Fifty Best Cocktail Bars in New York City
 

 

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Many of the classic cocktails that remain popular to this day were invented in New York City, America's largest metropolis. During the Prohibition, NYC housed over 30,000 speakeasies. So it's only fitting that NYC has the most cocktail bars of any city in the universe. Here's a list of the best in town.


The Fifty Best Cocktail Bars in New York City 2025:

East Village

 

 

Chelsea/Meatpacking District/West Village

 

  • Angel's Share - 45 Grove St (bet. Bleecker & Bedford Sts)
  • Bathtub Gin - 132 Ninth Ave thru the bodega (bet. 18th & 19th Sts)
  • Dear Strangers - 147 W 4th St (bet. 6th Ave & MacDougal St)
  • Employees Only - 510 Hudson St (bet. 10th & Christopher Sts)
  • Katana Kitten - 531 Hudson St (bet. W 10th & Charles Sts)
  • Little Branch - 22 Seventh Ave So (bet. Carmine & Leroy Sts)
  • The Tippler - 425 W 15th St (bet. Ninth & Tenth Aves)

 

Upper Eastside

 

  • Auction House - 300 E 89th St (bet. First & Second Aves)
  • Bemelmans Bar - At the Carlyle Hotel, 35 E 76th St entrance (bet. Madison & Park Aves)
  • Jeremy's - 1652 Second Ave (bet. 85th & 86th Sts)
  • Keys and Heels - 1488 Second Ave (bet. 77th & 78th Sts)
  • The Penrose - 1590 Second Ave (bet. 82nd & 83rd Sts)

 

Midtown East

 

 

Midtown West

 

  • King Cole Bar - At the St. Regis New York, 2 E 55th St, near Fifth Ave
  • La Noxe - Subway station at 315 7th Ave. Entrance at 162 W 28th St (bet. 7th Ave & Ave of the Americas)
  • Lantern's Keep - At the Iroquois Hotel, 49 W 44th St (bet. Fifth Ave & Ave of the Americas)
  • Nothing Really Matters - In the Subway at 210 West 50th St (bet. Seventh & Eighth Aves)
  • The Rum House - At The Edison Hotel, 228 W 47th St (bet. Seventh & Eighth Aves)

 

Flatiron District

 

Lower East Side/Chinatown

 

  • Apothéke - 9 Doyers St (bet. Pell St & Bowery)
  • Attaboy - 134 Eldridge St (bet. Broome & Delancey Sts)
  • Bar Goto - 245 Eldridge St (bet. E Houston & Stanton Sts)
  • Double Chicken Please - 115 Allen St (bet. Rivington & Delancey Sts)
  • Fig. 19 - 131-1/2 Chrystie St (bet. Broome & Delancey Sts)
  • Mulberry Project - 149 Mulberry St (bet. Hester & Grand Sts)
  • The Back Room - 102 Norfolk St (bet. Rivington & Delancey Sts)

 

SoHo/Nolita/Greenwich Village

 

 

TriBeCa

 

  • Brandy Library - 25 North Moore St (bet. Varick & Hudson Sts)
  • Ward 111 - 111 Reade St (bet. W Broadway & Church St)
  • Weather Up - 159 Duane St (bet. W Broadway & Hudson St)

 

Financial District/South Street Seaport

 

 

Harlem

 

 

Brooklyn

 

 

Queens

 

  • Dutch Kills - 27-24 Jackson Ave, LIC (bet. 42nd Road & 43rd Ave)

 

 

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