"Remember when you travelled to Europe in college or spent a semester abroad? Yeah, that was fake life. The fact you could drink eight days a week and stay in hostels with other young people looking to do the same meant there was always something to do. Well, the Freehand Hotel is trying to make hostels cool in the U.S., and the bar inside, Broken Shaker, is doing a great job all around with the food and drinks." - sam faye