London
East London cocktail dens, basement speakeasies, warehouse rooftops. Nearest tube: Old Street, Liverpool Street, Shoreditch High Street.
The pattern: serious-drinker basements (Nightjar, Seed Library) within a five-minute walk of warehouse-roof beer pours (Queen of Hoxton). Pick one start, walk twenty minutes between everything else.
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World's 50 Best Bars stalwart on City Road. The booking page books out three weeks ahead for weekend bands; the Tuesday slot opens up day-of. Cocktails follow a globe-trotting menu structured by era, and the live jazz trio runs two sets a night.