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Every record
store in Portland.
Dated. Verified. Dug.
38 shops inside city limits, 45 across the metro
— every listing backed by named, dated sources. We keep the dead ones on the wall
too
: Bull City Records, closed April 2026. The crate remembers.
The shops — fresh from the bins
38 open in Portland · sorted by confidence 01 2nd Avenue Records Verified 02 After Ours Verified 03 Black Water Records Verified 04 City Noise Records Verified 05 Clinton Street Record & Stereo Verified 06 Crossroads Music Verified
All 38 Portland shops — plus Beaverton, Milwaukie, Gresham & Vancouver
The uncontested lane
After dark: Portland's listening bars & vinyl cafes
- Austin, TX Equipment Room A Japanese kissa-inspired listening bar in the basement of Hotel Magdalena, built with Breakaway Records around roughly 1,200 vinyl LPs played on a Klipsch hi-fi system, full albums only, no requests.
- Austin, TX Long Play Lounge East An East Austin neighborhood bar built around a collection of more than 400 vinyl records, with weekend vinyl DJ sets, live performances, and an outdoor patio.
- Austin, TX Only the Wild Ones An outdoor natural-wine garden and listening bar on South Congress with a custom hi-fi sound system and local vinyl selectors curating the music alongside small-production wines and agave cocktails.
- Albuquerque, NM ZEMA Vinyl Lounge Speakeasy-style HiFi vinyl sound lounge inside Hotel Zazz in Nob Hill, with curated vinyl, craft cocktails, and a hidden banana-sculpture entrance.
- Avondale Estates, GA Commune Listening lounge and wine bar built from the ground up with an acoustic designer for vinyl. Nightly DJ sets spanning Afrobeat to electronica alongside an award-winning wine program.
- Atlanta, GA Echo Room ATL Jazz-kissa-inspired vinyl listening bar inside Westside Motor Lounge. Hi-fi rig sourced from Atlanta collectors, built with local DJs.
- Atlanta, GA Stereo Inman Park coffee shop by day, hi-fi vinyl listening bar by night. DJ-owner-curated records, vintage JBL speakers and acoustic treatment, Cuban coffee and cocktails.
- Boston, MA Bar Pallino Speakeasy-style natural wine bar beneath Faccia a Faccia on Newbury Street; the basement barroom has a turntable and a vinyl-stocked shelf from Jamie Bissonnette's collection, with occasional live jazz and song requests.
- Boston, MA Desnuda Cocina & Bar South End restaurant with a downstairs listening bar inspired by 1950s Japanese sound bars: art-deco basement room with framed albums, vintage speakers, and a vinyl collection stocking themed genre/decade nights.
- Boston, MA Headroom Hi-Fi Lounge Second-floor cocktail lounge inside Trillium's Fort Point brewery built for audio appreciation, with live music Tue-Thu and vinyl DJs Fri-Sat on a dedicated hi-fi system.
- Boston, MA Spy Bar Hi-fi vinyl listening lounge beneath Cosmica at The Revolution Hotel in the South End, featuring curated vinyl DJ sets, craft cocktails, and a moody, intimate atmosphere.
- Boston, MA Temple Records Downtown Crossing listening bar inspired by 1950s Japanese sound bars, built around chef Jamie Bissonnette's 10,000+ record collection and a custom-designed hi-fi sound system; sushi bar downstairs.
- Birmingham, AL High Dive HiFi Lounge All-day HiFi listening lounge in Lakeview from chef Sean Brock, pairing a world-class sound system with coffee, cocktails and a Japanese-inspired menu.
- North Charleston, SC The 1021 Room Hidden speakeasy tucked behind a beer-can wall at Holy City Brewing, with red curtains, a wooden bar, a record player, and shelves of vinyl.
- Charleston, SC Groovers Listening Bar Vinyl listening bar on Calhoun Street paying homage to Charleston's 1990s music scene, with rotating vinyl DJs, live music, and craft cocktails.
