Cant beat small yummies & a great wine list at a cozy litle joint with great music Mehr erfahren.
Come to this place if you drink vodka and like to be seen at the downtown hip place. Lots of people and good music. -Ed Cotton, Top Chef
Foosball tables, beach in the middle of manhattan, and free live music from 3-sunset every Saturday. Why aren't you already there? Mehr erfahren.
A variation of a nightclub & dinner theatre with the most amazing acts I’ve ever seen. The vibe is voyeuristic, sexy, & usually something that you can’t explain unless you’ve seen it. - Tracy
Claire Robinson feasts on Mexican food and margaritas at Barrio Chino in New York, NY on Food Network's The Best Thing I Ever Ate. We recommend the Grapefruit Margarita. Find more tips at FN Local. Mehr erfahren.
The Chorizo Lollipops, the octopus tapas, the steak n' mash potatoes and dessert sampler were all amazing! Excellent sangria and specialty cocktails too. Service was also A+!
Besides great views, The Standard hotel also has NY's hippest beer garden. The menu, designed by Michelin-starred chef Kurt Gutenbrunner, includes fat, flavor-packed sausages and plus-size pretzels. Mehr erfahren.
Go before midnight for $2 beers!... but be ready for unnecessarily loud early music
Paul Grecco is a mad genius. $6 happy hour & free fino sherry pair beautifully with the tasty small plates and panini menu. -Jacqueline Lombard, Top Chef
Hipster-heavy, but they're not too loud for your own conversation, and the music is downright great.
The Village Voice voted this Best ‘Mixology’ Place That You Can Actually Get Into in our Best Of New York Poll!
Come to this sexy secluded little spot. It's perfect for bringing a date you've dated before or escaping the bridge and tunnel douches.
Frank Decarlo's countryside Italian restaurant has long been a staple on the first-date circuit. The room is warm and the food, mostly cooked in clay pots, impossibly comforting. [Eater 38 Member] Mehr erfahren.
Good menu of slick tequila and mezcal concoctions like Jacko's End (bonded applejack, mezcal, benedictine, peychaud bitters) with sharable fusion snacks to match. Mehr erfahren.
sit at the seats up front adjacent to both the bar and the window — trust me, this is the best spot in the place. start off with the egg shooters and then graduate from there
This spot serves more than 70 bourbons and whiskeys (including Utah’s High West Rocky Mountain rye). Our favorite drink is the citrusy punch amped up with chai-infused Wild Turkey and Batavia Arrack ( Mehr erfahren.
Underground sake bar and Japanese tapas (izakaya). Dark and intimate. Love this place. Claire and my first date. -Francine, The Real L Word
McSorley's was one of the last "Men Only" pubs in Manhattan and the musky walls and sawdust floors are doing their best to uphold that odiferous tradition. - IFC Staff
The booze-fluent bar and performing space has everything you need for a good night. A bar, live entertainment and a great atmosphere.
Every night is Name Night where people with a chosen name receive free drinks. There’s even a calendar on their website with the upcoming names. The drinks are good and inexpensive.
Staff Pick! Jillian (Editorial): This place has all the elements that make a bar great: large patio, well-sized dance floor, and weekly trivia.
Expensive cocktails served in a hidden speak-easy by men with Civil War beards. The only thing Slightly Off about this place is how Eerily On these guys are. Even the ice cubes are well read. - IFC St
If I had to choose only one bar in New York City, Clover Club would be it. They have fun Gilded Age-ish snacks and signature drinks, plus lots of champagne. -Alex McCord, Real Housewives of New York C
A technologically advanced wine bar with an interactive digital menu and automatic wine dispensers.
they let you bring food into the bar, so my favorite thing to do is to get takeout from caracas, porchetta and wechsler's with a bunch of people and have a feast.
sexy cocktail lounge above the fray of houston street, you might just be in burma, i love the jamaican firefly and the old cuban, both drinks not people btw
Very fun atmosphere for pre-dinner drinks. Grab a cocktail and head to the back benches to enjoy the unique lighting and ambiance to set the mood for a great date. #vday
Though you won't find any great cocktails here, it's still a quality and uniquely beer-centric speakeasy in the NYU area.
Walk in and keep walking. Past the bar, through the curtains. Now you're taking. This is where it's at.
Classic New York style - feels like it's been there forever. Every time you go in you feel like it's family. Drinks are classic and executed perfectly. McNally makes you feel at home. -Alex Reznik, To
Try a prosecco based Gilded Lily -ask for it in a martini glass- and have the Cobb salad. It is the perfect summer pairing! ;)
Entrance is by referral and appointment only. Many New Yorkers assume that Milk & Honey is an urban myth.
