Best Cocktail Bars in Manhattan
The 10 best cocktail bars in Manhattan, from the East Village room that started the craft renaissance to a 64th-floor skyline perch.
- 1East Village · 433 E 6th St
The East Village room that opened in 2006 and is widely credited with sparking America's modern craft-cocktail movement. It still runs nightly with a menu deep enough to intimidate and a bar team that treats every order like a test they intend to pass.
No bar in New York has shaped how the rest of the country drinks quite like this one, and two decades in it still earns that reputation nightly.
Order Oaxaca Old Fashioned
There is no weekend shortcut; put your name in early, or aim for a weeknight right at the 6pm open to walk straight in.
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