Every good gay bar, minus the guesswork.

Northalsted · 3349 N Halsted St

Multi-room video bar; showtunes and retro nights.

Northalsted · 3733 N Halsted St

Long-running sports bar with craft beer.

U Street · 900 U St NW

Two-story sports bar with a famous drag brunch.

Adams Morgan · 2317 18th St NW

Four-floor sports bar, younger crowd.

SoBro · 237 Hermitage Ave, Nashville, TN 37210

A casual gay bar and grill near downtown with a full kitchen, a patio and a friendly local crowd. There's line dancing on Fridays plus drag and karaoke nights.

Gayborhood · 254 S 12th St

Formerly Tabu: sports bar, dance floor, cabaret, roof deck.

Rehoboth Ave, downtown · 134 Rehoboth Ave

A casual pub and beer garden with karaoke at night and drag on Sunday pub nights, with no cover ever. Come for weekend brunch or a football game, and stay for the singing.

Piedmont Rd · 2425 Piedmont Rd NE

The city's gay sports bar.

Chelsea · 37 W 20th St (Flatiron)

The original gay sports bar. Hot bartenders, pizza, every game on.

Chelsea · 167 8th Ave

NYC's first gay sports bar; a friendly game-day crowd.

Hell's Kitchen · 735 9th Ave

The sports bar's Hell's Kitchen outpost, with a roof deck and weekday 2-for-1s.

St. Paul, University Ave · 1415 University Ave W, St Paul, MN 55104

A queer soccer pub where you can watch a match with a friendly crowd. There's trivia and drag nights too, plus a back patio with food trucks and bocce.

South End · 1222 Washington St

Sports bar with pool tables.

French Quarter · 801 Bourbon St

Video bar with the club upstairs.

Oak Lawn · 4011 Cedar Springs Rd

The friendly sports bar.

Wilton Manors · 2266 Wilton Dr

Big neighborhood bar with food.

Montrose · 617 Fairview St

Country sports bar, mature crowd.

Duval St · 724 Duval St

A big compound with several bars, a back garden and a men-only pool, plus go-go dancers and video screens at night. It works for an afternoon pool hang and for a late party, especially on big event weekends.

Capitol Hill · 1501 E Colfax Ave

Gay sports bar.

Flamingo Rd, near UNLV · 1487 E Flamingo Rd, Ste C, Las Vegas, NV 89119

A sports bar the locals love: open 24/7, with a grill, pool tables, trivia and 2-for-1 happy hour until 7pm. It's a good place to watch a game.

Fruit Loop · 4640 Paradise Rd, Las Vegas, NV 89169

A 24/7 Fruit Loop video bar where music videos play on every screen and a long two-for-one happy hour runs most of the day. It's an easy pre-game a few steps from Piranha.

Zona Romántica, Rodolfo Gómez · Rodolfo Gómez 157

A friendly video bar just off Olas Altas with sing-along music videos, cheap beer at happy hour and an 11 p.m. drag show. Good for sunset-to-pre-club drinks.

Arenas Road · 302 E Arenas Rd, Palm Springs, CA 92262

The biggest room on Arenas, open from morning until 2am. Come for the long afternoon happy hour and ballgames on the screens, then stay as the dance floor fills up later.

Hillcrest · 1017 University Ave, San Diego, CA 92103

A long-running video bar where music videos play over a small dance floor. There's a pool table and a back patio, plus a Latin dance party on Thursdays.

WeHo · 8933 Santa Monica Blvd

Gay sports bar with good food and trivia.

Old Town/Chinatown · 110 NW Broadway, Portland, OR 97209

A video bar and dance club in the old Embers space, with music videos on lots of screens. Nights include karaoke, trivia, open-call drag and Drag Race viewing parties.

West End, Lisle Street (Leicester Square) · 30 Lisle Street, London WC2H 7BA

A big bar on several floors that plays music videos and has one of the area's largest outdoor terraces. The basement club stays open late with DJs and karaoke. Easy to find if you've just arrived in the West End.