For 2026, there were more than 15,000 coffee shops nominated from around the globe, but Onyx Coffee Lab, a specialty coffee roastery with eight locations in the state of Arkansas, has officially been dubbed the best coffee shop in the world.
Access was also easily obtained through the many taverns that dotted towns across the colonies, where the people gathered to read and hear the latest news, and, importantly, to participate in the political opposition to the crown that grew with each passing year.
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Dr. Matthew Warshauer,
Hartford Courant,
26 June 2026
Leavenworth With its Bavarian-style architecture, mountain views, and taverns doling out steins of German beer and traditional dishes like käsespätzle, this small town in central Washington evokes an Alpine village.
It will be argued endlessly in barrooms in Pittsburgh.
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Mike DeFabo,
New York Times,
25 Apr. 2026
By the early 1930s, widespread crime, tainted liquor and the need for tax revenue fueled public dissatisfaction, ultimately leading to Prohibition’s repeal in 1933 and the return of regulated barrooms.
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