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Mulberry Project is one of Best cocktails.

1. Mulberry Project

149 Mulberry St (btwn Grand & Hester St), New York, NY
Speakeasy · Little Italy · 225 tips and reviews

The Corcoran GroupThe Corcoran Group: This hidden treat takes an innovative approach to its drink menu – it doesn’t have one. Instead, you choose from a list of ingredients and the bartender mixes you an original concoction. Be adventurou

Employees Only is one of Best cocktails.

2. Employees Only

9.0
510 Hudson St (at Christopher St), New York, NY
Speakeasy · West Village · 512 tips and reviews

The Corcoran GroupThe Corcoran Group: The entrance to this West Village speakeasy is behind the fortune teller curtain.

PDT (Please Don't Tell) is one of Best cocktails.

3. PDT (Please Don't Tell)

8.2
113 Saint Marks Pl (btwn 1st Ave & Avenue A), New York, NY
Speakeasy · East Village · 439 tips and reviews

The Corcoran GroupThe Corcoran Group: Go through the phone booth at Crif Dogs and order a Benton’s Old Fashioned with bacon infused bourbon. Cocktails and gourmet hot dogs.

The Summit Bar & Cafe is one of Best cocktails.

4. The Summit Bar & Cafe

8.6
133 Avenue C (btwn E 8th & E 9th St), New York, NY
Cocktail Bar · Alphabet City · 204 tips and reviews

The Corcoran GroupThe Corcoran Group: Cozy and sexy atmosphere with crazy inventive cocktails - “Grama ‘S Coming To Town” explodes in your mouth.

Flatiron Lounge is one of Best cocktails.

5. Flatiron Lounge

37 W 19th St (btwn 5th & 6th St), New York, NY
Cocktail Bar · Flatiron District · 145 tips and reviews

The Corcoran GroupThe Corcoran Group: If you want a table to enjoy your deliciously and expertly made cocktails, make reservations ahead of time. We love the Beijing Peach and the Dark & Stormy.

The Campbell is one of Best cocktails.

6. The Campbell

8.2
15 Vanderbilt Ave (Grand Central Terminal), New York, NY
Cocktail Bar · Midtown East · 269 tips and reviews

The Corcoran GroupThe Corcoran Group: Enter through Cipriani on the balcony at Grand Central & you'll feel as if you have entered a bygone era. Drinks are expensive ($15 martini) but the atmosphere is worth it. Reserve a table in advance.

Governor is one of Best cocktails.

7. Governor

15 Main St (at Water St.), Brooklyn, NY
American Restaurant · DUMBO · 17 tips and reviews

AskMenAskMen: You can expect all kinds of surprises, like beer-battered blowfish tails, farm chicken, & roasted pork neck -- all in a dual-level restaurant with 20-foot ceilings, big arched windows & a living wall. Read more.

Bathtub Gin is one of Best cocktails.

8. Bathtub Gin

8.7
132 9th Ave (btwn W 18th & W 19th St), New York, NY
Speakeasy · Chelsea · 308 tips and reviews
Essex Restaurant is one of Best cocktails.

9. Essex Restaurant

119 Rivington Street (Corner of Essex Street), New York, NY
New American Restaurant · Lower East Side · 217 tips and reviews

Erin L.Erin Lane: You're supposed to get 3 mimosas or bloody marys with your entree, but it's basically all-you-can-drink and they do not mess around w/ the pours. Beware.

Milk & Honey is one of Best cocktails.

10. Milk & Honey

30 E 23rd St, New York, NY
Speakeasy · Flatiron District · 144 tips and reviews
Little Branch is one of Best cocktails.

11. Little Branch

9.0
20 7th Ave S (at Leroy St), New York, NY
Speakeasy · West Village · 335 tips and reviews
Death & Co. is one of Best cocktails.

12. Death & Co.

8.8
433 E 6th St (btwn 1st Ave & Ave A), New York, NY
Speakeasy · East Village · 395 tips and reviews
Mayahuel is one of Best cocktails.

13. Mayahuel

304 E 6th St (at 2nd Ave), New York, NY
Cocktail Bar · East Village · 263 tips and reviews

Men's Health MagMen's Health Mag: One drink here and you might be ready to move to Mexico, learn Spanish, and resettle. They serve pork belly and steak, and you can drink tequila underneath a huge tarantula-shaped chandelier.

Angel’s Share is one of Best cocktails.

