Best Bars in America - Esquire

Beaches are lovely places. They are also, however, edges. As such, they tend to collect people who would probably press onward if they didn’t have all that water in front of them. The restless, the rootless, the retired. Few bars we know cater to this constituency so well as Blackie’s, an authentic beachfront dive if ever there was one. If your idea of a beach bar involves bikinis and straws sticking out of coconuts, seek ye elsewhere. If it has room for gruff bartenders, crusty regulars, shockingly cold beer, and the occasional hot dog, though, you just might be Blackie’s material — particularly if you don’t mind talking to...