This is my favorite bar in the city. If they have it, order champagne in a can, and don't miss their 2-4-1 happy hour.
One of our fav cocktails of the year is the Radler, a frothy mix of Belgian wheat beer, limes, and a bracing shot of pineapple-infused aquavit. Featured in Where to Eat 2011! Read more.
Go during happy hour (4-8pm everyday) and get the Spiced Peach Cobbler cocktail for $6
For drinks, get the whisky sour or The Situation (ignore the name, ha). And make sure to strike up conversation with the guys behind the bar. Everyone is really nice.
Besides great views, The Standard hotel also has NY's hippest beer garden. The menu, designed by Michelin-starred chef Kurt Gutenbrunner, includes fat, flavor-packed sausages and plus-size pretzels. Read more.
Classic New York style - feels like it's been there forever. Every time you go in you feel like it's family. Drinks are classic and executed perfectly. McNally makes you feel at home. -Alex Reznik, To
Get a 34-ounce “personal” pitcher of Bud, Bud Light or Yuengling for $7 from noon to 8pm daily. Read more.
Relive your college glory days during the faux chalet’s 2–7pm happy hour, when $2 cans of PBR and Natty Light lure in a frat-tastic crowd. Read more.
Oldest bar in NYC. They serve only two types of beer, McSorley's dark or light ale. They're both great.
the 90+ year-old SoHo institution cracks its first beer (mostly American, 12 on tap, 18 by the bottle) at 8 am every day except Sunday, when the Lord is honored with a noon opening & free bagels. Read more.
You'd best dress up -- way, way up -- to the lofty Standard of room-runner Kamil Parchomienko if you want past the curtain. Drop Kamil's name with caution, cause he's no dummy. [BlackBook] Read more.
Stunning views, but the hotel just announced that this fall, they're allowing private guests only. Stop by before 10pm on summer evenings while the club is still "public." Read more.
Pete's hasn't closed since 1851. It was even open during prohibition, disguised as a 'flower' shop speakeasy.
Stop by on a Saturday afternoon to see if they have a tasting. They will routinely have six or more importers there then, which means at least 18 types of wine to try.
Best enjoyed in a huge group...great balcony to overlook the madness and cheap pitchers.
The topic of conversation at this friendly, no-frills pub often revolves around the tunes coming from the jukebox. So choose wisely—not that you can really go wrong; the indie-rock selection is solid. Read more.
The jukebox here leans heavily toward hard-hitting, headbanging cuts. On Sundays, you can play whatever seedy songs you fancy for free. Play this: 59-03, the Cramps, “Rockin Bones.” Read more.
This bar has a designated jukebox stool so you don’t throw your back out while choosing from its varied but consistently cool selections by the likes of Wire, Dinosaur Jr. and the Dead Boys. Read more.
150 flavors of infused vodka and great small food plates and appetizers. Cool crowd. -Galina Sobolev, Launch My Line
I always sit in back or near a window. watch snow. bonus points if you score the couch all the way in back: that's my spot
Go into Milk and Honey, ask the mixologist to suggest to you three different drinks. One after another of course. They will do some amazing things.
on the corner of two of my most favorite streets in new york city: pell and doyers. they're especially mysterious at night. surprise someone as you're walking through chinatown + grab drinks inside.
Smith & Mills is one of my favorite places in the city. Better to go earlier in the evening (or on a weekend or on an off-night). Otherwise, the tiny spot is packed+loses charm
Your new home for after-work or late-night revelry. Grab a bespoke Manhattan (mixed with house-made rye) and bite into a Pittsburgh-style sandwich.
This spot serves more than 70 bourbons and whiskeys (including Utah’s High West Rocky Mountain rye). Our favorite drink is the citrusy punch amped up with chai-infused Wild Turkey and Batavia Arrack ( Read more.
They only serve one type of beer (Pilsner Urquell), served four different ways. Not convinced? Try the Creme Urquell, and you'll never think about Czech Pilsners the same way again.
The expert bartenders will create you the perfect drink or just try the Jet Pilot and the Zombie Punch. Have fun people watching while you enjoy your delicious concoction.
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.
More than 50 beers by the bottle and 28 on tap. Craft, imported, Trappist. Don't bother asking for Bud Light here. Read more.
Congratulations, you've found one of Esquire's Best Bars in America. Nobody knows Grassroots is there, but it's always full. Three reasons: beer, darts, conversation. Get a pitcher of Bass and enjoy.
Cool spot with a good vibe and bonus points for having both a fireplace *and* a pool table. Pass on the old fashioned tho... not enough love put into the cocktail.
Enjoy low lights and beautiful cocktails on any given weekday night at Attaboy on the Lower East Side. Instead of offering a menu, bartenders create drinks based on a customer's tastes. Read more.
