Mario Batali presents a 50,000-sq-ft gastro-playground with seven separate eateries, multiple food stores, a rooftop beer garden, a culinary bookstore and an educational center. Yum!
Thursday-saturday Beer Pong 6pm to Midnight!! 12 dollar pitchers. Amazing selection of pizza bagels.
Friday night happy hour half off the whole bar. Get there early for rounds of beer pong.
Strong ass margaritas! Steak nachos are killer! Sing Duran Duran's Rio and get free dessert. After 2 margaritas you'll be singing the whole album!
try one of their 18 frozen margaritas. They're strong - love the coconut. Have some free chips/salsa/almost guac and sit at the bar.
Most underrated all you can drink brunch in NYC. Great food (especially the pasta) and only $20
Congratulations, you've found one of Esquire's Best Bars in America. Now fight your way to the bar and get yourself a Guinness and a cheeseburger.
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.
Christina Tosi of Momofuku Milk Bar says "it’s a great stop-in on St Marks that’s been a passed on from friend to friend as a place to grab a drink and talk." Read more.
This place is so cool. They have popcorn & pitchers of delicious drinks. On Wednesdays, they have live jazz starting at 9PM. Potential date spot...?
say what you will about the bouncers, the prices, the douchey clientele... the dancing here is hard to beat.
Awesome Happy Hour specials from 4-8pm weekdays. 1/2 price drinks and 1/2 price apps in big portions. Really comfortably Irish pub atmosphere and always a great time!
Nearly every Wednesday, this bar opens its taps to a single brewery with an epic list of mainstream and rare beers. Don't miss the food, either - especially the grilled cheese and tomato soup!
DexterLawrence spins deep funky soul house Mondays 10pm-2am. Drink specials for industry night. The only late night menu downtown. http://www.facebook.com/djdexterlawrence
This place is truly a hidden gem - a cozy Belgian beer bar with a vast array of beers on tap and an even more extensive bottled selection. We’ll definitely be back to enjoy the terrace on a sunny day.
Free food with drinks for happy hour!! And if you're willing to pay for some food, the calamari is pretty awesome!
Cozy dive bar that is great for burgers, wings and beer. The crowd is a mixture of NYU students, businessmen, locals and Steelers fans.
Our guilty pleasure. You head to this place when your friends want to go home and you want to keep on dancing.
In the winter come for the hot apple cider spiked with calvados. Great spot for day drinking and they make an awesome grilled cheese if you get hungry!
Great place to meet up to start your evening – its very casual and filled with amiable bartenders and locals – very different from what is nearby.
Guacamole here is awesome! Come w a group of friends and get a round of mojitos or frozen margs and share a large guac. Try the coconut marg!
Lots of big acts play semi-secret shows here taped for MTV + $5 Draft Specials & $4 Whiskey Shots during shows! Delicioso! TW ♥'s Studio at Webster Hall! Read more.
Get a pitcher of their white sangria (best I've ever had.) Great atmosphere and great food! Read more.
The ambiance is fantastic and it’s what really drew us in. Lofted ceilings, exposed brick, vines growing up the wall in a beautiful outdoor garden is reason enough to stop by for a drink. Read more.
Go to Mama's for Brooklyns -- a good local standard, not trendy in the slightest. Then replace your late-night pizza habit with tacos at Snack Dragon around the corner on 3rd.
We really enjoy the art deco atmosphere and the lively crowd. But they even pale in comparison to the 20 herb salad – you’ll be licking the plate.
The Por Que No cocktail might be one of the best cocktails of all time. Silver/Cilantro/Serrano/Pineapple
Always packed on Saturday nights. But come early for dinner and you might just get to stick around.
One of very few legit dives in the w-vill. Dogs allowed, and Milk Bones usually abound on the window ledge outside.
Happy hour from 4-6 even on weekends!!! And the frozen margaritas are super smooth and yummy!!
Weeknights after work, it's a gauntlet of suits, but it's worth scavenging for a seat for the largest craft beer tap list in NYC... once the guy clears his barstool to catch the 7:13 to Greenwich.
