Sure, you could ring in your next birthday in a dark, candlelit bar, or you could sip frozen plantain slushies in the sun-drenched Loosie’s Kitchen. Oh, and there’s fried chicken. Read more.
It’s a known fact: Momofuku Milk Bar makes the tastiest birthday cake in all of NYC. Grab your best friends and head to the Williamsburg cooking classroom to learn to make your own. Read more.
The milkshakes at OddFellows are an amazing treat on their own. But for your birthday, you can rent out the entire store for two hours, bring your own alcohol and concoct boozy ice cream creations. Read more.
OK, we know you haven’t been bowling since your sixth-grade birthday party. But Frames, a hidden spot below Port Authority, has traded pizza and smelly shoes for truffle flatbread and Champagne. Read more.
Birthday dinners are overrated. Get your meal and drinks served to you at Nitehawk Cinema while you swoon over Ryan Gosling in the midnight screening of Drive on June 24. Read more.
Jump up onstage at Arlene’s Grocery, where you can sing rock hits accompanied by a live band and backup dancers. Look out, Beyoncé. Read more.
Head to Rockaway Beach with a few adventurous buddies for a beachside surf lesson with Locals Surf School. Read more.
For when you just can't have another cranberry vodka. Let the expert mixologists at Apothéke Academy teach you a few of the classics, like the Sazerac, French 75 and old-fashioned. Read more.
The only thing better than watching the sun set over the Hudson? Watching the sun set over the Hudson while playing 18 holes at Pier 25…then going next door for oysters at Grand Banks. Read more.