Dad's Bucket List: The Perfect Father's Day Gift for the Traveling Dad

By Tara.

Disclaimer: This is not a sponsored post. Item was received in exchange for an honest review.

I don't know about your dads and husbands, but mine enjoy a good drink here and there. And my dad travels quite a bit. My husband rides around on his motorcycle and likes to check out little mom n pop type places...so what better gift than Bucket List: Historic Saloons, Pubs, and Dives of America?

It's a book/travel guide that tells the reading traveler who likes beer about miscellaneous bars across the U.S. and the history surrounding them.

-It opens with a description about the difference btw bars, pubs, and saloons.
-Each chapter, dedicated to a new area of the U.S. (major city, I should say), starts with a brief history of that town/area.
-Contains black-and-white photos and scan codes that take you straight to YouTube videos with your cell phone.
-There is the history of each bar mentioned: when it was built, who owned it, did Al Capone sit there? Did George Washington put his hand on that bar? Was it a huge meeting place during the Revolutionary war? There's even a bar that didn't permit women till 1970 even though it was owned by one! These are by far, my favorite parts of the book. I've been to NYC a few times now and had no idea Delancey was named after the richest family there in the 1700s. Especially touching to me is the bar that has wishbones hanging, left by soldiers who went to war...and didn't come back.
-It tells what food they serve, what beer or cocktail you should try, do they have music and what kind...etc.
Also lists nearby attractions, some of them other bars.

It's a great book and I can't wait to give my copy to my dad. BUT I have one complaint: I had hoped my husband could utilize it on his bike rides, but there's absolutely nothing about the northwest area of the United States. Perhaps that's in another book? The cities within are New York, Boston, Chicago, San Antonio, Philadelphia, Austin, El Paso, Denver, Tucson, Las Vegas, LA, San Fran.

I think it would have served them better to stick to ONE area of the U.S and make it a series like the Northwest Area, The Central Area, The New England Area, etc. so a traveling person could hit a lot in a short time, rather than going all over the place. I'm a little bummed there's nothing about Utah, Idaho, or MT, the area we live and go.

If you visit this website, you'll find recipes and more data about the book in question.

Disclaimer: I received this in exchange for an honest review.