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Even if it doesn't stay open past the legal drinking curfew as its name might imply, this British-owned bar provides a quaint sanctuary for consuming alcohol into the wee hours. Dark-stained, rustic woods meld with deep red walls to create a warm, affable milieu that's clinched by tall ceilings, dim lights, and scattered antiques. In a nod to its name, vintage skeleton keys and padlocks hang on the wall behind the bar—the pièce de résistance being the iron chastity belt poised above the tall chalkboard list of beers (about fifteen in all). After a happy hour that pairs popcorn with cheap brews, the all-night drink specials might include discounted Dark & Stormies (ginger beer and rum). Low-key locals pop in just before dinnertime to snatch some of the owner's delivery pizza and participate in her nightly game of Scrabble, or entertain themselves with billiards, darts, wobbly checkerboard tables, and an indie-rock-filled jukebox. — Jennifer Howd