Via Carota’s sister bar, an all-day Italian café great for espresso, aperitivi, wine, and more.

Classic Chelsea gay bar and lounge, great for big groups and drag shows.

Upscale piano bar in the Carlyle Hotel named after its masterpiece murals by artist Ludwig Bemelmans.

An Italian café with more than a century of history on one of the West Village’s most-visited streets, Macdougal, Dante NYC is credited with playing a major influence in the negroni’s supremacy in the US. The menu ranges from light to heavy, with antipasti and crisp salads to classic pastas, fishes, and meats.

A beautiful Williamsburg bar with inventive mixology and delicious small seafood plates.

A retro-chic institution located in the Hotel Elysee with powerful food, drink, and customers (and almost a hundred years of history).