8 places

Where to Drink

Coffee you can only reach by bike, a speakeasy behind a door marked “coatroom,” and a 1950 dive that made Esquire's best-bars list.

Speakeasy hidden in the basement of an 1898 church.

Seasonal rooftop bar perched atop the old church.

Fayetteville's 1950 dive-turned-cocktail-bar — an Esquire "Best Bar in America."

Open-air coffee bar in the woods — reachable only on foot or by bike.

Bike shop and all-day café — coffee, wood-fired pizza, and natural wine.

One of America's best roasters, with a flagship café off the square.

Rogers cult brewery with a no-frills taproom locals swear by.

Sixth-floor bar with the best views in Bentonville.

Know NWA before everyone else.