Drinks & lounge

9.1

298 Bedford Ave (btwn S 1st & Grand St), Brooklyn, NY

Seafood Restaurant · Williamsburg · 447 tips and reviews

Time Out New York: Try bartender Natasha David’s Absinthe Colada, a gutsy piña colada spin. It’s one of our #100best dishes and drinks of 2011. Read more.

2. Elsa

217 E 3rd St (btwn Aves. B & C), New York, NY

Cocktail Bar · Alphabet City · 124 tips and reviews

Time Out New York: Order the herbaceous Broken Mirror Skyscraper. A mix of absinthe, lime & muddled mint—w/ dandelion & burdock bitters—is chilled with slow-melting ice. It’s one of our #100best dishes & drinks of 2011. Read more.

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3. Whole Foods Market

8.6

95 E Houston St (btwn Bowery & Chrystie St), New York, NY

Grocery Store · East Village · 308 tips and reviews

Time Out New York: In the brewery room, pick up the bubbly Lambrucha beer, a tart, pinkish quaff made by blending lambic (a sour ale from Belgium) with kombucha tea. It’s one of our #100best dishes and drinks of 2011. Read more.

4. Pegu Club

77 W Houston St (at W Broadway), New York, NY

Cocktail Bar · Greenwich Village · 303 tips and reviews

Time Out New York: Drink the refreshing Greenmarket Melonball. The orange-tinged tipple is one of our #100best dishes and drinks of 2011. Read more.

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5. Amor y Amargo

9.0

443 E 6th St (at Avenue A), New York, NY

Cocktail Bar · East Village · 205 tips and reviews

Time Out New York: Try the house gin and tonic, a complex cocktail with little in common with your garden-variety G&T. It’s one of our #100best dishes and drinks of 2011. Read more.

6. The Beagle

162 Avenue A (at E 10th St), New York, NY

Cocktail Bar · Alphabet City · 65 tips and reviews

Time Out New York: Try the sherry cobbler. Bar mgr Dan Greenbaum adds raspberries muddled w/ a wedge of lemon & a splash of simple syrup to Lustau Dry Amontillado sherry. It’s one of our #100best dishes & drinks of 2011 Read more.

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7. Boat Basin Cafe

W 79th St (at Riverside Park), New York, NY

Café · Upper West Side · 210 tips and reviews

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8. Brandy Library

8.9

25 N Moore St (at Varick), New York, NY

Whisky Bar · Tribeca · 170 tips and reviews

Booker and Dax at Ssäm is one of Drinks & lounge.

9. Booker and Dax at Ssäm

207 2nd Ave (at E 13th St), New York, NY

Cocktail Bar · East Village · 150 tips and reviews

10. Fig. 19

8.8

131 Chrystie St (btwn Broome & Delancey St), New York, NY

Speakeasy · Lower East Side · 122 tips and reviews

11. Hill & Dale

115 Allen St (btwn Rivington & Delancey St), New York, NY

Bar · Lower East Side · 120 tips and reviews

The Breslin Bar & Dining Room is one of Drinks & lounge.

12. The Breslin Bar & Dining Room

16 W 29th St (btwn Broadway & 5th Ave), New York, NY

Gastropub · NoMad · 688 tips and reviews

230 Fifth Rooftop Lounge is one of Drinks & lounge.

13. 230 Fifth Rooftop Lounge

8.1

230 5th Ave (btwn W 26th & W 27th St), New York, NY

Rooftop Bar · NoMad · 714 tips and reviews

14. Soju Haus

8.0

315 5th Ave Fl 2, New York, NY

Korean Restaurant · Koreatown · 59 tips and reviews

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15. The Bourgeois Pig

127 Macdougal St (btwn W 3rd & 4th St), New York, NY

Wine Bar · Greenwich Village · 143 tips and reviews

16. Cienfuegos

95 Avenue A (E 6th St), New York, NY

Cocktail Bar · East Village · 214 tips and reviews