New York City���s drinking options run from rarified boxes of plea-
sure to robust crates of the lowbrow. Across that spectrum are many
great spots.
Here is a list neither exhaustive and scientific nor circumscribed by
an opening date or inclusive of any particular scene. Instead, the
places below seem to get it right: less posing and more pouring, each
of which has a solid claim on a particular atmosphere. H
For...
top notch service
Bemelmans Bar
35 East 76th Street
(212) 744-1600
a beer (or sparkling wine)
with oysters
The John Dory Oyster Bar
1196 Broadway
(212) 792-9000
mezcal (and tequila)
Mayahuel
304 East 6th Street
(212) 253-5888
a scene
The Anchor
310 Spring Street
(212) 463-7406
a subterranean den
The Basement at
Macao Trading Company
311 Church Street
(212) 431-8642
a glass when shopping SoHo
Balthazar
80 Spring Street
(212) 965-1414
coffee (or wine) and cake
Cafe Lalo
201 West 83rd Street
(212) 496-6031
the Mayor���s water
The High Line Drinking Fountains
(212) 206-9922
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