Must-see nightlife in Upper West Side & Central Park

  • Manhattan Cricket Club

    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…

  • Empire Rooftop

    Upper West Side & Central Park

    Sprawled across the top of the Empire Hotel, this stylish rooftop bar is one of New York's most expansive drinking spaces in the sky at 8000 sq ft. A…

  • Plowshares Coffee

    Upper West Side & Central Park

    Plowshares got in the specialty coffee game way back in 2008, when this small-but-exquisite espresso haven opened in the Bloomingdale district of the UWS…

  • Irving Farm Roasters

    Upper West Side & Central Park

    Tucked into a little ground-floor shop, the Upper West Side branch of this popular local coffee chain is bigger on the inside – beyond the coffee counter…

  • Bob's Your Uncle

    Upper West Side & Central Park

    This is the kind of friendly, easygoing neighborhood bar you wish was your local. (We do, anyway.) Beverages focus mainly on craft brews (10 rotating…

  • Owl's Tail

    Upper West Side & Central Park

    A snazzy neighborhood cocktail bar that feels more downtown than UWS with its cozy banquet sofa seating, tiled flooring and industrially bent lighting…

  • Earth Café

    Upper West Side & Central Park

    This charming neighborhood cafe-bar beckons you inside with its cheery, sunny interior of whitewashed brick walls and the scent of fresh-roasted coffee…

  • Birch Cafe

    Upper West Side & Central Park

    This low-key, Third Wave cafe with dark wood and copper accents subscribes to a tractor-to-table ethos, manually roasting its single-original coffees in…

  • Dead Poet

    Upper West Side & Central Park

    This narrow, mahogany-paneled pub is a neighborhood favorite. It takes its Guinness pours seriously, and features cocktails named after deceased masters…

  • Gebhard's Beer Culture

    Upper West Side & Central Park

    One of two locations in the city (the other is Hell's Kitchen), cozy Gebhard's is one of the most serious hophead havens on the Upper West Side. You'll…

  • Prohibition

    Upper West Side & Central Park

    This buzzing drinking den features a live band every night on the front-room stage, though decibel levels are low enough that your ears won't bleed. The…

  • Malachy's

    Upper West Side & Central Park

    Giving new meaning to the word ‘dive,’ this crusty local holdout has a long wooden bar, classic rock on the speakers, a lineup of (mostly male) regulars…