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Downtown Manhattan's Best Speakeasies
Back Room is one of Downtown Manhattan's Best Speakeasies.

1. Back Room

8.2
102 Norfolk St (btwn Delancey & Rivington St), New York, NY
Speakeasy · Lower East Side · 204 tips and reviews
The Raines Law Room is one of Downtown Manhattan's Best Speakeasies.

2. The Raines Law Room

9.3
48 W 17th St (btwn 5th & 6th Ave), New York, NY
Speakeasy · Union Square · 335 tips and reviews
Cafe Select is one of Downtown Manhattan's Best Speakeasies.

3. Cafe Select

8.4
212 Lafayette St (at Kenmare St), New York, NY
Swiss Restaurant · SoHo · 262 tips and reviews

Zack P.Zack P: there's a unmarked door that goes thru the kitchen to the speakeasy in the back.

Sake Bar Decibel is one of Downtown Manhattan's Best Speakeasies.

4. Sake Bar Decibel

9.1
240 E 9th St (btwn 2nd & 3rd Ave), New York, NY
Sake Bar · East Village · 256 tips and reviews

5. Cienfuegos

95 Avenue A (E 6th St), New York, NY
Cocktail Bar · East Village · 214 tips and reviews
Angel’s Share is one of Downtown Manhattan's Best Speakeasies.

6. Angel’s Share

8 Stuyvesant St (at E 9th St & 3rd Ave), New York, NY
Speakeasy · East Village · 491 tips and reviews
Beauty & Essex is one of Downtown Manhattan's Best Speakeasies.

7. Beauty & Essex

8.7
146 Essex St (btwn Stanton & Rivington St), New York, NY
Tapas Restaurant · Lower East Side · 579 tips and reviews
Freemans is one of Downtown Manhattan's Best Speakeasies.

8. Freemans

8.9
1 Freeman Aly (at Rivington St), New York, NY
American Restaurant · Lower East Side · 571 tips and reviews
Pravda is one of Downtown Manhattan's Best Speakeasies.

9. Pravda

281 Lafayette St (btwn Prince & E Houston St), New York, NY
Cocktail Bar · NoLita · 155 tips and reviews
Apothèke is one of Downtown Manhattan's Best Speakeasies.

10. Apothèke

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

Zack P.Zack P: beware: there's not many seats. you might end up standing.

Little Branch is one of Downtown Manhattan's Best Speakeasies.

11. Little Branch

9.0
20 7th Ave S (at Leroy St), New York, NY
Speakeasy · West Village · 335 tips and reviews
Employees Only is one of Downtown Manhattan's Best Speakeasies.

12. Employees Only

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