Harbor Inn

Harbor Inn describes itself as “the ultimate dive bar experience.” Established in 1895, this is the longest continuously operating bar in the city, with a gritty, old-school Cleveland vibe: it’s an enormous, windowless warehouse along the Cuyahoga River with sticky floors and well-worn dart boards. The move is the beer-and-a-shot special, and after you’ve downed your bottom-shelf liquor, pop open a Miller High Life and start up a game of pool with friendly strangers. All in all, this is a place to channel Midwestern dad. Come to think of it, yours probably played skeeball here after he saw The Rolling Stones play Lakefront Stadium in 1975.