Bars can be big and unique, but sometimes, you just want to go somewhere casual, no-fuss, yet fun. As the Huckberry Journal put it “Just like a good joke makes you laugh, a great dive makes you feel connected. Whether it’s your own neighborhood bar where everyone proverbially knows your name or another town’s local haunt, you belong — for a night, for a while, or forever. A great dive isn’t just a bar, and a dive isn’t great without its people.”
With that in mind, the Journal ranked the top 50 dive bars in the nation.
What is the best dive bar in Georgia?
Two dives in Georgia made the cut. Here’s what the writers had to say about Pinkie Masters:
“In Savannah’s Historic District, despite the relentless march of tourists, Pinkie Masters endures as a locals’ stronghold, peppered with professors and students from Savannah College of Art and Design. It’s not surprising such a cast of characters congregates just a block north of author Flannery O’Connor’s childhood home. Its original owner, Luis Chris Masterpolis, nicknamed Pinkie, was a former boxer instrumental in electing Jimmy Carter, who visited the bar whenever he came through town. In 2015, two regulars bought Pinkie’s, roughed up from years of neglect, and with the help of other longtime patrons, they put it back in fighting shape.”…