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Best liquor

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Created by Russell Sinclair • Updated On: December 5, 2018
Bar Goto is one of Best liquor.

1. Bar Goto

9.0
245 Eldridge St (btwn E Houston St & Stanton St), New York, NY
Cocktail Bar · Lower East Side · 104 tips and reviews
The 18th Room is one of Best liquor.

2. The 18th Room

134 9th Ave (btwn W 18th & W 19th St), New York, NY
Speakeasy · Chelsea · 14 tips and reviews
Patent Pending is one of Best liquor.

3. Patent Pending

8.8
49 W 27th St (btwn Broadway & 6th Ave), New York, NY
Speakeasy · NoMad · 60 tips and reviews
Lovers of Today is one of Best liquor.

4. Lovers of Today

8.6
132 1/2 E 7th St (near Ave A), New York, NY
Cocktail Bar · Alphabet City · 114 tips and reviews
Amor y Amargo is one of Best liquor.

5. Amor y Amargo

9.0
443 E 6th St (at Avenue A), New York, NY
Cocktail Bar · East Village · 205 tips and reviews
Domaine Guntaur-Sinclair is one of Best liquor.

6. Domaine Guntaur-Sinclair

201 E 17th St, New York, NY
Wine Bar · Gramercy Park · 3 tips and reviews

Russell S.Russell Sinclair: Best martinis in Manhattan

The Raines Law Room is one of Best liquor.

7. The Raines Law Room

9.2
48 W 17th St (btwn 5th & 6th Ave), New York, NY
Speakeasy · Union Square · 335 tips and reviews
Milk & Honey is one of Best liquor.

8. Milk & Honey

30 E 23rd St, New York, NY
Speakeasy · Flatiron District · 144 tips and reviews
KGB Bar is one of Best liquor.

9. KGB Bar

7.8
85 E 4th St (btwn Bowery & 2nd Ave), New York, NY
Dive Bar · East Village · 44 tips and reviews
Back Room is one of Best liquor.

10. Back Room

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

11. The Auction House

7.6
300 E 89th St (at 2nd Ave), New York, NY
Bar · Yorkville · 62 tips and reviews
Elsa is one of Best liquor.

12. Elsa

217 E 3rd St (btwn Aves. B & C), New York, NY
Cocktail Bar · Alphabet City · 124 tips and reviews
Whitman & Bloom is one of Best liquor.

13. Whitman & Bloom

384 3rd Ave (btwn 27th & 28th St), New York, NY
American Restaurant · Rose Hill · 81 tips and reviews
Bathtub Gin is one of Best liquor.

14. Bathtub Gin

8.8
132 9th Ave (btwn W 18th & W 19th St), New York, NY
Speakeasy · Chelsea · 308 tips and reviews
Mosaic is one of Best liquor.

15. Mosaic

9.1
25-19 24th Ave (at 26th St), Astoria, NY
Speakeasy · 42 tips and reviews
Blue Ribbon Downing Street Bar is one of Best liquor.

16. Blue Ribbon Downing Street Bar

34 Downing Street (Bedford Street), New York, NY
Wine Bar · West Village · 70 tips and reviews
The Campbell is one of Best liquor.

17. The Campbell

8.2
15 Vanderbilt Ave (Grand Central Terminal), New York, NY
Cocktail Bar · Midtown East · 269 tips and reviews
Nitecap is one of Best liquor.

18. Nitecap

151 Rivington St, New York, NY
Cocktail Bar · Lower East Side · 122 tips and reviews
Piora is one of Best liquor.

19. Piora

430 Hudson St (at Leroy St), New York, NY
New American Restaurant · West Village · 64 tips and reviews

20. Apothèke

8.8
9 Doyers St (btwn Pell St & Bowery), New York, NY
Cocktail Bar · Chinatown · 434 tips and reviews

Russell S.Russell Sinclair: Secret entrance in a street devoted to Chinese barbers.

The Garret is one of Best liquor.

21. The Garret

7.7
296 Bleecker St (above Five Guys), New York, NY
Speakeasy · West Village · 148 tips and reviews
Barramundi Bar is one of Best liquor.

22. Barramundi Bar

67 Clinton St (btw Rivington & Stanton), New York, NY
Bar · Lower East Side · 28 tips and reviews
Cienfuegos is one of Best liquor.

23. Cienfuegos

95 Avenue A (E 6th St), New York, NY
Cocktail Bar · East Village · 214 tips and reviews
Employees Only is one of Best liquor.

24. Employees Only

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

Russell S.Russell Sinclair: Get the ginger smash.

Little Branch is one of Best liquor.

25. Little Branch

8.9
20 7th Ave S (at Leroy St), New York, NY
Speakeasy · West Village · 335 tips and reviews
The NoMad Bar is one of Best liquor.

26. The NoMad Bar

10 W 28th St (at Broadway), New York, NY
Cocktail Bar · NoMad · 252 tips and reviews
Maison Premiere is one of Best liquor.

27. Maison Premiere

9.1
298 Bedford Ave (btwn S 1st & Grand St), Brooklyn, NY
Seafood Restaurant · Williamsburg · 447 tips and reviews

Russell S.Russell Sinclair: The drinks list is 4 times the size of the menu. If you like absinthe, come here for drip or cocktails. Dollar oysters during happy hour also a winner.

Ten Degrees Bistro is one of Best liquor.

28. Ten Degrees Bistro

131 Avenue A (btwn St. Mark's Pl & E 9th St), New York, NY
Bistro · East Village · 87 tips and reviews
Pouring Ribbons is one of Best liquor.

29. Pouring Ribbons

225 Avenue B Fl 2 (btwn 13th & 14th St), New York, NY
Cocktail Bar · Alphabet City · 180 tips and reviews
Fig. 19 is one of Best liquor.

30. Fig. 19

8.8
131 Chrystie St (btwn Broome & Delancey St), New York, NY
Speakeasy · Lower East Side · 122 tips and reviews
I Sodi is one of Best liquor.

31. I Sodi

8.7
105 Christopher St (at Bleecker St), New York, NY
Italian Restaurant · West Village · 97 tips and reviews
The Dead Rabbit is one of Best liquor.

32. The Dead Rabbit

9.3
30 Water St (btwn Broad St & Coenties Slip), New York, NY
Cocktail Bar · Financial District · 489 tips and reviews
The Up & Up is one of Best liquor.

33. The Up & Up

9.0
116 Macdougal St (btwn W 3rd & Bleecker St), New York, NY
Cocktail Bar · Greenwich Village · 116 tips and reviews
Slowly Shirley is one of Best liquor.

34. Slowly Shirley

121 W 10th St (at Greenwich Ave), New York, NY
Speakeasy · West Village · 48 tips and reviews
Dante NYC is one of Best liquor.

35. Dante NYC

9.1
79-81 Macdougal St (btwn W Houston & Bleecker St), New York, NY
Italian Restaurant · Greenwich Village · 153 tips and reviews
Mace is one of Best liquor.

36. Mace

649 E 9th St (btwn Ave B & C), New York, NY
Cocktail Bar · Alphabet City · 75 tips and reviews
Attaboy is one of Best liquor.

37. Attaboy

9.2
134 Eldridge St (btwn Delancey & Broome St), New York, NY
Speakeasy · Lower East Side · 241 tips and reviews
Dutch Kills is one of Best liquor.

38. Dutch Kills

9.1
27-24 Jackson Ave (btwn Queens & Dutch Kills St), Long Island City, NY
Cocktail Bar · 259 tips and reviews