Outdoor bar guide

By Time Out editors Fri May 6 2011

Summer cocktails

20 best beer gardens

Booze a sunny day away at one of these outdoor drinking destinations.
Best garden bars
Forget about concrete slabs trying to pass for back gardens: These outdoor oases are actually verdant.
Rooftop bar guide
Rise above it all at these lounges and parties.
Three bar crawls near parks

Spend a day in the sun at either Central Park, Prospect Park or Astoria Park, then hit up three drinking holes nearby.
Bars where you can barbecue

BYO meat and sizzle up a storm.
Tiki and beachy bars
Beach balls and rum drinks await at these laid-back tropical lairs.
Cool wine haunts
Bacchus's nectar flows freely at these breezy, unpretentious spots.