NYC’s Best Bars: 22 Top Dives, Lounges & Speakeasies
- The Dead Rabbit: Award-winning Irish pub in the Financial District.
- Attaboy: Speakeasy-style cocktail bar on the Lower East Side.
- Dante: Historic Greenwich Village café known for negronis.
- PDT (Please Don’t Tell): Hidden speakeasy accessed through a phone booth.
- The Campbell: Grand Central Terminal’s hidden bar with 1920s decor.
- Employees Only: West Village speakeasy with craft cocktails.
- Death & Co: East Village cocktail institution.
- Bemelmans Bar: Upscale bar in The Carlyle hotel with live jazz.
- McSorley’s Old Ale House: One of the oldest Irish taverns in NYC.
- Apothéke: Chinatown bar with pharmacy-themed cocktails.
- The Rum House: Times Square piano bar with classic cocktails.
- Dear Irving: Gramercy cocktail parlor with themed rooms.
- Barcade: Williamsburg bar with classic arcade games.
- The Flatiron Room: Whiskey bar with live music.
- Clover Club: Brooklyn cocktail bar with a Victorian vibe.
- Angel’s Share: Hidden Japanese-style cocktail bar in the East Village.
- Gallow Green: Rooftop bar atop the McKittrick Hotel.
- The Garret: Hidden bar above a West Village Five Guys.
- Bathtub Gin: Chelsea speakeasy with a central bathtub.
- The Polynesian: Tiki bar in Midtown with elaborate cocktails.
- Amor y Amargo: Small East Village bar specializing in bitters.
- The Spaniard: West Village gastropub with an extensive whiskey selection.
