Best Bars for Holiday Parties
The holiday season may as well be renamed the party season. Some of these are held in private homes, but sometimes — like when you know your friends are ready to get truly crazy under the mistletoe — they’re better suited to bars. Here are some of the best bars around town for hosting a gathering of holiday revelers. (And hooray for L.A. weather: three of them have outdoor space!)
I just wanted to say that I read this as “Best [Dessert] Bars for Holiday Parties” like lemon bars, rice krispie treats, and the like. HOW MINNESOTAN IS THAT?! In fact, Wikipedia even has a special subsection on the vernacular:
Though similar to cookies, bars are not considered cookies and require no dough measuring.[2] Rice Krispie treats are considered bars in Minnesota, but a brownie is not a bar.[2] Bars are considered one of two essentials for potlucks in Minnesota, the other being hotdish.[7] According to You Know You’re in Minnesota When…: 101 Quintessential Places, People, Events, Customs, Lingo, and Eats of the North Star State by Berit Thorkelson, the bar is a Minnesota staple and a “typical Minnesota dessert”.[2] Thorkelson notes that bars are not included in Webster’s Dictionary, and the word pronunciation of the “ar” is with “a pirate-like arrr” followed by a soft clipped s.[2]Guidelines for bars and bars in Minnesota