CraftBeer.com — the Brewers Association website for beer lovers — has announced the winners in voting for “Great American Beer Bar.” Readers selected their favorite bars in each of five U.S. geographical regions as well as picking overall winners.
Overall Winners
First Place: Mekong Restaurant, Richmond, VA
Second Place: HopCat, Grand Rapids, MI
Third Place: Cloverleaf Tavern, Caldwell, NJ
Regional Winners
South
First Place: Mekong Restaurant, Richmond, VA
Second Place: The Thirsty Monk, Asheville, NC
Third Place: Oak St. Drafthouse, Denton, TX
Mountain West
First Place: Falling Rock Tap House, Denver, CO
Second Place: Oskar Blues Home Made Liquids & Solids, Longmont, CO
Third Place: Tap & Bottle, Tucson, AZ
Pacific
First Place: The Bier Stein, Eugene, OR
Second Place: Toronado, San Francisco, CA
Third Place: Prospectors Historic Pizzeria & Alehouse, Denali National Park, AK
North Central
First Place: HopCat, Grand Rapids, MI
Second Place: The Bavarian Lodge, Lisle, IL
Third Place: Ashley’s, Ann Arbor, MI
Northeast
First Place: Cloverleaf Tavern, Caldwell, NJ
Second Place: ChurchKey, Washington, DC
Third Place: The Farmhouse Tap & Grill, Burlington, VT
This is how the winners were chosen: CraftBeer.com asked readers to nominate their favorite craft beer bars in the country, and received over 5,000 nominations. Site visitors than coast their votes (more than 37,000) for the 10 most nominated bars in each of the five regions.