Esquire's Best Bars in New York, 2013
Tooker Alley is one of Esquire's Best Bars in New York, 2013.

1. Tooker Alley

9.0
793 Washington Ave (at Lincoln Pl), Brooklyn, NY
Bar à cocktail · Prospect Heights · 83 conseils et avis

Alex M.Alex Mizrahi: "Even more low-key, and in Prospect Heights, Brooklyn, which is comfortable, restrained, and quietly eccentric. Jazz in the background, a few excellent cocktails...and Del Pedro behind the bar..." En savoir plus .

Grand Central Oyster Bar is one of Esquire's Best Bars in New York, 2013.

2. Grand Central Oyster Bar

7.5
89 E 42nd St (Grand Central Terminal), New York, NY
Restaurant de fruits de mer · Midtown East · 403 conseils et avis

Alex M.Alex Mizrahi: "Thank God the developers haven't yet discovered the Saloon in the basement of Grand Central Station. It's hiding behind the Oyster Bar -- don't tell anyone." En savoir plus .

The Rose Bar is one of Esquire's Best Bars in New York, 2013.

3. The Rose Bar

New York (Lexington Ave Between 21st and 22nd St), New York, NY
Discothèque · Gramercy Park · 127 conseils et avis

Alex M.Alex Mizrahi: "A lot of people hate the Rose Bar at the Gramercy Park Hotel. It's expensive, the decor is contrived, you have to make a reservation to get in after 9:00 p.m. What detractors fail to appreciate..." En savoir plus .

The Dead Rabbit is one of Esquire's Best Bars in New York, 2013.

4. The Dead Rabbit

9.2
30 Water St (btwn Broad St & Coenties Slip), New York, NY
Bar à cocktail · Financial District · 485 conseils et avis

Alex M.Alex Mizrahi: "situated in a 185-year-old building at the southern tip of Manhattan. The Dead Rabbit is not low-key; it's insane—so geeky and so history-obsessed that by all rights it should be an impossible..." En savoir plus .

The Brooklyn Inn is one of Esquire's Best Bars in New York, 2013.

5. The Brooklyn Inn

8.8
148 Hoyt St (at Bergen St), Brooklyn, NY
Bar · Boerum Hill · 113 conseils et avis

Alex M.Alex Mizrahi: "If they gentrified the old brick section of heaven, the Brooklyn Inn would be the neighborhood bar." En savoir plus .

The Beagle is one of Esquire's Best Bars in New York, 2013.

6. The Beagle

162 Avenue A (at E 10th St), New York, NY
Bar à cocktail · Alphabet City · 65 conseils et avis

Alex M.Alex Mizrahi: "Trim, neat, and exceptionally friendly, this well-liked establishment has a small but useful dinner menu, a reasonably priced wine list with an excellent array of sherries, and—the reason it's..." En savoir plus .

The NoMad Hotel is one of Esquire's Best Bars in New York, 2013.

7. The NoMad Hotel

1170 Broadway (at W 28th St), New York, NY
Hôtel · NoMad · 94 conseils et avis

Alex M.Alex Mizrahi: "New York hotels used to be famous for their bars—elegant places where the chemists behind the stick took pride in their mastery. That changed. In recent decades, they've become overdecorated..." En savoir plus .

Keens Steakhouse is one of Esquire's Best Bars in New York, 2013.

8. Keens Steakhouse

9.1
72 W 36th St (btwn 5th & 6th Ave), New York, NY
Restaurant-grill · Koreatown · 482 conseils et avis

Alex M.Alex Mizrahi: "It has been there since the 1870s and has the memorabilia to prove it. And if you don't like to read, they also carry about 200-odd single malts." En savoir plus .

Angel’s Share is one of Esquire's Best Bars in New York, 2013.

9. Angel’s Share

8 Stuyvesant St (at E 9th St & 3rd Ave), New York, NY
Bar clandestin · East Village · 493 conseils et avis

Alex M.Alex Mizrahi: "This isolated cocktail bar is attached to a Japanese restaurant but entirely separate from it. It's dark and quiet and has an impressive selection of whiskeys. They don't seat groups larger than..." En savoir plus .

Swift Hibernian Lounge is one of Esquire's Best Bars in New York, 2013.

10. Swift Hibernian Lounge

8.5
34 E 4th St (btwn Bowery & Lafayette St), New York, NY
Pub · NoHo · 163 conseils et avis

Alex M.Alex Mizrahi: "A few shelves of Irish whiskeys, one of the better pints of Guinness in the city, friendly but not naive bartenders, addictive sliders, various dark, churchy seating areas, and a good crowd..." En savoir plus .

Spuyten Duyvil is one of Esquire's Best Bars in New York, 2013.

11. Spuyten Duyvil

8.5
359 Metropolitan Ave (at Havemeyer St), Brooklyn, NY
Café en plein air · Williamsburg · 177 conseils et avis

Alex M.Alex Mizrahi: "A half dozen carefully selected drafts. One rotating cask ale, always fresh. Belgian beers divided into Flemish, Wallonian, and lambic styles. Cheese and charcuterie on a cutting board. There's..." En savoir plus .

