"Bar Month" at OnMilwaukee.com – brought to you by Hornitos, OR-G, Party Armor, Red Stag, Absolut, Fireball and Malibu – is back for another round! The whole month of February, we're serving up intoxicatingly fun articles on bars and clubs – including guides, the latest trends, bar reviews and more. Grab a designated driver and dive in!

The votes are in and the winners have been selected for OnMilwaukee's Best: Bars & Clubs, 2012. Find readers' results in 50 categories, including an editors' pick, in this series of articles that run daily in the Bars and Clubs section of OnMilwaukee.com.

One could argue that every neighborhood in Milwaukee is a great bar district. After all, this is the city that is known for having a tavern on every corner, so to win, a neighborhood must really stand out.

So, with mainstays like Water Street and Brady Street, it's notable that Bay View didn't just win, it won big. And for the fourth straight year.

Garnering almost twice the readers votes of runner up, North Avenue, the "other East Side" is hotbed of bars, which range from corner tavern to "New Milwaukee cool."

Whether your bar of choice is Frank's or Centraal, Cactus or Garibaldi, Palomino or Palm Tavern, Burnhearts or Blackbird -- or one of the dozens more taps in the neighborhood, Bay View is becoming a stand-alone drinking destination. And we agree, it's the best in Milwaukee.

OnMilwaukee.com editors' pick: Walker's Point/Fifth Ward

Runners-up:
2. Brady Street
3. North Avenue
4. Third Ward
5. Walker's Point/Fifth Ward
6. Water Street
7. Milwaukee Street/Cathedral Square
8. Old World 3rd Street
9. Riverwest
10. Wauwatosa Village
11. West Allis
12. Miller Park area
13. Marquette
14. Downtown Waukesha
15. Packard Avenue/Cudahy