bars

Maybe you've already decided the couch is best on Sunday with an enormous bowl of chips and queso on the coffee table, but the bars will be packed too.  And there's a brand new one opening up in Longview, just in time for the Big Game. And they're serving free Gumbo!

So I realize that it's scorching hot during the day, but in the evening when you're ready for a cocktail, here's a selection of five patios to sip on just off Broadway in Tyler.

It's tempting to think that high rolling Hollywood types have the most fun out at fancy bars, but it turns out that the happiest drinkers are the simple regulars at the corner taverns. We're pretty good at laid-back boozin' in East Texas, right?  Ok, I'll speak for myself.

I went to the city that has earned the title of The Best Drinking City in America on a couple of spring breaks while I was in college. It's all kind of fuzzy, but I do recall some pretty good cosmos there. See if you agree that this city deserves to be the best for drinks.