Radegast Hall & Biergarten is one of Esquire's Best Bars in New York, 2013.

12. Radegast Hall & Biergarten

9.0
113 N 3rd St (at Berry St), Brooklyn, NY
Café en plein air · Williamsburg · 481 conseils et avis

Alex M.Alex Mizrahi: "The world has seen no stranger political entity than the Austro-Hungarian Empire, which united at least ten different nationalities who cordially hated one another and agreed on one thing and one..." En savoir plus .

Pouring Ribbons is one of Esquire's Best Bars in New York, 2013.

13. Pouring Ribbons

225 Avenue B Fl 2 (btwn 13th & 14th St), New York, NY
Bar à cocktail · Alphabet City · 180 conseils et avis

Alex M.Alex Mizrahi: "Pouring Ribbons, in a rather unlikely upstairs space in the deep East Village, is a paradise for the unashamed cocktail geek: spectacularly sophisticated, adventurous modern drinks in the classic..." En savoir plus .

Pegu Club is one of Esquire's Best Bars in New York, 2013.

14. Pegu Club

77 W Houston St (at W Broadway), New York, NY
Bar à cocktail · Greenwich Village · 303 conseils et avis

Alex M.Alex Mizrahi: "From 1800 until approximately the Nixon era, it was universally acknowledged that the best bars in the world were found in New York hotels--the old Waldorf-Astoria, the Metropolitan, the New York..." En savoir plus .

PDT (Please Don't Tell) is one of Esquire's Best Bars in New York, 2013.

15. PDT (Please Don't Tell)

8.4
113 Saint Marks Pl (btwn 1st Ave & Avenue A), New York, NY
Bar clandestin · East Village · 439 conseils et avis

Alex M.Alex Mizrahi: "Once you get past the slightly gimmicky name (PDT = Please Don’t Tell) and the more than slightly gimmicky phone-booth entrance, this cocktail bar that requires table reservations is the epitome..." En savoir plus .

P.J. Clarke's is one of Esquire's Best Bars in New York, 2013.

16. P.J. Clarke's

8.7
915 3rd Ave (at E 55th St), New York, NY
Pub · Midtown East · 316 conseils et avis

Alex M.Alex Mizrahi: "First time I went to P.J. Clarke's, oh, hell, a few years ago now, I was drunk at the bar with a bunch of friends and we turned to watch this old dude with a golden cigar tube poking out of his..." En savoir plus .

Nancy Whiskey Pub is one of Esquire's Best Bars in New York, 2013.

17. Nancy Whiskey Pub

7.5
1 Lispenard St (at W Broadway), New York, NY
Rade · Tribeca · 100 conseils et avis

Alex M.Alex Mizrahi: "Lower Manhattan once had dozens of bars like this--gruff joints where you could sink a couple of beers and a whiskey or two alongside the regulars without fear of harassment as long as you kept..." En savoir plus .

Minetta Tavern is one of Esquire's Best Bars in New York, 2013.

18. Minetta Tavern

8.6
113 Macdougal St (at Minetta Ln), New York, NY
Restaurant américain · Greenwich Village · 621 conseils et avis

Alex M.Alex Mizrahi: "The streets outside Minetta Tavern are crawling with NYU students, but they never go in this former speakeasy in the heart of Greenwich Village. Probably because it's too old, too comfortable, too.." En savoir plus .

Little Branch is one of Esquire's Best Bars in New York, 2013.

19. Little Branch

8.8
20 7th Ave S (at Leroy St), New York, NY
Bar clandestin · West Village · 336 conseils et avis

Alex M.Alex Mizrahi: "Used to be, a nightclub was a dark, smoky place where well-dressed people sipped well-made drinks and made clever, well-educated chitchat while a hot Cuban band played rumbas. Little Branch does..." En savoir plus .

Julius' is one of Esquire's Best Bars in New York, 2013.

20. Julius'

8.5
159 W 10th St (at Waverly Pl), New York, NY
Bar gay · West Village · 55 conseils et avis

Alex M.Alex Mizrahi: "Sure, it's a gay bar, but this dingy, loose-hinged old survivor is still more masculine than 90 percent of the straight bars in America. If Eugene O'Neill and Tennessee Williams were drinking..." En savoir plus .

Jimmy's Corner is one of Esquire's Best Bars in New York, 2013.

21. Jimmy's Corner

7.9
140 W 44th St (btwn 6th & 7th Ave.), New York, NY
Rade · Theater District · 181 conseils et avis

Alex M.Alex Mizrahi: This place is a classic, impossibly narrow New York bar and one of the few places that remain from pretransformation Times Square. Boxing posters and Christmas lights: a perfect place." En savoir plus .

Grassroots Tavern is one of Esquire's Best Bars in New York, 2013.

22. Grassroots Tavern

20 Saint Marks Pl (btwn 2nd & 3rd Ave), New York, NY
Bar · East Village · 60 conseils et avis

Alex M.Alex Mizrahi: "Nobody knows Grassroots is there, but it's always full. Three reasons: beer, darts, conversation. And enough gloom to keep the NYU students from making it a 'college bar.'" En savoir plus .

