The best dark and stormys in NYC

Leave it to a rum bar to serve a perfect dark and stormy. A classic iteration featuring Gosling’s Black Seal rum, ginger beer and lime, this sipper is irresistible when paired with the Midtown spot's nightly live jazz music.

Featuring a Bauhaus-inspired interior, this Tribeca gem’s design sensibility makes it destination-worthy. That’s not the only reason you should visit the Tribeca carriage house: Its delicious dark and stormy is extra perky due to the use of muddled ginger and fresh lime juice.

This dark, stylish LES spot is a favorite among tipplers for its excellent happy hour deals and expertly mixed cocktails. Peppery with fresh ginger paste, the dark and stormys taste even better once you realize they cost just $8 during happy hour.

The team behind Long Tan has converted the former Thai-restaurant space into a cocktail bar, now decorated with mahogany paneling and Italian granite tables. Park Slopers can sip on one of nine creative cocktails, including the Swedish Monk (gin, pear cider, chartreuse) and the High and Dry (rye whiskey, anise bitters, vermouth, orange twist). Soak up all the booze with a few small plates, including selections of meat and cheese, potpies and rillettes.

A Caribbean-inspired restaurant and bar, Battery Harris’ beachy decor is definitely transporting. This spot offers two dark and stormy options: a classic on the rocks as well as a yummy frozen version. Can’t decide? One of each works, too.

Another Caribbean spot beloved for its spot-on jerk chicken, Crown Heights favorite Glady’s also features a fantastic cocktail menu. Its churned-in-house frozen dark and stormys are a no-brainer match for the restaurant’s spicy bites.

Named for the sons of Venture Smith, an 18th-century former slave who purchased his own freedom and went on to become a successful entrepreneur, this capacious Harlem restaurant and rum bar serves up more than 100 international varieties of the cane spirit. With two types of rum and house-made ginger beer, S&K’s signature dark and stormy is a solid interpretation.

Craft cocktail pioneer Sasha Petraske’s underground West Village drinks den offers a complete menu of intricate sippers. If you’re feeling indecisive, we’ll make it easy: Its simple, straightforward dark and stormy is a smooth, spicy winner.

This East Village offshoot of the scenestery Soho original offers solid Jamaican-inspired dishes such as a bold jerk ramen. Its frozen dark and stormy features organic ginger and a float of Gosling’s Black Seal for a double dose of rummy goodness.

A tiki-inspired spot marked by a big yellow surfboard, Réunion is the ideal place to escape from the madness of Times Square. Its classic dark and stormy features Gosling’s Black Seal rum and spicy fresh ginger. Yum.