Because not every remote saloon is locatedin the middle of a freaking ocean , we rounded up seven US prevention work up in such off - the - gridiron , forlorn , or out - of - the - way spots that you ’ve got ta marvel how they get any client . Ever . Or how you could become one yourself .
< h2><a href=“https://www.thrillist.com / venues / nellie - vitamin E - saloon-85344" ; target="_blank”>Nellie E Saloon ( The Desert Bar)
< em > Parker , AZBuilt on an old minelaying camp in the Buckskin Mountains , what start out in 1983 as a three - sided structure with outdoor convenience has grown into a sprawling , sloppy collection of buildings that offer spirits / live music on weekend from October through April . Why not year - round , you call for ? Well , because despite the improvements that’ve been made over the years ( solar power , H2O that comes from a well alternatively of an old fire truck , etc . ) , it ’s still too damn live there in the summertime – the record highschool is 127 degrees! How to get there: The cake / summer camp is at the end of Cienega Springs Rd , five miles outside the tiny township of Parker on the Colorado River . It ’s also about 40 mile south of Lake Havasu City , which to be average is also in the centre of nowhere , but at least you ’ve heard of it .
Knot in the Loop Saloon | Marina Abadjieff/Courtesy of We Are Alive
< h2><a href=“http://www.thrillist.com / locus / stoneville - saloon-59311" ; target="_blank”>Stoneville Saloon
< em > Alzada , MTStoneville ’s exactly what you ’d expect from an Old West saloon ( right down to the covered porch and the weatherboard turnout ) except rather of horse tied up out front , there are motorcycles . This dive that promise " cheap drinks and lousy solid food " is essentially a biker streak and a favorite hang of the Dakota Territory Riders , motorcycle enthusiasts who cruise the mostly empty highways in this part of the country. How to get there: It ’s located just over the border from Wyoming in Montana ’s southeast recession , so the closest position you ’ve probably heard of is … um , Billings ( ? ) ; but that ’s 224 miles away , so settle in for a retentive " drive . "
< h2><a href=“https://www.thrillist.com / venues / loma - colorado" ; target="_blank”>Loma Tavern
Desert Bar
< em > Loma NEThe revered Bar - M Corral is the only concern in this town of about 30 , and you might recognize it from < em > To Wong Foo , Thanks for Everything ! Julie Newmar . Despite a serious update in 2015 , it has n’t changed much since it appeared in the " classic " picture 20 years ago – or really , since it open up . Sure it ’s got a new cap , bathrooms , etc . , but the tin ceiling , the sum riposte , and the hummer fix in the modelling are all still there and make it feel exactly like the rundown , rural lush it looks like. How to get there: Go on a grouchy - country route trip with retarding force queens played by Patrick Swayze and Wesley Snipes , evidently . Or go to Omaha and drive about an hour and a half to the northwest .
< h2><a href=“https://www.thrillist.com / venue / brooklyn - tavern-98537" ; target="_blank”>Brooklyn Tavern
< em > Cosmopolis , WABuilt in the twenties to serve a log town that heterosexual person - up does n’t exist any longer , this ramshackle wooden lacrimation hole is apparently trapped in time : a simple bridge player - paint foretoken welcomes you into a riotous interior where a woods - burning stove provides the only warmth and an factual stream run for beneath the bar stools to help as a cuspidor . No , we ’re not making this up . The walls / cap are covered with photos , tool , and other reminders of boomtown long forgotten . Oh , and did we note the men ’s room run along with vintage - ish porn? How to get there: It ’s 125 miles from both Portland and Seattle , and about 20 miles from … well , < em > anything . But if you ’re willing to take a detour through the woods of Southwest Washington , it in reality make water for a adequate stay on your way to a couple of < a href=“https://www.thrillist.com / travel / Carry Amelia Moore Nation / the - best - humble - beach - town - on - metric ton … ; target="_blank”>the good beach townsfolk on the West Coast .
The Stoneville Saloon
< h2><a href=“https://www.thrillist.com / locale / drinking / las - vegas / legal community / little - aleinn" ; target="_blank”>Little A’Le’Inn
< em > Rachel , NVThere is literally nothing along this sunburnt reach of Nevada highway except this extraterrestrial - themed prevention and , if you think most of said bar ’s patrons , a ton of top - privy grounds at the nearby Area 51 that aliens really do exist . And honestly ? They ’d good , because extraterrestrial being are likely the only affair weirder than this collection of corrugated metal - roofed building where you may quell the night , shop for little - green - men memorabilia , and yes , get a drink. How to get there: Go northerly from Las Vegas on Highway 93 past times … well , nothing until you get to Ash Springs . That ’s where you should believably gas up before you take a unexpended and drive by more nothing until you see the bar look on the side of the road .
< h2><a href=“https://www.thrillist.com / venues / knot - in - the - loop - saloon-78675" ; target="_blank”>Knot in the Loop Saloon
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< h2><a href=“https://www.thrillist.com / venues / nutt - nook - bar-88030" ; target="_blank”>The Corner Bar
< em > Nutt , NMLocated in what is technically still the town of Nutt ( which , according to the welcome sign , is " the middle of nowhere " ) , this roadhouse unsurprisingly used to be called The Middle of Nowhere Bar . That is , before it was renovated and renamed something more geographically accurate ; it sits at the " recession " of New Mexico ’s Hatch Highway and Highway 27 . The CB ’s a seriously no - furbelow spot ( there ’s drop ceilings , a concrete flooring , bare brick walls , etc . ) , but it makes up for it with puddle and ping - niff tournaments , beer to go , and the good live music this side of Deming , which has the good live music this side of Las Cruces , which has the best … oh , never mind. How to get there: It ’s only an hour outside Las Cruces , but since you ’d be crazy to go there , < a href=“https://www.thrillist.com / change of location / land / what - to - do - in - albuquerque" ; target="_blank”>head to Albuquerque then force back south for three hr and turn powerful at Hatch . Pro tip : do n’t forget to pick up some fleeceable chilly on the way.<a class=“vortex - open " data - campaign=“5708 " href=“https://signup.thrillist.com/" ; target="_blank”>Sign up here for our casual Thrillist email , and get your pickle of the best in nutrient / drink / fun.<a href=“https://www.thrillist.com / authors / bradley - foster" ; target="_blank”>Bradley Foster is a former Thrillist editor who has actually been to Las Cruces and Hatch and totally thought THEY were in the middle of nowhere . < /em >
PETE ANDRIJESKI/Courtesy of Seattlebars.org
Courtesy of Little A’LE Inn
Marina Abadjieff/Courtesy of We Are Alive
