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Bars
Your guide to bars and drinking in New York City. Whether you’re looking for a cocktail or a beer, use our guide to find the best bars in NYC.
The 15 best dive bars in NYC
New York City has fewer dive bars than any other drinking genre. The primary reason is that a real deal dive must already exist. One simply cannot open a...
13 NYC bar professionals predict this fall’s biggest drinking trends
How does one predict a trend? With intensely fixed fingers over a crystal ball? By speaking a dream that percolates on the tip of the tongue before dissolving...
The best wine bars in NYC
Looking for a great wine bar? Whether you're on a first date and looking for somewhere romantic or meeting up with friends to spill the tea, wine canteens...
The best rooftop bars in NYC
When it comes to things to do outside with the best views in nyc, rooftop restaurants are where it’s at. Whether you’re looking to grab afterwork drinks with...
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The best ways to drink in NYC
The best to-go cocktails available right now at bars and restaurants in NYC
The best to-go cocktails available right now at bars and restaurants in NYC
As you might’ve read from us, the State Liquor Authority has relaxed liquor laws to allow restaurants and bars to add cocktails to their offerings (provided...
The coolest wine shops in NYC
The coolest wine shops in NYC
Hit up the hippest new wine shops around the city and bring a bottle home. Whether you're looking for a Netflix 'n Chill kind of night or hosting a lowkey...
The best outdoor bars in NYC
The best outdoor bars in NYC
NYC has plenty of patios and terraces for boozy afternoons in the city
The best speakeasies in NYC
The best speakeasies in NYC
It feels like speakeasy NYC bars are a dime a dozen right now. In a city as vibrant and storied as New York, there’s no telling how many hidden architectural...
The most romantic bars in NYC
The most romantic bars in NYC
Cozy up to bae at a spot that’s equal parts sweet and sexy
The best-looking bars in NYC
The best-looking bars in NYC
Check out New York’s best-looking bars for a treat-yourself drink in gorgeous digs
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Public Records
We first encountered chef Daniel Bagnall a few months back at Short Stories, a clubby restaurant on the Bowery that initially seems easy to write off as basic...
No Bar
It’s long been a sad but all too real fact of nightlife that a designated gay bar is usually never a solid cocktail destination—until earlier this year, that...
We first encountered chef Daniel Bagnall a few months back at Short Stories, a clubby restaurant on the Bowery that initially seems easy to write off as basic...
Public Records
We first encountered chef Daniel Bagnall a few months back at Short Stories, a clubby restaurant on the Bowery that initially seems easy to write off as basic...
No Bar
It’s long been a sad but all too real fact of nightlife that a designated gay bar is usually never a solid cocktail destination—until earlier this year, that...
Mister Paradise
The name Mister Paradise sounds like it would be perfect for a bombastic WWE heel-face turn (a character the audience is supposed to hate but ends up loving),...
Reception
When you think of the word reception, do you think of a warm welcome at someone’s home, where the hostess takes your coat, inquires how you’ve been and—oh,...
Felix Roasting Co.
There’s so much to poke fun of at this chichi coffee shop. Take the Pepto-pink room that could double as a Wes Anderson set or its preening “every coffee has a...
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Rezdôra
Stefano Secchi knows Italy’s Emilia-Romagna region like few NYC chefs: He cooked at Osteria Francescana, rated the world’s top restaurant last...
Kochi
Inspired by plates presented to the Korean royal court, chef Sung Shim (Le Bernardin, Per Se) debuts a fine-dining spot with a nine-course tasting menu. The...
Oxomoco
Okay, so I fucked up. I showed up on a recent Monday to this Mexican hot spot in Greenpoint, only to realize that I was a week early for my reservation....
Hutong
Northern Chinese fare takes an upscale and, at times, spicy turn in the former home of Le Cirque. A glammed-up Art Deco room serves as the backdrop for...