The Best Bars in America 2012

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Kask, Portland, Oregon
What to order: A glass of the punch of the day
Kask is an odd little bar with an offbeat, nerdy charm. You can't really call its style contemporary, not with the many odd implements and other tchotchkes lurking on the shelves. But if it's retro, the thing Kask most recalls with its tiny chairs, little low tables, and multiple blackboards isn't so much an old bar as it is your old seventh-grade science ... more 

Photo by: Esquire

Kask, Portland, Oregon
What to order: A glass of the punch of the day
Kask is an odd little bar with an offbeat, nerdy charm. You can't really call its style contemporary, not with the many odd implements and other tchotchkes lurking on the shelves. But if it's retro, the thing Kask most recalls with its tiny chairs, little low tables, and multiple blackboards isn't so much an old bar as it is your old seventh-grade science classroom. There are worse things to recall.

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