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Whether it’s for wasting time or numbing travel headaches, bars and restaurants pouring booze are valuable oases in the airport ecosystem .

But not all airports are equal when it comes to imbibing. Putting that in stark relief is a ranking from travel-finance site Upgraded Points, “ The Best U.S. Airports for a Boozy Layover ,” which gives top billing to the East Coast and trashes the Bay Area’s Oakland airport.

The ranking is based on three factors: concentration of bars and restaurants, accessibility (number of venues per 10,000 passengers) and quality (as based on Google-review stars). With those metrics underpinning this highly scientific assessment, Upgraded Points has determined the winner to be Logan International Airport in Boston

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