Recommendations by Lawrence Obsorne
Photographs by Andrew McConnell
Beirut may be a city steeped in religion, but it still has plenty of watering holes. Booze is fully legal and widely consumed in Lebanon, where 40 percent of the population is Christian. From a rooftop-bar oasis to Lebanon’s best arak, Lawrence Osborne, author of the forthcoming book The Wet and the Dry, recommends the city’s five best drinking spots.
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