https://rvanews.com All the news, none of that gross newsprint feel Tue, 10 Nov 2020 02:23:10 +0000 en-US https://rvanews.com/features/mekong-voted-best-beer-bar-in-us/68546?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS+Readership Tue, 25 Sep 2012 19:39:11 +0000 Nathan Cushing http://rvanews.com/?p=68546 <p style = "text-align:center"><img width="379" height="250" src="https://rvanews.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/beer.jpg" class="attachment-550x550 size-550x550 wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" fetchpriority="high" srcset="https://rvanews.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/beer.jpg 379w, https://rvanews.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/beer-290x191.jpg 290w" sizes="(max-width: 379px) 100vw, 379px" /></p><p class = "update">update #1 - September 25, 3:39 PM </p><p>According to Mekong's Facebook page, all beers on tap <a href="https://www.facebook.com/mekongrestaurant/posts/10151057526335036">will be $1 this evening</a> to celebrate the win. </p><p class = "hr">&mdash; ∮∮∮ &mdash;</p><p>Mekong has won first place in the first "Great America Beer Bar" contest. Hosted by <a href="http://www.craftbeer.com/">CraftBeer.com</a>, over 30,000 votes were counted to name the best craft beer bar in the country.</p><p>"Thank you everyone for voting," posted owner An Mekong on his <a href="https://www.facebook.com/amekong/posts/281204348657258">Facebook page</a> this afternoon. "We are speechless."</p><p>CraftBeer.com readers first nominated over 3,300 bars in the US. Choices were narrowed to the 10 most nominated bars in each of the five geographic regions of the country. Final voting took place from September 13th-20th.</p><p>The top three winners:</p><ul><li><a href="http://www.mekongva.com/">Mekong</a></li><li><a href="http://hopcatgr.com/">Hopcat</a> (Grand Rapids, Michigan)</li><li><a href="http://www.monkpub.com/">The Thirsty Monk</a> (Asheville, North Carolina)</li></ul><p>A full list of regional winners can be seen <a href="http://www.craftbeer.com/pages/news-and-events/news/show?title=craftbeer-com-readers-select-the-countrys-favorite-beer-bars">here</a>.</p><p><br />Ho there, reader of RSS feeds! Do you ever want to support RVANews in a real and tangible way? Or at least pay a small penance for reading ad-free content? If so, <a href="https://www.patreon.com/rvanews">support us on Patreon for a couple bucks a month</a>!</p>