Good luck getting into Good Units on a party night. Instead sneak around to the right of reception and out into the hotel's garden for sangrias.
Beginning in 1919, this Midtown hotel hosted Algonquin Round Table (or "Vicious Circle") meetings to exchange bon mot. Writers incl. Robert Benchley, Jane Grant, George S. Kaufman, and Dorothy Parker.
Sit (or dance) downstairs for good drinks and yummy burgers or head upstairs ($5 cover) and hear the newest indie rock band perform.
Non-descript, low-key spot w/great drinks & menu that changes seasonally. During Summer: nice outdoor area in back to eat and/or have drinks at. Wed nights: three-piece jazz band.
The best bathroom in the city, free beer while you wait for your table, and mind-blowing food. What's not to like?
Go to Verlaine and order the Lychee Martinis - happy hour till 10pm everyday!
One of our 10 best Manhattan bars- At one of the last vestiges of the Old Bowery, the Pogues get played nightly and the regulars are like family.
