One of our fav cocktails of the year is the Radler, a frothy mix of Belgian wheat beer, limes, and a bracing shot of pineapple-infused aquavit. Featured in Where to Eat 2011! Read more.
Besides great views, The Standard hotel also has NY's hippest beer garden. The menu, designed by Michelin-starred chef Kurt Gutenbrunner, includes fat, flavor-packed sausages and plus-size pretzels. Read more.
Get a 34-ounce “personal” pitcher of Bud, Bud Light or Yuengling for $7 from noon to 8pm daily. Read more.
Relive your college glory days during the faux chalet’s 2–7pm happy hour, when $2 cans of PBR and Natty Light lure in a frat-tastic crowd. Read more.
the 90+ year-old SoHo institution cracks its first beer (mostly American, 12 on tap, 18 by the bottle) at 8 am every day except Sunday, when the Lord is honored with a noon opening & free bagels. Read more.
You'd best dress up -- way, way up -- to the lofty Standard of room-runner Kamil Parchomienko if you want past the curtain. Drop Kamil's name with caution, cause he's no dummy. [BlackBook] Read more.
Stunning views, but the hotel just announced that this fall, they're allowing private guests only. Stop by before 10pm on summer evenings while the club is still "public." Read more.
The topic of conversation at this friendly, no-frills pub often revolves around the tunes coming from the jukebox. So choose wisely—not that you can really go wrong; the indie-rock selection is solid. Read more.
The jukebox here leans heavily toward hard-hitting, headbanging cuts. On Sundays, you can play whatever seedy songs you fancy for free. Play this: 59-03, the Cramps, “Rockin Bones.” Read more.
This bar has a designated jukebox stool so you don’t throw your back out while choosing from its varied but consistently cool selections by the likes of Wire, Dinosaur Jr. and the Dead Boys. Read more.
This spot serves more than 70 bourbons and whiskeys (including Utah’s High West Rocky Mountain rye). Our favorite drink is the citrusy punch amped up with chai-infused Wild Turkey and Batavia Arrack ( Read more.
Try the sherry cobbler. Bar mgr Dan Greenbaum adds raspberries muddled w/ a wedge of lemon & a splash of simple syrup to Lustau Dry Amontillado sherry. It’s one of our #100best dishes & drinks of 2011 Read more.
More than 50 beers by the bottle and 28 on tap. Craft, imported, Trappist. Don't bother asking for Bud Light here. Read more.
Enjoy low lights and beautiful cocktails on any given weekday night at Attaboy on the Lower East Side. Instead of offering a menu, bartenders create drinks based on a customer's tastes. Read more.