14. Angel’s Share

8 Stuyvesant St (at E 9th St & 3rd Ave), New York, NY
Speakeasy · East Village · 491 tips and reviews

Men's Health MagMen's Health Mag: There’s no standing room here. Only groups of four or less are served. If there’s horseplay, they toss you out. Sound crazy? At this place, unmarked and hidden in a Japanese restaurant, it just works.

Otto's Shrunken Head is one of Best cocktails.

15. Otto's Shrunken Head

7.4
538 E 14th St (btwn Avenue A & B), New York, NY
Bar · Stuyvesant Town - Peter Cooper Village · 127 tips and reviews

Men's Health MagMen's Health Mag: Don’t leave this bar without ordering The Slice of Heaven. Only available for a half hour starting every Saturday night around 2:30 a.m., deep friend bacon and a shot of your choice. Nuff said, right?

Hudson Hotel is one of Best cocktails.

16. Hudson Hotel

7.0
358 W 58th St (at 9th Ave), New York, NY
Hotel · Hell's Kitchen · 300 tips and reviews
Fig. 19 is one of Best cocktails.

17. Fig. 19

8.8
131 Chrystie St (btwn Broome & Delancey St), New York, NY
Speakeasy · Lower East Side · 122 tips and reviews
Soaked @ Mondrian Soho is one of Best cocktails.

18. Soaked @ Mondrian Soho

9 Crosby St, New York, NY
Hotel Bar · SoHo · 11 tips and reviews
Back Room is one of Best cocktails.

19. Back Room

8.2
102 Norfolk St (btwn Delancey & Rivington St), New York, NY
Speakeasy · Lower East Side · 204 tips and reviews
Beretta is one of Best cocktails.

20. Beretta

9.1
1199 Valencia St (at 23rd St), San Francisco, CA
Italian Restaurant · Mission District · 487 tips and reviews
Bourbon & Branch is one of Best cocktails.

21. Bourbon & Branch

8.5
501 Jones St (at O'Farrell St), San Francisco, CA
Speakeasy · Tenderloin · 318 tips and reviews
The Alembic is one of Best cocktails.

22. The Alembic

8.8
1725 Haight St (btwn Cole & Shrader St), San Francisco, CA
Cocktail Bar · Haight Ashbury · 236 tips and reviews
Smuggler's Cove is one of Best cocktails.

23. Smuggler's Cove

8.8
650 Gough St (at McAllister St), San Francisco, CA
Tiki Bar · Civic Center · 328 tips and reviews
Wilson & Wilson Private Detective Agency is one of Best cocktails.

24. Wilson & Wilson Private Detective Agency

8.8
501 Jones St (at O'Farrell), San Francisco, CA
Speakeasy · Tenderloin · 46 tips and reviews
Rye is one of Best cocktails.

25. Rye

8.3
688 Geary St (at Leavenworth St), San Francisco, CA
Cocktail Bar · Lower Nob Hill · 140 tips and reviews

Open Air P.Open Air Publishing: "Try the "Nicaraguan Negroni Prunch." Yummy. You can find bartender Jon Gasparini's recipe in the book "Speakeasy Cocktails" created for iPads. http://bit.ly/foursq_cocktails"

Hideout is one of Best cocktails.

26. Hideout

8.1
3121 16th St, San Francisco, CA
Speakeasy · Mission Dolores · 57 tips and reviews
Bloodhound is one of Best cocktails.

27. Bloodhound

1145 Folsom St (at Langton St), San Francisco, CA
Cocktail Bar · SoMa · 186 tips and reviews
Tradition is one of Best cocktails.

28. Tradition

441 Jones St (at O'Farrell St), San Francisco, CA
Cocktail Bar · Tenderloin · 91 tips and reviews
Tosca Cafe is one of Best cocktails.

29. Tosca Cafe

8.6
242 Columbus Ave (at Pacific Ave), San Francisco, CA
Italian Restaurant · North Beach · 118 tips and reviews
Absinthe Brasserie & Bar is one of Best cocktails.

30. Absinthe Brasserie & Bar

8.5
398 Hayes St (at Gough St), San Francisco, CA
French Restaurant · Civic Center · 252 tips and reviews

BrianBrian: 7x7's Big Eat 2012 says the soft garlic pretzels are delicious. Yum!

Blackbird Bar is one of Best cocktails.

31. Blackbird Bar

8.9
2124 Market St (at Church St), San Francisco, CA
Cocktail Bar · Duboce Triangle · 179 tips and reviews
Trick Dog is one of Best cocktails.

