Before there were high-tech sports bars with televisions at every table, there were laid-back neighborhood hangouts like Dotlanders. This Kansas City, Kansas, watering hole is all about the basics. Only two beers are on tap. A couple of TVs flicker behind the bar. A lone pool table is the only bar game. And a hand-carved, wooden sign on the wall reads, “Come as strangers. Leave as friends.” This bar feels transplanted from the main drag of a small town, as do the drink prices, which are shockingly cheap. It’s a place stuck in time, great for hiding out and taking a mental vacation so intense that you may forget what year it is.