My favorite showy evening spot. Amazing whiskey selection. Elegant environment and a nice view. -Jacqueline Lombard, Top Chef
they open up the back room at 11pm for late night boozin. ps-everything here is swiss
Winter time + midweek + Backroom + fireplace = one of the better spots on a cold night in Lower East Side (backup plan: fireplace @ The Delancey). Just watch out for the dbags!
Ladies and gentlemen, no way is this a hotel. It’s a bar. An enchanting speakeasy oozing period charm in Williamsburg. Belly up to the bar at sundown or snag a little table and name your poison.
Fantastic views and awesome space, but $15 drinks served in plastic cups, a long line and no music. Humm…there are better places to try.
Great club, cool space and great people - SL is always on the list when I go out in NYC - the SL crew really rolls out the red carpet for me when I come into NYC. - Mike (The Situation), Jersey Shore
Great date spot. For those that want to impress but light on cash, Monday's there are half price bottles over $40.
Go to Verlaine and order the Lychee Martinis - happy hour till 10pm everyday!
Stay up stairs to socialize and chat, head downstairs to dance to great 80s music and smell incense
The best beer gardens in Bavaria aren’t new: they’re old, well-worn places with big mugs of traditional brews. 4 seasonal beers including Paulaner Salvator & Ayinger Celebrator are on the menu. Mehr erfahren.
Cool off with the breeze of the Hudson River – and take in the stunning view – with traditional pub fare and drinks during happy hour on weekdays from 4pm to 7pm.
Only a quick dash away from Met Pavilion, head straight upstairs to La Bottega to warm up with the Quattro Stagioni and a glass of Montepulciano.
This place is truly a hidden gem - a cozy Belgian beer bar with a vast array of beers on tap and an even more extensive bottled selection. We’ll definitely be back to enjoy the terrace on a sunny day.
Bartender could friendlier and quicker. But the tequila snowcones are great. Tamarid flavor my favorite.
The "Upstairs" lounge is 30 stories above the street and features a retractable glass ceiling for year-round views of the Chrysler Building.
Want chicken with your Gaga? This megaclub serves a full international-themed menu, so you can't blame an empty stomach for feeling a few butterflies when you spot stars like Chace Crawford.
say what you will about the bouncers, the prices, the douchey clientele... the dancing here is hard to beat.
What can only be called a megagastropub. 6,000 square foot space with 40 flat-screen TVs, dressed-up bar menu and a gigantic antique pinewood bar.
No matter what your drink of choice is, if Nino is in the house, he'll sort ya. But if you need a nibble, check the panini menu go for the number 1. Their smoked mozz and fresh basil make it happen.
Set in the cobblestone courtyard of an erstwhile factory in Queens, this spot holds up to 1,800 guests who come for 20-plus European and American brews on tap, plus hamburgers, sausages, even sushi. Mehr erfahren.
One of our 10 best Manhattan bars- cheap Tecates, tasty tiki drinks, and pretzel dogs keep it real.
The Richard Boccato & Giuseppe Gonzalez-backed bar is an urban riff on tiki: the drink menu gives dirty classics like the Mai Thai & Zombie a top-shelf makeover & lifts the Scorpion Bowl. Mehr erfahren.
More than 50 beers by the bottle and 28 on tap. Craft, imported, Trappist. Don't bother asking for Bud Light here. Mehr erfahren.
The Brass Monkey keeps it real in the meatpacking district. Relaxed, inexpensive (for the 'hood) and great for late night munchies. -Jacqueline Lombard, Top Chef
Lavendar Kiss at the bar, gold skulls on the wall and Sunday spinning. Make sure you get there early.
No question, it's the best barbecue in the city. But the best part is the casual and playful atmosphere It’s tough not to meet new people and to break $50 for dinner for two. Mehr erfahren.
Work on your beer pong power shot at this fratboy-meets-yuppie bar. Loser has to eat the spicy (but tasty) "suicidal" buffalo wings.
If you want to grab a beer with friends and have a nosh, go here. -Eric Wolitzky, Top Chef Just Desserts
Find a spot at the bar, try their cocktails, try to choose between their Grilled Cheese and their Berkshire Pork Sliders
Alongside Milk & Honey and East Side Company, it’s another new speakeasy-styled basement bar burrowed deep in the city’s storied Chinatown area. The East Side answer to last year’s West Side model.
Gawk at this gorgeous bar and its high ceilings. Say hi to the crazy mayor, who's probably dancing up a storm in the corner (@Shaila)
The pool table and Ms. Pac-Man machine may scream “man cave,” but with its dark, shadowy corners, and semi-private alcoves, 675 was made for messing around. Our pick for Best Makeout Bar. Mehr erfahren.