- Charlotte, NC Groovers Listening Bar South End listening bar expanded from the original Charleston location, with vinyl lining the walls, turntables in view, and dual DJ booths spinning funk, soul, disco and 90s-leaning sets.
- Charlotte, NC Lorem Ipsum Listening Bar Black-owned listening bar tucked inside Plaza Midwood's Hotel Refuge, billed as Charlotte's first listening bar, pairing curated vinyl DJ sets with an intimate, low-lit lounge setting.
- Charlotte, NC VINYL South End gastropub built around a library of vinyl records displayed at the front counter, with resident DJs spinning nightly alongside craft cocktails and Americana bar food.
- Cincinnati, OH Hi-Fi Cincy Vinyl records-themed lounge and cocktail bar in Mt. Adams, billed as Cincinnati's only vinyl record bar; owner Mike Twombly built it to connect people across generations through vinyl.
- Cleveland, OH Harmony Hi-Fi Kissa-style vinyl listening bar in Ohio City's former Kyuu-juu space, built around a McIntosh hi-fi rig at lounge volume, small plates, and craft cocktails; genre nights and BYOV events planned.
- West Columbia, SC Ikie Lu Record Club Jazz-kissa-inspired vinyl listening lounge in a former Spanish-language church, pairing high-fidelity record spins with classic cocktails, wine, and small plates.
- Dallas, TX Boogies Knox-Henderson discotheque, cocktail club, and hi-fi listening lounge. A vinyl-forward cocktail listening room by day that opens into a disco/house dance party at 10pm on a 4-point Fulcrum sound system.
- Dallas, TX Shyboy Hi-Fi Underground hi-fi listening bar in a former downtown bank vault, built with 9-foot OJAS speakers, Neve preamps, and McIntosh amps. Curated vinyl spans Japanese jazz, Brazilian records, and Ornette Coleman, alongside hi-balls and soft-serve.
- Chicago, IL Charis Listening Bar A 35-seat, no-reservations listening bar in Bridgeport built around owner Alex Jandernoa's personal vinyl collection and a Klipsch sound system tuned by Saturday Music Audio, pouring travel-inspired cocktails to sets of soul, funk and jazz.
- Chicago, IL The Listening Room at The Exchange A hi-fi listening room inside the historic Railway Exchange Building in the Loop, where James Beard-nominated chef Brian Huston pairs nightly full-album vinyl playback with a steakhouse-inspired menu and private bar.
- Chicago, IL Parachute HiFi James Beard Award-winning chefs Beverly Kim and Johnny Clark converted their fine-dining restaurant Parachute into a casual vinyl listening bar in Avondale, with hand-wired vintage Altec Lansing speakers and rotating guest DJs.
- Chicago, IL Wax Vinyl Bar and Ramen Shop A strictly all-vinyl listening bar in West Town from DJ Lee Farmer and Gina Barge-Farmer, who studied Tokyo's jazz kissas before opening; an invite-only DJ roster spins on a rotary mixer alongside ramen and craft cocktails.
- Denver, CO ESP HiFi A records-only listening bar in the Santa Fe Arts District built around vintage Klipschorn speakers, tube amps, and Garrard turntables, pouring natural wine and coffee across from Wax Trax Records.
- Denver, CO Malinche AudioBar A mezcal-focused listening bar and daytime coffee shop on Platte Street inspired by Tokyo listening-bar culture, playing vintage Mexican vinyl through custom speakers with Nikkei-Mexa small plates by night.
- Wheat Ridge, CO Stylus & Crate A Wheat Ridge coffee shop built around a mid-century stereo console, where customers can play records from the house collection or bring their own while drinking espresso and eating Belgian waffles.
- Denver, CO Vaultaire A subterranean cocktail bar beneath La Foret on South Broadway centered on an analog hi-fi system spinning curated vinyl, paired with vintage spirits and French small plates.