Freddy's Bar is one of Esquire's Best Bars in New York, 2013.

23. Freddy's Bar

7.9
627 5th Ave (btwn 17th & 18th St), Brooklyn, NY
Pub · Greenwood Heights · 76 conseils et avis

Alex M.Alex Mizrahi: "...where the taps work, and there's more than one grade of booze. By local standards, that makes it a palace--although if it were a real palace, its own inhabitants would be plotting its overthrow." En savoir plus .

Flatiron Lounge is one of Esquire's Best Bars in New York, 2013.

24. Flatiron Lounge

37 W 19th St (btwn 5th & 6th St), New York, NY
Bar à cocktail · Flatiron District · 145 conseils et avis

Alex M.Alex Mizrahi: "Go for the cocktails -- we like the manhattan. They're some of the very best in the country." En savoir plus .

Clover Club is one of Esquire's Best Bars in New York, 2013.

25. Clover Club

9.2
210 Smith St (btwn Baltic & Butler St), Brooklyn, NY
Bar à cocktail · Boerum Hill · 369 conseils et avis

Alex M.Alex Mizrahi: "With Clover Club, the modern cocktail bar enters its next generation, the one that does everything good the previous one did, but without waving its arms around and shouting 'Hey, lookit me!'..." En savoir plus .

Brandy Library is one of Esquire's Best Bars in New York, 2013.

26. Brandy Library

8.9
25 N Moore St (at Varick), New York, NY
Bar à whisky · Tribeca · 170 conseils et avis

Alex M.Alex Mizrahi: "The name is accurate, as far as it goes: There are indeed many, many cognacs, Armagnacs, brandies de Jerez, and other fine grape and fruit distillates, all ranked on shelves like so many..." En savoir plus .

Booker and Dax at Ssäm is one of Esquire's Best Bars in New York, 2013.

27. Booker and Dax at Ssäm

207 2nd Ave (at E 13th St), New York, NY
Bar à cocktail · East Village · 150 conseils et avis

Alex M.Alex Mizrahi: "Also in the East Village, it harnesses the power of lab science in the interest of intoxication, deploying processes such as pressure infusion, vacuum distillation, centrifuge separation..." En savoir plus .

Bohemian Hall & Beer Garden is one of Esquire's Best Bars in New York, 2013.

28. Bohemian Hall & Beer Garden

8.6
29-19 24th Ave (btwn 29th & 31st St), Astoria, NY
Café en plein air · Astoria · 246 conseils et avis

Alex M.Alex Mizrahi: "Attached to this little bar--manned by a bartender so closemouthed that some think he's kidding--is a high stone wall surrounding half an acre of gravel punctuated by rows of century-old trees..." En savoir plus .

Bill’s New York City is one of Esquire's Best Bars in New York, 2013.

29. Bill’s New York City

57 E 54th St (btwn Park & Madison Ave.), New York, NY
Bar · Midtown East · 20 conseils et avis

Alex M.Alex Mizrahi: "It's a former speakeasy where you still feel as though you're getting away with something. Even in midtown." En savoir plus .

Bemelmans Bar is one of Esquire's Best Bars in New York, 2013.

30. Bemelmans Bar

9.0
35 E 76th St (at Madison Ave), New York, NY
Bar d'hôtel · Upper East Side · 130 conseils et avis

Alex M.Alex Mizrahi: "Ten or fifteen years ago, it was hard to get a decent drink in New York, particularly if you wanted anything other than a martini. Back then, my wife and I, unburdened by offspring or daytime jobs.." En savoir plus .

Barcade is one of Esquire's Best Bars in New York, 2013.

31. Barcade

8.7
388 Union Ave (btwn Ainslie & Powers St), Brooklyn, NY
Bar · East Williamsburg · 321 conseils et avis

Alex M.Alex Mizrahi: "Long before That ‘70s Show was a show, it was, in fact, my life. (Just substitute central Indiana for Wisconsin.) So you can imagine how pleased I was upon the opening of Barcade, a cavernous..." En savoir plus .

Barbès is one of Esquire's Best Bars in New York, 2013.

32. Barbès

8.9
376 9th St (at 6th Ave), Brooklyn, NY
Bar · South Slope · 64 conseils et avis

Alex M.Alex Mizrahi: "This tiny, candle-lit, boho bar and performance space in Park Slope, Brooklyn, is an Anti-Dive. There are competent barmen who know the extensive wine and spirits list, smart conversations, and..." En savoir plus .

21 Club is one of Esquire's Best Bars in New York, 2013.

33. 21 Club

21 W 52nd St (btwn 5th & 6th Ave), New York, NY
Restaurant américain · Midtown East · 129 conseils et avis

Alex M.Alex Mizrahi: "Once you master the dress code and navigate the gantlet of staff members by the door whose sole purpose seems to be to keep the riffraff out by making them--you--feel like an eighth-grader at a..." En savoir plus .