Home to 1) a ton of great cocktails laid out on a very cool cocktails matrix, 2) a Tales of the Cocktails best bartender winner of 2012, and 3) one of the best Chartreuse collections in the city.
Home to clarifiers, centrifuges, flaming pokers, and other cocktail wizardry that you'll realize isn't just for show as soon as you settle down with a few of them.
A totally relaxed atmosphere and a set of delicious eats contribute to the enjoyment of some excellent cocktails here. They take their preparation very seriously...
With room for just a couple seats, this bitters-centric outpost can be both enjoyable and educational if you're not yet versed in the ways of bitters, amaros, and the like.
Hidden behind a telephone booth in the subterranean late-night spot Crif Dogs, PDT is helmed by cocktail hero Jim Meehan, whose team mixes up reliably excellent concoctions.
A constant innovator, this spot is home to more than a few modern classics. Difficult at times to squeeze past the door, worth it when you make it into the dimly lit spot for mixological excellence.
This multi-level Gangs Of New York-era'd tap room, parlor, and grocery brought over one of the UK's top talents to tend a tome-like menu. It's been raking in Best of the Year awards ever since.
Superbly made drinks created by a team from the Milk & Honey family, an intimate setting complete with a piano, and it's underground.
once was Milk & Honey is now in the hands of Sasha Petraske students Sam Ross and Michael McIlroy
Essential Cocktail: The Boulevardier, with bourbon, Campari, and sweet vermouth. A throwback classic done expertly.
Essential Cocktail: The Louie Louie. It mixes rye, amaretto, lemon juice, and egg white for a Winter-ready flip, garnished with nutmeg.
Essential Cocktail:The Scallywag. Caribbean-inspired blend of overproof Smith & Cross rum, fruit juices, house-made almond syrup, with a dose of Scotch and bitters and served in a Collins-style glass.
KCB&S is the spot where the first-ever Bloody Mary was served (though back in the '30s, it was known as the 'Red Snapper'). Essential Cocktail: The Bloody Mary
Essential Cocktail: The Betty Draper, a ready-for-Winter, gin-and-calvados special with Sherry, celery juice, apple bitters
Essential Cocktail: The Tonka Bean Manhattan, an esoteric riff on the classic, using a hard-to-find South American pod that gives the drink almost unreal vanilla, almond, and spice notes.
Essential Cocktail: The Golden Cadillac (duh!), a glorious concoction of Galliano, coconut cream, creme de cacao, and orange bitters.
Essential Cocktail: The Just for Angus. It puts a Latin-spin on the Manhattan, with Don Esteban Cacao Liqueur adding a subtle chocolate note to the classic.
