Brooklyn: Williamsburg, Greenpoint & Bushwick
Anything goes at this hedonistic warehouse venue, with two stages, three bars and a covered outdoor area that offers some of the most creative themed…
Must-see nightlife in New York City
SoHo & Chinatown
It takes a little effort to track down this former opium-den-turned-apothecary bar on Doyers St (look for the 'chemist' sign with a beaker illustration…
Midtown
In 1923 this hidden-away hall was the office of American financier John W Campbell. It later became a signalman's office, a jail and a gun storage before…
Queens
Named for the area where Dutch settlers first established themselves around Newtown Creek, this moodily lit bar is all about atmosphere and amazing craft…
New York City
Surviving since the late 1800s, Sunny's cultivates a charming, throwback atmosphere: nautical miscellany, model ships, everything but the barnacles. The…
SoHo & Chinatown
Want to see what SoHo was like before the trendsetters and fashionistas? Come to the creaking old Ear Inn, proudly billed as one of the oldest drinking…
Upper East Side
Sink into a chocolate-leather banquette and take in the glorious, old-school elegance at this atmospheric bar – the sort of place where the waiters wear…
Upper West Side & Central Park
Above Australian bistro Burke & Wills – ask its host for access – this elegant drinking lounge is modeled on the classy Anglo-Aussie cricket clubs of the…
Brooklyn: Williamsburg, Greenpoint & Bushwick
Perched on a stool in Maison Premiere, it's hard not to be seduced by this New Orleans–style oyster and cocktail bar, from antique pictures and soft…
Financial District & Lower Manhattan
The second installment in Bluestone Lane's booming US empire of Aussie-style coffee shops, this tiny outpost in the corner of an art deco office block is…
Queens
Get in line for bubble tea? You're damn right. The first North American outlet of Taiwan's wildly popular Tiger Sugar, which has swept across Asia like an…
New York City
With cocktail names like 'Smash the Patriarchy,' it's clear that this emporium of indulgence has a feminist ethos. The ingenious women who own it also…
Upper East Side
Scooping delicious ice cream by day, this candy-colored parlor lets rip as a speakeasy by night. Cocktails ($15 to $25) are named after Upper East Side…
West Village, Chelsea & Meatpacking District
This divine cocktail bar, tucked behind a discreet green awning on Hudson St, is a world-beater. Ace mixologists shake up crazy libations like the Ginger…
Harlem & Upper Manhattan
It may look like a dive from outside, but friendly, unpretentious Shrine is one of the best places in Harlem (if not New York) to hear live bands without…
Queens
At this funky bar-shop hybrid in Astoria, you can foam that upper lip with 10 seasonal, mostly local drafts, or pick from hundreds of canned and bottled…
The Bronx
This buzzing South Bronx microbrewery comes with a small, graffiti-scrawled taproom, where you can pony up to the bar and choose from a changing lineup of…
Union Square, Flatiron District & Gramercy
The crown jewel of Italian food emporium Eataly is this covered rooftop garden tucked betwixt the Flatiron’s corporate towers. The theme is refreshed each…
Union Square, Flatiron District & Gramercy
A sea of velvet drapes and overstuffed leather lounge chairs, the perfect amount of exposed brick, expertly crafted cocktails using hard-to-find spirits –…
Midtown
Cross the lobby of the Iroquois Hotel to slip into this dark, intimate cocktail salon. Its specialty is classic drinks, shaken and stirred by passionate,…
Midtown
Multilevel Therapy was the first gay men’s lounge/club to draw throngs to Hell’s Kitchen, and it still pulls a crowd with its nightly shows (from live…
Midtown
What was once a parking garage is now one of the hottest gay bars in Hell's Kitchen – a slick, 4000-sq-ft watering hole with handsome lounge areas, a pool…
West Village, Chelsea & Meatpacking District
Ageing Broadway queens, wide-eyed out-of-town youngsters, giggly tourists and various other fans of musical theater assemble around the piano here and…
Financial District & Lower Manhattan
This brandy-hued bastion of brown spirits is the place to go for top-shelf cognac, whiskey and brandy. Settle into handsome club chairs facing floor-to…
Midtown
Sophisticated SixtyFive sits on level 65 of the central building of Rockefeller Center, making it the highest vantage point in Midtown that doesn't…
Brooklyn: Williamsburg, Greenpoint & Bushwick
Bracing breezes and expansive views of Manhattan's skyline make this floating barge Greenpoint's most invigorating drinking hole. Moored to land via a…
La Compagnie des Vins Surnaturels
SoHo & Chinatown
A snug melange of Gallic-themed decor, svelte armchairs and tea lights, La Compagnie des Vins Surnaturels is an offshoot of a Paris bar by the same name…
Financial District & Lower Manhattan
Coffee and a few baked treats is all you'll get at this roaster but, man, are they good. Join cool kids and clued-in Continentals for dark, intense…
Brooklyn: Brooklyn Heights, Downtown Brooklyn & Dumbo
Montero's is the real deal: an anachronistic, neon-fronted, Pabst-peddling longshoreman's bar that's weathered every change thrown at this corner of…
Queens
Few American baseball stadiums can boast a craft-beer selection like Mikkeler NYC's 60 taps but you don't need to be attending a Mets game to imbibe in…
West Village, Chelsea & Meatpacking District
Run by the creative team behind Sleep No More theater, Gallow Green is a rooftop bar festooned with vines, potted plants and fairy lights. It's a great…
Brooklyn: Williamsburg, Greenpoint & Bushwick
Dominated by an imposing-yet-welcoming horseshoe bar that claims the center of the room, the Rookery acknowledges its industrial past (as many places do…
Upper East Side
Forget that this is essentially a museum bar in the Met Breuer; Flora is a sophisticated drinking lounge that shows off the building's architectural…
Brooklyn: Williamsburg, Greenpoint & Bushwick
This low-key, beer-centric Williamsburg bar looks as though it was pieced together from a rummage sale, with crimson-painted pressed-tin ceilings, book…
New York City
Cocktails are certainly shaken with aplomb at this retro-elegant bar, but there's no pretension at Clover Club. Converse over fabulous tiki drinks,…
Brooklyn: Williamsburg, Greenpoint & Bushwick
This sports-loving bar with a 2nd-floor rooftop space is a real crowd-pleaser. There are several huge screens for watching premier-league-soccer matches…
West Village, Chelsea & Meatpacking District
The Eagle is the choice for out-and-proud leather fetishists. Its two levels, roof deck and 'dark and sleazy' vibe are perfect for dancing, drinking and…
West Village, Chelsea & Meatpacking District
Salvaged from the bottom of the sea (or at least the Chesapeake Bay), the lightship Frying Pan and the two-tiered dockside bar where it’s moored are fine…
SoHo & Chinatown
Although it's essentially a matcha-with-art bar, this gallery-like cafe has made its name selling drinks infused with CBD – a non-psychoactive (completely…
Brooklyn: Williamsburg, Greenpoint & Bushwick
Drink in a taste of the old New York at this effortlessly stylish cocktail bar with old, smoky mirrors, unpolished floorboards and vintage chandeliers…
