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…
Must-see nightlife in New York, New Jersey & Pennsylvania
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…
East Village & Lower East Side
There's live jazz (and the odd rockabilly group) nightly from 9pm to midnight ($10 cover) at this tiny, amber-lit drinking den on a bar-dappled stretch of…
Brooklyn: Williamsburg, Greenpoint & Bushwick
Named for Judas Priest's first album, this bar reels in rockers with its Misfits logos, taxidermied buffalo heads and, of course, neon Judas Priest sign…
East Village & Lower East Side
This brick-vaulted cavern beneath Ave A does its best to hide – access is through an unmarked door around the corner on the side of bar that seems to…
New York City
Anyone seeking an authentically Brooklyn night out should look no further than Union Hall. This bar and event space is located in a converted warehouse…
SoHo & Chinatown
This neon-red rebel has never let anything get in the way of a good time. In Prohibition days, it peddled buckets of beer. In the '60s its basement was a…
East Village & Lower East Side
Take the stairs under the humming restaurant of the same name to discover an eclectically furnished basement bar of such meticulously retro sensibility…
Financial District & Lower Manhattan
Named for a feared 19th-century Irish American gang, this three-story drinking den is regularly voted one of the world's best bars. Hit the sawdust…
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…
Chinatown & Center City East
This is one of the few places in Philly that serves sake properly (poured into an overflowing cup inside a wooden masu container). They also makes great…
West Village, Chelsea & Meatpacking District
This West Village dive bills itself as 'lesbian, gay and straight friendly since 1994.' While the crowd's mostly ladies, it welcomes anyone looking for a…
Brooklyn: Brooklyn Heights, Downtown Brooklyn & Dumbo
The flagship of one of Brooklyn's most serious bean roasters, BRC's Dumbo location has vintage furniture and a stripped-bare warehouse aesthetic to mirror…
Queens
The wonderful waft of juice and hops smacks you upside the head when you enter Astoria's best craft brewery, a haven for hopheads where at least half of…
Midtown
Stylin' baristas in fedora hats brewing killer coffee? No, you're not in Williamsburg, you're at the Manhattan outpost of Portland's cult-status coffee…
East Village & Lower East Side
Whitewashed walls, weathered floorboards and salvaged lamps give this urban outpost a Mississippi flair, which goes well with the live music (bluegrass,…
Lillie's Victorian Establishment
Union Square, Flatiron District & Gramercy
Step in and be taken to the era of petticoats and watch fobs with high, stamped-tin ceilings, red-velvet love seats and walls covered in vintage…
Union Square, Flatiron District & Gramercy
From keyboard-tapping scribes to gossiping friends and academics, this bustling downstairs cafe is never short of a crowd. Hand-picked beans are lovingly…
Logan Square & Fairmount
Pronounced 'Hug-uh,' Hygge has a weekend brunch that can't be beat, but the real gems are its house-made Techne draft beers, which include English-style…
Midtown
Slip on your spurs, partner, there's a honky-tonk in Hell's Kitchen! Kick back at this saloon-style watering hole, where the jukebox keeps good folks…
East Village & Lower East Side
Show up early and snag a seat at this hidden gem, behind a Japanese restaurant on the same floor. It's quiet and elegant, with seriously talented…
Philadelphia
The old Ajax Metal warehouse near the Delaware riverfront has been revamped into this impressive craft spirits operation, with a sophisticated bar and…
Union Square, Flatiron District & Gramercy
Vintage wallpaper, a glittering chandelier and hand-painted coffered ceilings make for a suitably elegant scene at this grown-up drinking den, its…