This place is awesome. Happy hour until 8, even on the weekends. If you're hungry, try the Papas Bravas, so good.
Nearly every New York City bar serves this local joint’s brew, but swing by the place itself. From 6 p.m. to 11 p.m., pay $4 for a wooden nickel and redeem it for any beer the place brews.
Yearning for some Oktoberfest in the Big Apple? Look no further. This industrial warehouse turned German bierhaus serves weinerschniztel and Bavarian pretzels. Say no more.
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?
Once a Laundromat, the low-key crowd and decent wine list make this the perfect place to chat. With no laundry going on, you don’t have to show off your ratty underwear until later. If you’re lucky.
I am not a rich or dangerous man. But if I were, I'd sit in the plush, red nook of this Scottish bar, past the portraits of kilted Scots in wartime victory. Try the grapefruit and vodka hand squeezed.
If you have the energy to close out a night right, this is the place to do it. They filmed some of Crocodile Dundee and Godfather II here, to give you a sense of its grand tattered quality.
Here's how you get in: Enter Crif Dogs, and veer left into a phone booth.Bam: you¹re inside. Enjoy the kitsch on the walls and try to avoid thecalorie-busting deep-fried hot dogs (if you can).
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.
Heaven: sitting in a darkened, romantic bar that looks pre-Prohibition, sipping smart concoctions made by smart barkeeps, making this place heaven on earth.
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.
The vague name has beer geeks in the outdoor garden arguing about it means. One thing that’s certain? They have damn good beer—350 bottles and 16 taps worth.
This sprawling bar has themed rooms: the library, the arcade, and so on, and feels just like a good old game of Clue. They have great beers, and great mini-pastrami sandwiches. See you in the library?
This place’s happy hour laughs in the face of the word “hour”—it runs from 4 to 9 p.m. Beers are $3 (and PBR is $2), one of the best bargains in New York City. Can’t beat that.
Ever been to the catacombs? This is like it, but better—there’s beer. You enter into a dim, tomb-like underground. The beers are imported and largely monk-made. Ask for a Trappist recommendation.
Congratulations, you've found one of Esquire's Best Bars in America. We recommend getting a dirty martini.
This pub is great for either a weekend brunch or a late night party spot, though it can get pretty crowded the later it gets. They make a good mac n' cheese and we love the paprika fries too!
During an RS cover story interview, Lady Gaga and her friend Perez Hilton reminisced about drunken late-night snack runs at this mini-chain of Mexican spots. Read more.
All-day happy hour, pool table, rear mezzanine, DJs for the weekends, and a bit of outdoor real estate for bringing your guitar and making ends meet.
One of our 10 best Manhattan bars-It helped rescue tequila from the realm of frat boys and body shots. And for this, we pay tribute to it.
Come here for the Champagne Campaign. Every night from 10 p.m. until closing, all 16 bottles of Champagne on the list are available at 50 percent off the regular price. Read more.
The Brass Monkey keeps it real in the meatpacking district. Relaxed, inexpensive (for the 'hood) and great for late night munchies. -Jacqueline Lombard, Top Chef
Every Wednesday is Jenga night! Every team gets a free round of beer and a chance to win great prizes. Definitely order the chocolate covered bacon!
"Last night I had exactly one jargarita at sweet&vicious and went home, just as I planned!" -no one, ever
For flavorful Italian tapas and impeccably aged Brunellos and Barolos, this West Village wine bar is a must-visit. Don’t leave without trying a crostini.
Two for one happy hour, 4-7 PM every damn day. House red does the trick for me. Great bar food: try the nachos!
This Greenwich Village spot doesn't serve pints, but it does stock tons of beer to-go (24 of them on draft), including 2-liter plastic growlers called "The Beast," perfect to bring to your next party.
A 2nd level for all-night hanging, plus a separate lounge menu to snack on & cocktails like the Tin Lizzy (gin, St. Germain, grapefuit, cuke) & the Tommy Gun (tequila, blood orange, orange bitters).
Sit upstairs in the corner and look out over 2nd St & Ave A. One of the best seats in NYC to have a drink. Hint: don't try this one weekend.
