.
2015 BEST BARS
Reader’s Picks
Upstate
The Reef Seafood & Steak Restaurant
18 Carpenter Station Road, Wilmington, 529-1985
www.thereefde.com
Downstate
The Starboard
2009 Hwy. One, Dewey Beach, 227-4600
www.thestarboard.com
Editors’ Picks
Upstate
The scene is always lively at BBC Tavern and Grill, where happy-hour prices on food and drink Mondays through Wednesdays keep regulars coming back, and where frequent guest bartender nights draw new friends by benefiting local nonprofits.
4019 Kennett Pike, Greenville, 655-3785
www.bbctavernandgrill.com
Downstate
The Bottle & Cork calls itself “The World’s Greatest Rock ’n’ Roll Bar.” In its 80th season, it’s still rockin’. This is where you discovered the Dave Matthews Band before the rest of the world caught on, where you went to see legends like Buddy Guy and where you’ve blown more Saturday afternoon jam sessions than you care to recall, getting blasted to local favorites. At least, that’s how you remember it.
1807 Coastal Hwy., Dewey Beach, 227-7272
www.bottleandcorkdewey.com
2015 BEST BLOODY MARY BARS
Readers’ Picks
The Deer Park Tavern
108 W. Main St., Newark, 369-9414
www.deerparktavern.com
The Starboard
2009 Hwy. One, Dewey Beach, 227-4600
www.thestarboard.com
Editors’ Pick
Upstate
Don’t be distracted by the, um, tongue-in-cheek name. Lewinsky’s on Clinton is a welcoming tavern with a great pub-grub menu, specialty cocktails and craft beers. But it really lets loose on Sundays with a Bloody Mary bar that includes a tableau of hot sauces, garnishes from olives to scrapple and a dollop of toe-tapping blues music to really spice up the works.
92 Clinton St., Delaware City, 834-8000
www.lewinskysonclinton.com
2015 BEST COCKTAIL SELECTION
Readers’ Picks
Upstate
Harry’s Savoy Grill
2020 Naamans Road, Wilmington, 475-3000
www.harryshospitalitygroup.com/harrys-savoy-grill
Upstate
Espuma Restaurant & Martini Bar
28 Wilmington Ave., Rehoboth Beach, 227-4199
www.espuma-restaurant.com
Editors’ Pick
Downstate
You’re feeling the joy at colorful Lula Brazil. You need a caipirinha. You can get the traditional lime cocktail or opt for any of several other flavors, like pineapple. Or try it with vodka, known as the capiroska, in the same flavors.
234 Rehoboth Ave., Rehoboth Beach, 212-2755
www.lulabrazil.com