- Detroit, MI Tigris Mexicantown cafe by day, hi-fi cocktail lounge by night, built around a custom sound system and an eclectic vinyl library with rotating guest DJs.
- Bentonville, AR Loveless Cocktail Club Japanese-listening-lounge-inspired cocktail bar in downtown Bentonville built around a dedicated DJ booth spinning vinyl nightly. Retro decor, a heart-shaped disco ball, and a 'No Worries -- No Requests' vinyl DJ ethos define the room.
- Rogers, AR Pinky Swear Hi-fi record bar tucked upstairs in Rogers' historic 1907 building, spinning vinyl exclusively on a high-end stereo alongside craft cocktails, pizza and small plates from sister restaurant Heirloom. No requests, no reservations.
- Greenville, SC South Main Social Downtown West End Hi-Fi listening bar and restaurant that opened April 28, 2026 in the former Foxcroft Food & Wine space. Vintage Altec/Klipsch speakers and Technics turntables spin nearly 5,000 LPs across three listening zones, Japanese-kissaten inspired.
- Honolulu, HI EP Bar Honolulu's only listening bar, tucked behind Morning Glass Coffee in Chinatown. Highballs paired with a ~3,000-title vinyl collection spun on hi-fi turntables by resident DJs, in the spirit of Japanese jazz-kissa listening rooms.
- Houston, TX 93' Til Montrose record bar and restaurant modeled on Tokyo's record-bar culture, spinning hip-hop, jazz, rap and funk vinyl on an Audio-Technica turntable alongside chef-driven small plates and craft cocktails.
- Houston, TX Augustine Lounge & Listening Room Lobby lounge and dedicated Listening Room at Hotel Saint Augustine in Montrose, built around a refurbished Otari MX5050 reel-to-reel and a record player. Weekly "Drop the Needle" vinyl nights curated by local tastemakers, open to non-guests.
- Houston, TX HiFi at The Finn Craft-cocktail vinyl listening lounge on the mezzanine of downtown food hall The Finn, inspired by Tokyo's jazz-kissa culture. Turntables and angled speakers built for warmth, rotating record selectors and DJ sets.
- Houston, TX Off the Record Downtown listening bar lounge behind a record-store facade: 3,600 sq ft of vinyl racks, vintage speakers and gold records, with song- and album-inspired cocktails and rotating resident DJs.
- Kansas City, MO XO HiFi Japanese-inspired hi-fi listening bar in a former Westside auto garage; 35-seat, vinyl-only playback through a horn-driven, low-wattage tube system, natural wine and Japanese small plates.
- Las Vegas, NV ECHO - Taste & Sound Chef Natalie Young's Arts District listening lounge pairs a vintage McIntosh hi-fi system and curated vinyl shelves with craft cocktails and small plates in a leather-and-wood-paneled room.
- Las Vegas, NV SEVEN:45 Black- and women-owned R&B micro-lounge and speakeasy in the Arts District, inspired by Japanese listening bars, spinning curated soul/R&B on vintage McIntosh and JBL hi-fi speakers with vinyl embedded in the tables.
- Madison, WI Lola's Hi/Lo Lounge Vinyl-focused hi-fi cocktail lounge on Madison's north side, inspired by Japanese jazz kissa culture; floor-to-ceiling record displays, tube amp, curated full-album listening.
- Little Rock, AR River City Coffee Hillcrest coffee shop with a turntable spinning real vinyl records all day, every day; customers can bring their own LPs to play alongside the shop's collection.
- Los Angeles, CA The Airliner Historic Lincoln Heights dive bar with a renovated upstairs hi-fi sound room designed to feel like the inside of a speaker box, built around vintage Klipsch speakers (Heresy, Cornwall, Klipschorn AK3) and a large subwoofer.
