The Riot Room

Best 3 a.m. Bar

Whether it's a guilty pleasure or standard procedure, there is something about an out-all-night-until-closing-time experience that causes folks to talk. Like stories of emptied wallets and asshole bartenders making last call 10 minutes early, the 3 a.m. bar experience can be a mixed bag. For a solid late-night drinking adventure, we recommend the new Westport institution the Riot Room. Every night, the Midnight Riot reverse happy hour encourages us to stay a little longer and drink a little harder. From midnight until close, the bar on Westport Road and Broadway that says it's "Bringing Wasted Back Into Style" offers two-for-one wells, $1.50 PBR draws and $2 Kaisermeister shots (a potent yet tasty blend of Jäger and root-beer schnapps). Now open seven days a week with three bars, two stages and a huge smoking patio, the Riot Room has enough room for everyone to tie one until 3 a.m.