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433 E 6th St (btwn 1st Ave & Ave A), New York City, NY
Underground Bar · East Village · 395 Tipps und Bewertungen
Alexandria McGrath: The menu at this influential bar includes punches, juleps, drinks made with Spanish spirits, and plenty of whiskey-based cocktails.
8 Stuyvesant St (at E 9th St & 3rd Ave), New York City, NY
Underground Bar · East Village · 491 Tipps und Bewertungen
Alexandria McGrath: This secret cocktail lounge is hidden behind a door near the entrance of Japanese restaurant Village Yokocho. If coming for the first time, make sure to sample one of the rum-based drinks.
134 Eldridge St (btwn Delancey & Broome St), New York City, NY
Underground Bar · Lower East Side · 241 Tipps und Bewertungen
Alexandria McGrath: There's no menu here - so get comfortable with the pro bar staff and bare your soul. Ross is the man behind a host of modern classics, like the Penicillin.
77 W Houston St (at W Broadway), New York City, NY
Cocktailbar · Greenwich Village · 302 Tipps und Bewertungen
Alexandria McGrath: Drinks at Pegu Club are complex and precisely made, but easy to enjoy. Start the evening here with the Gin-Gin Mule, which includes homemade ginger beer.
210 Smith St (btwn Baltic & Butler St), Brooklyn, NY
Cocktailbar · Boerum Hill · 369 Tipps und Bewertungen
Alexandria McGrath: See the "Garden to the Glass" menu section for inventive drinks like the Victory Garden, made with gin, tomato water, strawberry, and sherry.
113 Saint Marks Pl (btwn 1st Ave & Avenue A), New York City, NY
Underground Bar · East Village · 439 Tipps und Bewertungen
Alexandria McGrath: First-timers should try the Beton's Old Fashioned which is made with Four Roses Yellow Bourbon that's infused with fat from Benton's Smoky Mountain Hams, plus bitters, maple syrup, and an orange twist
Tiki-Bar · Garment District · 32 Tipps und Bewertungen
Alexandria McGrath: It looks like a spot where Jack Sparrow would hang out if he ditched the pirate stuff and got a job in finance. There’s a big wraparound patio outside with views of the Empire State Building
49 W 27th St (btwn Broadway & 6th Ave), New York City, NY
Underground Bar · NoMad · 60 Tipps und Bewertungen
Alexandria McGrath: It’s a little coffee shop in Nomad, and at night, they stop serving coffee and open a hidden bar in back where you can drink a very good cocktail.
22 Battery Pl (at Little West St), New York City, NY
Cocktailbar · Battery Park City · 75 Tipps und Bewertungen
Alexandria McGrath: Has a post-Cuba during prohibition theme. A lot of the hits are under punches, with options like the Nacional — a blend of Rum, French Bitters, apricot, banana, pineapple, lime, and yuzu.
48 W 17th St (btwn 5th & 6th Ave), New York City, NY
Underground Bar · Union Square · 335 Tipps und Bewertungen
Alexandria McGrath: Try the Garden Paloma, which is made with celery bitters, grapefruit, soda, and tequila. You don't always need reservations, but they are encouraged.
Cocktailbar · Alphabet City · 75 Tipps und Bewertungen
Alexandria McGrath: Each drink is based on an individual spice. De Soto plays with seemingly incompatible ingredients in unique ways to create concoctions like red cabbage with yerba mate, or Aperol with beet juice
245 Eldridge St (btwn E Houston St & Stanton St), New York City, NY
Cocktailbar · Lower East Side · 104 Tipps und Bewertungen
Alexandria McGrath: The sake-and-gin Sakura Martini, garnished with its namesake cherry blossom, or the Improved Shochu Cocktail, delivered in a masu, or sake "overflow" box, are choice spirit-forward picks.