Angel’s Share
8 Stuyvesant St
A hidden gem perfect for a rendezvous with your paramour.
Astor Pl 6 C8
Bigelow Pharmacy
414 Sixth Ave
A beauty emporium, opened in 1838, still catering to the choosiest clientele. - West 4 ACE BDFM B8
Jane Carousel
Brooklyn Bridge Park DUMBO BK
Watch the Brooklyn and Manhattan Bridges pass by as you ride on this old time carousel on the banks of the East River. - York F D10
Le Bain The Standard
Possibly the most famous of the hotel rooftop bars for its hot tubs where revelers enjoy a little soak while getting doused.
14 St - ACE or limo like ‘verybody else C8
Loeb Central Park Boathouse
If your sweetheart isn’t willing to paddle, you can always opt for the gondola complete with your own private gondoliere. - Central Park B4
Output
74 Wythe St, Williamsburg BK
Where you can still enjoy your electronica EDM with a $10 drink on a rooftop.
Bedford Ave L E8
Back Room
102 Norfolk St or Suffolk St - its a speakeasy
The original 20s speakeasy where booze is served in teacups, a quaint throwback to the clandestine days of Prohibition.
Bourgeois Pig
11 E 7th St
Baroque velvet upholstery as smooth as the cocktails. - 1 Ave L C8
Decibel
240 E 9th St East Village
Underground Japanese sake bar where you might need a dictionary or a hot translator to order.
Astor Pl 6 C8
Ear Inn
326 Spring St SoHo
Where the mariners used to unload and vent about their love conquests.
Spring St CE C9
Employees Only
510 Hudson St West Village
Specialty mixology in a wood-paneled lounge harkening back to NY’s roaring twenties.
Christopher St 1 B8
LGBT
Cubbyhole
281 W 12th St West Village
Where it’s “Ladies night” every night. - 14 St - ACE L C8
The Cock
29 Second Ave LES
Full frontal view of Empire State Building.2 Ave F C9
Duplex
61 Christopher St West Village
Where the guests are indistinguishable from the performers.
Christopher St 1 B8
Flaming Saddles
793 9th Ave Hell’s Kitchen
At $8 a glass and dancing bartenders, by far the best deal in town.
50 St CE B5
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Glasshouse Carousel in Battery Park
Before going fooding or drinking at some fancy places in Stone street get some ballet with fish and mermaids
Battery Park - 1RW - B11
you can still enjoy your electronica EDM with a $10 drink on a rooftop.
Bedford Ave L E8
Pegu Club
77 West Houston SoHo
An homage to the cocktail, this Greenwich Village bar lounge features the stylings of expert mixologists in a discreet space with colonial sensibility harking back to Southeast Asia in the early 20th Century. - West 4 ACE BDFM C8
PDT
Behind a phone booth on St. Marks before Ave. A.
Close to the hot dog joint. Need reservation (212) 614-0386 or www.pdtnyc.com - Astor Pl 6 C8
Santos Party House
96 Lafayette St, Chinatown
Live music, new record releases, avant garde sound systems, doesn’t get any better than this.
Canal St 456 C9
Ulysses
95 Pearl St FiDi
Characters of American Psycho are alive and well at FiDi bar or try the Iron Horse with its own adult swing. - Wall St 23 C11
Jazz
Fat Cat
75 Christopher St West Village
The cheapest, funnest best live jazz in town...with pool, ping-pong and chess until 5am. Christopher St 1 B8
Little Branch
20 Seventh Ave at Leroy St West Village
Deceptively behind an unassuming door, this underground piano bar offers an encyclopedic cocktail list curated by mixology experts.
Houston St 1 B9
NuBlu
62 Ave C Alphabet City
Hole-in-the-wall for music from around the world.Delancey/Essex FM JZ D9
Showmans
375 W 125th St Harlem
Despite the two-drink minimum, this legendary venue for jazz in the heart of historic Harlem beats all its heavy-hitting competition.
125 St - A B C D B0
Shrine Auditorium
2271 A.C. Powell Jr. Blvd Harlem
Mixing Afro-beats, calypso and roots-reggae, with jazz and funk performances. - 135 St 23 B0
Small’s
183 West 10th St West Village - A temple to jazz where musicians come to hone their skills and expose their prowess.
Christopher St 1 B8