The Bar Is The Star.

SMDB is not a rating site. We document the history, atmosphere, people and traditions that make a bar impossible to replace. The goal is to make the viewer feel like they pulled up a stool.

The Road Is Part Of The Story.

Back roads, Main Streets, churches, ball fields, bridges, river roads and the towns around the tavern matter too. A bar makes more sense when you understand the community that keeps it alive.

A Permanent Record.

Episodes live on YouTube, but the website is the archive: one canonical page for each bar, its photographs, its history, the documentary and contributions from The Regulars. Closed bars stay here too.