32. Trick Dog

9.1
3010 20th St (at Florida St), San Francisco, CA
Cocktail Bar · Mission District · 278 tips and reviews
Big is one of Best cocktails.

33. Big

761 Post St (btwn Leavenworth & Jones), San Francisco, CA
Speakeasy · Lower Nob Hill · 27 tips and reviews
Bar Agricole is one of Best cocktails.

34. Bar Agricole

355 11th St (at Folsom St), San Francisco, CA
Cocktail Bar · SoMa · 213 tips and reviews

EaterEater: The menu changes nightly, but spaghetti and housemade meat dishes are continual hits. [Eater 38 Member]

Dynaco is one of Best cocktails.

35. Dynaco

9.2
1112 Bedford Ave (at Quincy St), Brooklyn, NY
Pub · Bedford-Stuyvesant · 41 tips and reviews
Do or Dine is one of Best cocktails.

36. Do or Dine

1108 Bedford Ave (btwn Quincy & Lexington), Brooklyn, NY
Gastropub · Bedford-Stuyvesant · 97 tips and reviews
Brass Tacks is one of Best cocktails.

37. Brass Tacks

8.0
488 Hayes St (at Octavia St), San Francisco, CA
Cocktail Bar · Hayes Valley · 70 tips and reviews
Achilles Heel is one of Best cocktails.

38. Achilles Heel

9.2
180 West St (at Green St), Brooklyn, NY
Cocktail Bar · Greenpoint · 85 tips and reviews
Maison Premiere is one of Best cocktails.

39. Maison Premiere

9.1
298 Bedford Ave (btwn S 1st & Grand St), Brooklyn, NY
Seafood Restaurant · Williamsburg · 447 tips and reviews
Alameda is one of Best cocktails.

40. Alameda

195 Franklin St (at Green St), Brooklyn, NY
New American Restaurant · Greenpoint · 62 tips and reviews
Saxon + Parole is one of Best cocktails.

41. Saxon + Parole

316 Bowery (at Bleecker St), New York, NY
American Restaurant · NoHo · 282 tips and reviews
Char No. 4 is one of Best cocktails.

42. Char No. 4

196 Smith St (at Baltic St.), Brooklyn, NY
Whisky Bar · Boerum Hill · 230 tips and reviews
Clover Club is one of Best cocktails.

43. Clover Club

9.2
210 Smith St (btwn Baltic & Butler St), Brooklyn, NY
Cocktail Bar · Boerum Hill · 369 tips and reviews
Novela is one of Best cocktails.

44. Novela

8.0
662 Mission St (at Annie St), San Francisco, CA
Cocktail Bar · SoMa · 135 tips and reviews
Twenty Five Lusk is one of Best cocktails.

45. Twenty Five Lusk

7.6
25 Lusk St (off Townsend St, btwn 3rd & 4th St), San Francisco, CA
New American Restaurant · SoMa · 152 tips and reviews
Apothèke is one of Best cocktails.

46. Apothèke

8.8
9 Doyers St (btwn Pell St & Bowery), New York, NY
Cocktail Bar · Chinatown · 434 tips and reviews
Holy Water is one of Best cocktails.

47. Holy Water

9.2
309 Cortland Ave (btwn Bocana & Bennington St), San Francisco, CA
Cocktail Bar · Bernal Heights · 59 tips and reviews
Pouring Ribbons is one of Best cocktails.

48. Pouring Ribbons

225 Avenue B Fl 2 (btwn 13th & 14th St), New York, NY
Cocktail Bar · Alphabet City · 180 tips and reviews
The NoMad Hotel is one of Best cocktails.

49. The NoMad Hotel

1170 Broadway (at W 28th St), New York, NY
Hotel · NoMad · 94 tips and reviews
The Ludlow Hotel is one of Best cocktails.

50. The Ludlow Hotel

8.9
180 Ludlow St, New York, NY
Hotel · Lower East Side · 29 tips and reviews
The Late Late is one of Best cocktails.

51. The Late Late

159 E Houston St (at Allen St), New York, NY
Bar · Lower East Side · 33 tips and reviews
Dear Bushwick is one of Best cocktails.

52. Dear Bushwick

41 Wilson Ave (at Melrose St), Brooklyn, NY
English Restaurant · Bushwick · 64 tips and reviews
Pagan Idol is one of Best cocktails.

53. Pagan Idol

8.2
375 Bush St, San Francisco, CA
Tiki Bar · Downtown San Francisco-Union Square · 101 tips and reviews