Bars I dig

1. Dutch Kills

9.2

27-24 Jackson Ave (btwn Queens & Dutch Kills St), Long Island City, NY

Cocktail Bar · 259 tips and reviews

2. Ding Dong Lounge

929 Columbus Ave (at W 106th St.), New York, NY

Bar · Upper West Side · 46 tips and reviews

Rob Conger: Be sure to go see Born Loose on May 29 at the Ding Dong Lounge. Be sure to put a big glass of water and two Advil by your bed before you go out.

3. Speak Easy Lounge

151 Avenue C (btw 9th & 10th), New York, NY

Speakeasy · Alphabet City · 9 tips and reviews

4. Beauty Bar

7.4

231 E 14th St (btwn 2nd & 3rd Ave), New York, NY

Lounge · Gramercy Park · 150 tips and reviews

IFC: NYC: Beauty parlor meets watering hole. With locations in 10 major cites, hangnails are not an option. -IFC Staff

5. Bar Matchless

557 Manhattan Ave (at Driggs Ave), Brooklyn, NY

Bar · Williamsburg · 187 tips and reviews

Jay: Try the alcohol

6. Charleston

7.3

174 Bedford Ave (btwn N 7th & N 8th St.), Brooklyn, NY

Bar · Williamsburg · 107 tips and reviews

Radegast Hall & Biergarten is one of Bars I dig.

7. Radegast Hall & Biergarten

9.1

113 N 3rd St (at Berry St), Brooklyn, NY

Beer Garden · Williamsburg · 480 tips and reviews

8. The Levee

8.2

212 Berry St (at N 3rd St), Brooklyn, NY

Dive Bar · Williamsburg · 210 tips and reviews

9. Spuyten Duyvil

359 Metropolitan Ave (at Havemeyer St), Brooklyn, NY

Beer Garden · Williamsburg · 177 tips and reviews

Otto's Shrunken Head is one of Bars I dig.

10. 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

11. PKNY (Painkiller)

49 Essex St (at Grand St), New York, NY

Cocktail Bar · Lower East Side · 84 tips and reviews

12. Little Branch

8.5

20 7th Ave S (at Leroy St), New York, NY

Speakeasy · West Village · 335 tips and reviews

13. 31 Joshua

New York, NY

Home (private) · Murray Hill · No tips or reviews