Awesome people-watching with a prime corner spot and big windows. 2-for-1 happy hour every day!
Enter this speakeasy through the most non-descript of entrances and be transported to the prohibition era and enjoy what the bartender makes you. Make reservations.
Find 700 beers (32 on tap for all your growler needs) and bar nibbles, in case you prefer to stay and drink your beer at this new Lower East Side shop. Read more.
This friendly little shop has a few dozen bottles and cans, eight beers on tap for reasonably-priced growler fills, knowledgeable employees, and lots of cheese and snacks to pair with your beer!
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.
Vibe? Homey Known for? A selection of killer cocktails like the Bedford Cruise (Vodka, fresh watermelon juice, lemon juice, agave, soda) & Bermuda Black(Rum lime, fresh ginger juice, angostura & IPA) Read more.
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.
We're back for the opening of their patio + garden, 900 square-feet & 50 seats of outdoor casual. Dont to try something off their brand new menu of frozen cocktails.
Cocktails are $5 during happy hour (compared to the usual $13). The two most popular are the Delancey Farm and the Moscow Five Points with Chinese 5 spice, agave and fresh muddled ginger. Read more.
Lobster sliders + Old Bay fries + Lobster mac 'n cheese. Take advantage of the happy hour from 5-7pm.
Best new bar in town, in the old Milk & Honey space. There's a new longer bar, no reservation policy and they now serve wine & beer as well as classic cocktails. Great vibe & awesome service!
Need to 'woo' your date? This romantic French spot is perfect and light on the wallet, get $4 glasses of wine from 5-7pm Tuesday - Saturday
A new cocktail house located right next to Turks & Frogs. Instead of wine & Med cuisine, the menu is a meditation on drinks inspired by the old east-west jaunt. Also has a small menu of food.
Try the Green Horny, a carbonated vodka drink bottled in-house, or the Blackheart made from bourbon, maraschino liqueur, orange oils and coffee. Read more.
A craft beer bar with a relaxed vibe, dim lighting, and tasty food. Can't decide on one beer? Go for their "Quadrinkles," a flight of four 4 oz. pours of your choice.
Standout drinks are the unusual Honey-Nut Old Fashioned and the Hudson Breeze Fizz, a gin and brandy drink balanced with baked apple foam. Read more.
Jones Wood Foundry recreates the wood-paneled pubs of olde with a sleek blend of pomp and panache. Go for an old-school serving of cottage pie or a beer-battered haddock with irresistible tartar.
The Upper East Side. Ruairi Curtin. Irish Gastropub. Try - Spiced beef sandwich (cured for 40 days, spiced in house for four days, then slow roasted for six hours). Cocktails made with Irish whiskey. Read more.
Grab an outside table during the warmer months and enjoy a pitcher of sangria with a Beef Burger or Steak and Eggs. Relax, it’s the weekend, who cares if the service is slow.
If you're like me, you'll like the "black book". Jalepeño + bourbon + cinnamon. I'd drop my pants for it. Beware though, it's really really spicy
Aside from cutting hair & shaving, the Blind Barber has a full-service bar with beer, wine & cocktails including the house special Sweeney Todd (whiskey, egg white, honey syrup, lemon juice). Read more.
There are flawless standards here—a strapping Manhattan, a tingly champagne cocktail fizzing w/ sugar & Angostura bitters—but big-swinging bar talents really come out to play w/ their original drinks. Read more.
We love to come to this cozy wine bar for happy hour, especially for the $1.25 oysters (through 7pm).
A total hidden gem of a wine bar, great to just chill out and enjoy a glass of wine or beer, whether alone or with company. You can't go wrong if you're in the area.
Tuna ceviche (which is really more like tuna tar-tar) is awesome. Skip The salmon/mango ceviche & the Gravity Bong Oysters are gimmicky. But I'll be back to work my way thru ceviche menu.
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.
Congratulations, you've found one of Esquire's Best Bars in America. Get yourself a whiskey.
Go through the Japanese restaurant and to the unmarked door that faces you as you get to the hostess stand. No parties more than 4. The specialty cocktails are impressive here.