The Barcade equation is simple and elegant: Vintage Arcade Games + Local Microbrews. Somebody get this guy the Field's Medal! - IFC Staff
Opened this week with a massive screen for sports watching, ten taps for beer and a ticketing system that only makes sense if you've already been drinking. Mehr erfahren.
Loved this place until I brought a group of friends. Anything goes normally, but wear shorts and suddenly the bouncer treats you like trash not a regular. No more XIX on my nightly agenda.
This spot takes the drinks-and-a-cut concept to the next level, w/ a 2-seat barber shop up front & behind a sliding door, a cocktail lounge decked w/ leather-cushioned wooden booths & old-school sofas Mehr erfahren.
There is no formal cocktail list, but the bartender asks the type of spirit you like & if you like your drinks sweet, sour, etc. Then he creates a custom cocktail for you.
Tap is a behemoth slab of drinking territory seating 350 and manned by the Colicchio & Sons crew with liquid ammo including warm-weather wines and a handful of local beers. Mehr erfahren.
Flying Dagger is ubber delicious. Music is hit or miss. Too sceney for it's own good. Friendly staff (but tough door).
While Champagne-lovers can indulge with a meticulous selection of over 140 varieties, Winston’s also serves creative sparkling cocktails, along with beer, wine, caviar and decadent desserts.
Try the papas y rajas taco at this Nolita warehouse, the vegetarian combination is surprisingly addictive. It's one of NYC's 26 best tacos! Mehr erfahren.
Each floor has its own distinct feel – we recommend going straight up to the third floor beer hall style rooftop and enjoying a tavern burger and a few craft beers.
It's all dark glamour, with dark woods, black leather and ornate ceilings. There’s gin and tonic on tap, beer in the bottle, martinis however you like them and fish and chips for snacking. Mehr erfahren.
Chill, fun and dark space to enjoy 2-4-1 drinks during happy hour and yummy Cajun bar food – get the fried pickles, dirt fries and gators on horseback.
A great place to see and be seen – that is once you get past the bouncer. As expected, service is expensive and slow. And, don’t jump in the pool, you’ll be escorted out.
Have al fresco brunch here on Sundays with great views of the High line and the Standard. We enjoyed the Mac & Cheese Bites, STK and Eggs and Brioche French Toast.
Why X-V-I? Its 16th floor perch cleverly corresponds to King Louis XVI. Furnished with high-backed chairs and open flames, the rooftop is fittingly branded by the image of a guillotine. Mehr erfahren.
The waterfront property also has foos, pong, pool, and a life-size chess board. Of course, there's also plenty of craft beer and snacks like bratwurst and La Frieda burgers. Mehr erfahren.
Delivering on a promise of "rare, new and unusual beer" from around the corner and around the world, this bar sports knowledgeable staff and an offbeat vibe in a space hidden behind Jane's Sweet Buns.
Why? A modern Chinese restaurant. In addition to lobster dumplings, mahogany chicken and long-bone short ribs with Sichuan black pepper sauce, there’s also a DJ booth and an outdoor terrace Mehr erfahren.
Get a bucket of Corona! Best place for day drinking on a boat in the city! Get there before 4:30pm during the week for a table in the sun on the second floor! Mehr erfahren.
Just steps from the Boom Boom Room, a 4-ft.-deep rooftop pool welcomes the scantily-clad, while AstroTurf pads well-heeled feet. Tip: Forgot your suit? Buy a bikini at the vending machines.
Play Skee-Ball and get the $4 Genny Dog special (a can of Genesee Cream Ale and a hot dog) from 4 to 9pm Mondays through Thursdays and 2 to 9pm on weekends. Mehr erfahren.
On Saturdays and Sundays from 4 to 8pm, every tap beer, wine and well cocktail ($4–$7) that you buy comes with a plastic dinosaur on the side that you can cash in for another drink. Mehr erfahren.
If you thought Momofuku’s food was inventive, wait until you see them make their cocktails! Sit at the bar and enjoy a Manhattan or Bangkok Daiquiri.
ACB Co. has 350 domestic beers by the bottle, a battery of imports, a dozen draft lines, local sundries, a cheese case, & a 16-ft communal table for drinking and snacking on sandwiches & charcuterie. Mehr erfahren.
A menu of oysters + cavier + fries, & its very own ice block machine for the preparation of hand-chipped cubes to order. Drinking commences publicly next week at 3 p.m., daily.
Relaxed atmosphere with easygoing bartenders who can make any drink you can think of. We’ve heard that the Cherry Daiquiri is particularly good.
Eats include beet tartare tartine, a waygu beef burger, cheese curds, and a cookie plate.
Try the escargot ... Everything is great ... It's an awesome place ... Great service ... Great place!!!!
Walk straight to the back of Lower East Side tavern Barramundi and push the buzzer next to the door marked "private." Once you're buzzed up, order a classic cocktail.