- Los Angeles, CA Bar Franca Downtown LA hi-fi sound bar (Historic Core) relaunched fall 2025 under new ownership with a custom Danley sound system tuned for disco, house, funk, and jazz vinyl sets.
- Venice, CA Companion All-day Venice cafe/restaurant designed as a living-room 'third space,' with a movable DJ booth and a 1,500-record house collection spun nightly during dinner service.
- West Hollywood, CA Darling by Sean Brock Sean Brock's live-fire restaurant with an adjacent vinyl-only hi-fi listening lounge featuring seven custom speakers by sound designer MAXV, vintage Tannoy, Accuphase amplification, and dual Technics turntables.
- Long Beach, CA Dedo Coffee Specialty coffee shop and hi-fi listening lounge in Long Beach's Wrigley neighborhood, where co-owners hand-select speakers and spin their personal vinyl collection daily, including dedicated Sunday morning listening sessions.
- Los Angeles, CA Gold Line Highland Park cocktail lounge co-founded by Chris Manak (Peanut Butter Wolf of Stones Throw) built around a wall of ~8,000 vinyl records played by bartenders and DJs on McIntosh amps and Altec Lansing speakers.
- Venice, CA Only The Wild Ones Abbot Kinney natural-wine listening bar running a vinyl-only rotation through Klipsch x Ojas speakers, Accuphase amplification, Technics turntables, and a Euphonia rotary mixer.
- Los Angeles, CA Sunset & Vinyl 70s-inspired cocktail lounge hidden above 800 Degrees Pizza near the Hollywood Walk of Fame, with an in-house vinyl collection patrons browse and queue up for the bartenders to play.
- Los Angeles, CA Zizou French-Moroccan wine bar and restaurant in Lincoln Heights built with sound as part of its design, hosting hi-fi/vinyl listening pop-ups in its garden and dining room.
- Milwaukee, WI The Wiggle Room Milwaukee's first dedicated vinyl listening lounge in Bay View, built around a roughly 5,000-record collection, sound-engineered acoustics with bass traps and soundproof panels, Japanese whiskey, and nightly local and national DJs spinning vinyl.
- Nashville, TN 888 - Japanese Restaurant and Vinyl Lounge A Japanese restaurant and sushi bar downtown anchored by a floor-to-ceiling wall of roughly 2,000 vinyl records curated with Grimey's and United Record Pressing, played through a dedicated hi-fi system.
- Nashville, TN · Opening soon Cultivar An announced Salemtown cocktail bar in a converted Craftsman house, pairing herbal-forward drinks with a hi-fi listening setup built with GIK Acoustics; not yet confirmed open.
- Nashville, TN Groceries Etc. A cocktail bar and vinyl listening room above Mama Bread and Lemon Laine in East Nashville, centered on a wall of records and rotating DJ sets.
- Nashville, TN Upstairs at Audrey A 40-seat vinyl listening room above chef Sean Brock's Audrey restaurant in East Nashville, built around full album plays and a $5 menu of cocktails, wine, beer and seasonal snacks; walk-ins only.
- Nashville, TN Vinyl Tap Founded by ninth-generation Nashvillian Todd Hedrick, Vinyl Tap opened in East Nashville in November 2016 as a neighborhood bar pairing craft beer with new and used vinyl.
- Nashville, TN Vinyl Vault A hi-fi vinyl bar behind Mel's Drive-In in a converted 19th-century bank vault on 2nd Avenue, with three rooms built around vintage speakers from different decades and weekend vinyl-only DJ sets.
- Wayzata, MN Macanda HiFi A vinyl lounge and record bar tucked behind Macanda's Latin American restaurant on Lake Minnetonka, pairing DJ sets with its own cocktail menu.
- Edina, MN noma hi-fi A basement hi-fi cocktail bar near Edina's 50th & France, pairing Japanese-inspired snacks with vinyl and DJ sets played through McIntosh amplifiers and Klipsch Cornwall speakers.
