Switzerland Guide
Basel
Drinking
1 Fumare non fumare Gerbergasse 38 
www.mitte.ch Cool, high-ceilinged espresso bar on a people-watching junction, also with its own beer – one side is smoking, one non-smoking (hence the name).
2 Paddy Reilly's Steinentorstrasse 45. Standard Irish pub, Guinness and all, also serving up fish and chips and shepherd's pie for around Fr.16.
3 Teufelhof Leonhardsgraben 47 www.teufelhof.ch Supremely trendy wine bar attached to the art-hotel of the same name, with a wide range of bottles to sample and a clientele that knows it's living at the city's artistic cutting edge.
4 
Fischerstube Rheingasse 45 www.uelibier.ch Excellent backstreet beerhall, full of atmosphere, that brews its own beers as a snub to the big-name breweries and so attracts dedicated, single-minded drinkers. Salted pretzels hanging from wooden stands on every table, a dark, smoky interior, rich, powerful beer plus a uniquely hearty clientele make for a memorably convivial evening.
5 Grenzwert Rheingasse 3. Cool, jazzy, spotlit little bar, attracting black-clad Kleinbaslers by the score.
6 Hirscheneck Lindenberg 23 www.hirscheneck.ch Graffitied budget café-bar-restaurant, co-op owned and popular with a rough-edged crowd, with loud music and simple food in generous portions.
7 Zum Goldenen Fass Hammerstrasse 108. Small but very popular bar, regularly packed.