Pittsburgh's South Side boasts one of the heaviest concentrations of bars and clubs in any U.S. neighborhood, so when scenesters head down to party, their journey is often dubbed the South Side crawl. For 90 years, Jack's Rose Bar has been the crawler's most popular stop. Much like Dee's, down the block, Jack's has two sections offering variations on the same theme: cheap drinks, big crowds and loud hip-hop and classic rock blasting in the background. In the front room, a single straight bar accommodates the wall-to-wall throng that gathers here each night; in the back, a second bar sells mixed drinks, and billiard tables await hardcore hustlers (pool players at Jack's are aggressive, and the line for cues can take hours; fortunately there are electronic dartboards in the back corner). Peopled almost entirely by twentysomethings, this is the spot for students and post-collegiates to gather for pitchers, gossip and a mass exchange of phone numbers.

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