parallel bars

Find your bar, anywhere

You know the bar you love at home — the room, the crowd, the noise level, the kind of night it turns into. Parallel Bars finds its counterpart in a city you’ve never been to. You tag your locals with the vibe and the kind of bar they are, and when you land somewhere new we match those tags against everything the community has tagged nearby. No star ratings, no sponsored placements — just the closest thing to your bar, wherever you are.

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A map of Boston with nearby bars listed below it, each with its distance.
Every bar around you, with distances
Austin Beerworks with the tags Low-Key, Chill, Brewery/Taproom and Outdoor Drinking, each with a thumbs up and thumbs down.
Tags the community votes on
Bars in Nashville matched to Austin Beerworks, each showing 100 percent and the tags they share.
Its counterpart in another city
Vibe chips including Clubby, Low-Key, Trendy and High-Energy, above experience chips like Dive Bar and Speakeasy.
Or start from a vibe

Parallel Bars covers the 15 largest US metros: New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Miami, Las Vegas, Austin, Nashville, New Orleans, Denver, Seattle, San Francisco, Boston, Philadelphia, Atlanta and San Diego. Bar listings come from open place data (Overture Maps and Foursquare Open Source Places); the vibes and the votes come from people using the app. An Android version is planned.

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