- Minneapolis, MN Small Hours A hi-fi wine bar in Northeast Minneapolis built around Klipsch La Scala speakers and vintage Luxman turntables, spinning full LPs from a 1,000-plus record collection.
- Miami, FL 400 Vinyl Room 60-seat vinyl-only listening lounge atop the Gale Miami Hotel, spinning funk, soul, disco and '80s Latin on Technics SL-1200 turntables through a hi-fi rig.
- Miami, FL Dante's HiFi Miami's pioneering vinyl listening bar in Wynwood, inspired by Japan's Jazz Kissa culture. Music director Rich Medina spins from a collection of thousands of records on an analog hi-fi system.
- Miami, FL Jolene Sound Room Downtown Miami listening bar in an Art Deco basement styled after midcentury recording studios and '70s leisure culture, spinning vinyl on a curated sound system.
- Miami, FL Kaori Listening Bar Brickell listening bar pairing Asian-inspired cocktails and small plates with a 130,000-record vinyl archive in a minimalist, wabi-sabi-influenced room designed for sound.
- Miami, FL Lion's Den Intimate Little River vinyl lounge with an early-2000s New York club aesthetic, part of Miami's expanding listening-bar scene.
- Miami, FL Miami Sound Bar Downtown Miami hi-fi listening bar with a sound system assembled in the UK and customized in Japan, spinning vinyl for cocktail-sipping audiophiles in a Tokyo-inspired dim-lit room.
- New Orleans, LA Tragos Amargos Hidden 60-seat hi-fi listening bar behind Taquerias Carnalito, spinning 60s soul, regional Mexican, and Latin vinyl over a deep-listening sound system with agave-forward cocktails.
- New York, NY All Blues Musiquarium Japanese-inspired Tribeca jazz kissa built around a rare vintage system (JBL Paragon and Hartsfield speakers, McIntosh/Marantz tube amps, EMT turntables), split into a bar area and dedicated listening room.
- Brooklyn, NY Deep Dive New Stuyvesant Heights/Bed-Stuy hi-fi lounge and bar with a rotating schedule of vinyl DJs and live events, part of Bed-Stuy's fast-growing cluster of listening rooms.
- Brooklyn, NY Eavesdrop 36-seat Greenpoint listening bar with a sound system custom-built by Devon Turnbull of OJAS Audio, serving craft cocktails, natural wine, and small plates in a wood-paneled room designed for acoustics.
- Brooklyn, NY Good Bar Greenpoint/Williamsburg-border listening bar (sister to Good Room) with a curated vinyl library, Klipsch Heresy III speakers, and a vintage turntable for scheduled listening sessions.
- New York, NY Hi-Note East Village 'radio bar' and cafe-by-day that broadcasts original DJ programming, with Monday vinyl nights letting patrons spin their own records on the house system.
- Brooklyn, NY Honeycomb Hi-Fi Lounge Park Slope speakeasy-style listening bar modeled on Tokyo jazz kissa lounges, playing full albums on vinyl weeknights and hosting DJs on weekends, with a focus on Japanese whiskey.
- Brooklyn, NY Kissa Kissa Crown Heights' first traditional jazz kissa outside Japan, with a 5,000-LP jazz library from the 1950s-70s, a custom audiophile sound system, and craft cocktails built around deep listening.
- Brooklyn, NY Moondog HiFi East Williamsburg listening bar with a curated hi-fi sound system, Mediterranean-Mexican small plates, and a hidden 300-square-foot speakeasy room for immersive listening events.
- Brooklyn, NY Mr. Melo Williamsburg listening bar where local, regional, and touring DJs spin vinyl-only sets paired with Greek-inflected small plates and cocktails.
- Brooklyn, NY Public Records Pioneering Gowanus listening bar and cultural space built around a custom hi-fi sound system, with a plant-based cafe, wine bar, live-music Sound Room, and an intimate upstairs listening lounge.
