The Best Cocktail Bars in New York
With the most cutting-edge cocktail scene in the world, we uncover some of the best underground cocktail bars in New York right now.
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Death & Co. Death & Co. is the maverick of New York’s cocktail scene and is considered to be the mecca for the world’s serious cocktail aficionados. Inside, Death & Co. exudes an urban sensuality with its dark-and-moody, contemporary yet sophisticated atmosphere. It’s dark. It’s dimly lit. It's expertly crafted cocktails takes mixology to the next level. Head bartender Thomas Waugh and his team create some of the most inventive, luscious and perfectly mixed cocktails in the world.
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Milk & Honey Having been described as “the speakeasiest of them all”, Milk & Honey is renowned as being one of the world’s best cocktail bars. It's philosophy is to create a sophisticated, relaxed and intimate environment to savour perfectly crafted cocktails. And exquisite cocktails they are, where every drink is individually crafted by one of Milk & Honey’s resident mixologists (bartenders) based entirely upon your preferences, tastes and mood (with no menu in sight).
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Employees Only As one of New York’s great cocktail bar institutions, Employees Only still makes some of the best classic cocktails in town. The atmosphere is vibrant and fun, with dimly-lit interiors and intimate spaces to settle in for a few luscious cocktails. In a novel twist, interiors are modeled with a unique railroad car theme, with pressed-tin ceilings, overhead luggage racks, and white coat-wearing bartenders with handlebar mustaches which all adds to the ambience.
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Please Don't Tell (PDT) Have you ever had to walk into a deep-fried hot dog shop, step into a wooden phone booth, pick up the phone and hope that someone inside picks up and has some spare space to seat you (difficult), and then hope and pray that the secret phone booth door will open to reveal a small intimate private cocktail bar that you can run inside before the door slides shut again? The hidden speakeasy, PDT, requires one to go beyond the call of duty in the name of experiencing a great cocktail
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