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Best Bars in New York City
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items Life is too short to drink bad booze, When it comes to bars, New York City is spoiled for choice. From bars within hotels and restaurants to traditional pubs to innovative standalone bars and funky dive bars, there's a bar for everyone. There are mor...The Mayor's Office of Media and Entertainment. Here are best bars in NYC for drinks that are shaken, stirred, or served straight up. Don't forget to tip your bartender.
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It's not often that you get to have brews and bite aboard a former Navy ship, Baylander. The Baylander was a harbor utility craft YFU-79 during the Vietnam War. Docked at the 125th St. West Harlem Piers Park in Harlem. the Baylander is decked out in ...
The Baylander - West Harlem, New York City, NY
NR, which stands for “‘n Roll,” “Non Resident,” and “No Regrets,” is a nondescript ramen and cocktail bar on the Upper East Side offers some of the most authentic Japanese cocktails and ramen in New York. The bar/restaurant has a speakeasy vibe and i...
NR
Tom Colicchio's The Bar Room is adjacent to his Temple Restaurant, both of which are housed in The Beekman hotel in downtown Manhattan. Whether you come for breakfast, lunch, dinner, or weekend jazz brunch, reservations are recommended. The coktail m...
The Bar Room at The Beekman
This best Bars in NYC list would not be complete without including the oldest bar in NYC. Established in 1854, McSorley's Old Ale House serves only two beer choices — dark or light — plus soft drinks and a small food menu. Expect to be seated elbow t...
McSorley's Old Ale House
Named for Ludwig Bemelmans, author of the children's book series "Madeline," Bemelmans Bar is an oldie but a goodie on the Upper East Side. Tucked inside The Carlyle, A Rosewood Hotel, this bar is as old school as they come, complete with servers in ...
Bemelmans Bar
Behind the façade of an old noodle shop on one of Chinatown's most beautiful streets is Apothéke. Grab a seat at the bar and the bartenders will suggest a "prescriptions" prepared with organic produce, herbs, and botanicals. Craft cocktails and absin...
Apothéke
Opened in 2015 by Nico de Soto and Greg Boehm, Mace is a Greenwich Village cocktail bar that incorporates unique spices. We love the frozen Harissa with bee pollen infused-blanco tequila, mezcal, green tomato, strawberry, lime, cider, and harissa sal...
Mace
Step into Crif Dogs, a hotdog restaurant on St. Mark's in the East Village and you'll find a fantastic speakeasy bar. You'll have to enter the phone booth, pick up the phone and see if you have the lucky number to enter the bar, which serves a menu o...
Please Don’t Tell
The Bar Room at The Modern offers exceptional drinks that expertly pair with Chef Thomas Allan's seasonal contemporary menu. There's a range of zero proof drinks for those who don't wish to imbibe.
The Bar Room
This Lower East Side cocktail bar is exceptional…if you can get in. To enter, you have to knock and wait for someone to open the door. There's no menu here. Just speak to the bartender about your preferences and watch them work their magic. Cheers!
Attaboy
Since 2004, this West Village bar has been a favorite among industry folks and bar lovers. The cocktail menu includes EO Classics, eight cocktails that have defined the bar over the years like the Billionaire Cocktail with Wild Turkey Rare Breed Bour...
Employees Only
This award-winning East Village bar focuses on the Golden Age of cocktails (1865 to 1900). In 2010, Death & Co won Best American Cocktail Bar and World’s Best Cocktail Menu at Tales of the Cocktail Spirited Awards. Try the light and playful Allig...
Death & Company
No NYC best bar list is complete without an Irish pub and without The Dead Rabbit. Founded in 2013 as a Grocery & Grog with a 70-page cocktail menu, The Dead Rabbit is a beloved Irish bar specializing in Irish whiskey.
The Dead Rabbit
This East Village bar goes by several names: Horseshow Bar, 7B, and Vazacs. The dive bar features a horseshow shaped bar, a classic jukebox, and an old school photobooth. The bar has been featured in many movies, including The Godfather Part II.
7B Horseshoe Bar (aka Vazacs)
Queens
Established in 1910, the Bohemian Hall & Beer Garden is New York City's Oldest Beer Garden. The outdoor garden bar serves Czech, Slovak and America food along with draft, bottled, and canned beers. There is also cider and cocktails for non-beer d...
Bohemian Hall & Beer Garden | Astoria, Queens
Brooklyn
Back before Brooklyn was populated with hip cocktail bars, there was the Clover Club. Opened in 2008, the Cobble Hill bar is modeled after a 19th-century saloon with an ornate bar from 1897. Whether you come for weekend brunch, weekday happy hour, or...
Clover Club
Joshua Boissy & Krystof Zizka founded Maison Premiere in Williamsburg in 2011. The New Orleans-inspired bar specializes in absinthe dips and absinthe cocktails and Cajun-inspired food. Grab a seat in the garden for a delightful afternoon of day d...
Maison Premiere