- Oklahoma City, OK Sound Bar Vinyl Bar Vinyl listening bar in Automobile Alley run by the Monkey Feet Music team, pairing cocktails with turntables and vintage stereo gear for an in-house record-listening lounge experience.
- Orlando, FL Alfie's HiFi 1970s-styled vinyl listening lounge in Mills 50, in the former St. Matthews' Tavern space. Disco-era cocktails (Midori sours, Pink Ladies) paired with curated vinyl on a hi-fi system.
- Orlando, FL Proper Downtown Orlando's first craft-cocktail & vinyl hi-fi listening room. Mid-century modern lounge where selectors spin curated LPs on a studio-quality sound system.
- Omaha, NE Oto HiFi Lounge Omaha's first hi-fi lounge and cocktail bar in Aksarben Village, built around a world-class sound system and vinyl-focused nightly programming with elevated cocktails.
- Philadelphia, PA 48 Record Bar A listening room above Sassafras bar in Old City built around a high-fidelity vinyl sound system and vintage Altec Lansing speakers, with roughly 300 records, cocktails, and recurring listening sessions.
- Philadelphia, PA LMNO Lounge A neon-lit lounge inside Stephen Starr's Fishtown restaurant where the weekly "Off the Walls" series lets guests pull a record from the wall to set the soundtrack over food and drinks.
- Philadelphia, PA Milkcrate Cafe A Fishtown cafe that pairs breakfast, brunch and La Colombe coffee with a curated selection of new and vintage vinyl, turntables and hi-fi gear; it also runs an evening vinyl-bar DJ lounge and a second location in West Philly.
- Philadelphia, PA Percy A 1970s-inspired diner and bar in Fishtown with a dedicated Sound Lounge where Saturday-night DJ sets stick to an all-vinyl format.
- Philadelphia, PA Solar Myth A shotgun-style space in the former Boot & Saddle on South Broad Street combining a small vinyl retail section, a coffee and natural-wine bar, and a live-music room, with an analog sound system feeding the front bar.
- Philadelphia, PA Sweet 45 An ice cream parlor and listening room near Fishtown/Kensington from DJ Nashirah Felder, with vinyl displayed on the walls, couch seating, and after-dark DJ sets under the El.
- Phoenix, AZ Neutral Ground Lounge Arcadia cocktail lounge built around a record player behind the bar; owner curates a different full vinyl album each night, played without skipping, with no TVs in the room.
- Phoenix, AZ Spin Room 3,000-sq-ft vinyl bar inside Stadium Sports Bar at CityScape, named Phoenix New Times' 2025 Best Vinyl Bar. Resident DJs spin actual vinyl for crate-digging sets of 80s-00s R&B, hip-hop, soul and funk.
- Pittsburgh, PA Pre Amp Coffee Studio Squirrel Hill coffee bar from Richard DeShantz Restaurant Group built around a Japanese-style vinyl listening-bar concept: album-lined walls, records spinning all day, and lounge seating around the sound.
- Providence, RI Murmur HiFi Lounge Providence's first listening bar: high-fidelity analog vinyl playback inspired by 1920s Japanese jazz kissatens, cocktails, sake, and izakaya-style snacks; private 'the Den' room seats eight on quadraphonic sound.
- Portland, OR After Ours All-day cafe that turns into a record bar, with a DJ booth.
- Milwaukie, OR Decibel Sound & Drink Decibel Sound & Drink is a Milwaukie, Oregon listening bar built around a vintage cinema-derived horn hi-fi system, serving craft cocktails in a 1970s-inspired lounge filled with vinyl and vacuum-tube amps.
- Portland, OR · Opening soon Entity Lounge Deep-listening lounge; not yet open at research time.
- Portland, OR Sonder, Listening Bar Vinyl-forward listening bar and patio in Portland's Hollywood District, built around a hi-fi sound system with cocktails, small plates, and espresso.
- Portland, OR Turn! Turn! Turn! Bar and venue that sells records and vintage items.
- Portland, OR Wax Social Vinyl-forward speakeasy and listening lounge in Portland pairing dinner and cocktails with nightly DJ sets.
- Sacramento, CA Legend Has It Downtown Sacramento hi-fi listening bar built around Klipsch La Scala speakers and a curated vinyl collection, inspired by Japanese jazz kissa lounges. Opened September 2024 as the city's first dedicated hi-fi bar, pairing DJ vinyl sets with craft beer and natural wine.
- Salt Lake City, UT The Green Room Downtown SLC's first hi-fi vinyl listening bar, styled after a Japanese jazz kissa, spinning an 800-900 record soul/funk/jazz/world collection on vintage hi-fi gear.
- San Diego, CA Convoy Music Bar Speakeasy-style hi-fi listening bar in Kearny Mesa hidden behind an alleyway entrance; custom Kenrick speakers and records imported from Japan, vinyl curated by rotating selectors, Japanese whisky cocktail program.
- Bradenton, FL Spinning Coffee Vietnamese coffee shop and vinyl cafe near Manatee Avenue; record player spins at one end of the room, with vinyl and vintage audio gear lining the walls and available for sale.
- San Antonio, TX Volta Hi-fi listening room from Danny Delgado (Hi-Tones, Faust Tavern) with 3,000+ vinyl records on the wall, Technics turntables built into the bar, and bespoke cocktails in a kissaten-style Government Hill space.
- Oakland, CA Bar Shiru Bay Area's pioneering hi-fi jazz kissa: fully analog sound system, 75+ acoustic panels, full albums played start to finish, groups capped at six to preserve deep listening.
- San Francisco, CA Harlan Records Downtown alley hideaway built on 'Listen More': Thorens turntable, McIntosh amp, JBL speakers, and 2,000+ records spanning 1950s jazz to '80s new wave.
- San Francisco, CA Kissakeko 400-square-foot, 6-8 seat Nob Hill jazz kissa pairing artisanal sake with vinyl-only jazz; the owner says they will never stream music.
- San Francisco, CA Phonobar Hayes Valley audiophile lounge built around vinyl-only DJ sets, custom acoustic curtains and a tuned hi-fi system pushing deep house, disco and dance music at conversational volumes.
- Seattle, WA Revolver Bar Capitol Hill cocktail bar decorated with a wall of more than 2,500 vinyl records that get played as ambient background sound for drinkers and diners.
- Seattle, WA Shibuya HiFi Ballard listening bar modeled on Tokyo audiophile bars, playing full albums from vinyl through vintage Klipsch and custom speaker rigs in a dedicated no-shoes listening room.
- St. Petersburg, FL Easy Tiger HiFi Lounge 1,600 sq ft vinyl cocktail lounge in St. Pete's EDGE District, built around a Klipsch Heritage speaker system paired with McIntosh amplification for nightly vinyl DJ sets.
- St. Petersburg, FL In Between Days Florida's first listening bar: a Tokyo-style sake house in St. Pete's Grand Central District built around a pair of 1972 Klipsch Cornwalls, two turntables, and a deep vinyl collection.
- Virginia Beach, VA Rose's Hi-fi listening bar and restaurant in the ViBe Creative District built around an audiophile sound system, vinyl DJs/record selectors, and a rooftop bar.
- Wichita, KS Good Company Taps & Spirits Delano coffee shop-by-day, cocktail bar-by-night (with Pennant Coffee) featuring a dedicated two-turntable setup for its weekly Thursday Vinyl Night, where guest DJs spin from personal collections.
- Washington, DC La Betty Vinyl listening room and natural-wine bar in Mount Vernon Triangle.
- Arlington, VA Oasis: The Listening Bar Japanese-inspired record bar with sushi in Arlington's Clarendon neighborhood, spinning vinyl on a dedicated hi-fi system.