NOTE: For an update version of the list, click here.
Hello, friends. Since I first posted the list of top New York cocktail bars in November, there have been a few additions.
And, Booker and Dax, the semi-new bar at Momofuko Ssäm, and the Bar Downstairs at the Andaz Hotel have been elevated to the top five.
Both bars are trending in creating art via bitters on egg-whites. One of the bartenders at Booker and Dax is particularly gifted. He drew a motorcycle and a pretty snowflake design (not pictured) for CM when she ordered two rounds of the Mustachi-ode. The secret seems to be using a chopstick-size wooden stick to draw a design from one or several well-placed drops.
This is not what put them on the top five; the drinks taste as gorgeous as they look. At both, the staff is friendly and quick with tutorials, though there is a different style in each venue. Booker and Dax is all about technique and science--liquid nitrogen cools the glasses, hot pokers caramelize the winter drinks, and house-made extracts abound--CM and I tasted a horseradish tincture. The Bar downstairs is open, and warm, and you can find a seat at the bar on a Friday night, which is a wonderful rarity! The mixology is also top-notch.
Before we move on to the list, this month's cause is the Brooklyn Botanic Garden because the park is a beautiful haven in Brooklyn and because they have wonderful research and community programs that support the health of both people and plants--edible and otherwise. I became a member today!
THE LIST: Top New York City Cocktails
(A collaborative project between Urban Gastronomy and the members of the New York Cocktail Club)
Manhattan
Great cocktails and classic speakeasy standards
Hello, friends. Since I first posted the list of top New York cocktail bars in November, there have been a few additions.
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| Mustachi-ode at Booker and Dax (Photo by CM) |
This is not what put them on the top five; the drinks taste as gorgeous as they look. At both, the staff is friendly and quick with tutorials, though there is a different style in each venue. Booker and Dax is all about technique and science--liquid nitrogen cools the glasses, hot pokers caramelize the winter drinks, and house-made extracts abound--CM and I tasted a horseradish tincture. The Bar downstairs is open, and warm, and you can find a seat at the bar on a Friday night, which is a wonderful rarity! The mixology is also top-notch.
Before we move on to the list, this month's cause is the Brooklyn Botanic Garden because the park is a beautiful haven in Brooklyn and because they have wonderful research and community programs that support the health of both people and plants--edible and otherwise. I became a member today!
THE LIST: Top New York City Cocktails
(A collaborative project between Urban Gastronomy and the members of the New York Cocktail Club)
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| Whiskey Sour Art at the Bar Downstairs |
Top Five NYC Cocktail Spots
- The Bar Downstairs (Andaz Hotel, 5th Ave. and 42nd St.)
- Booker and Dax (13th St. and 2nd Ave.)
- Mayahuel (304 East 6th St.)
- Pegu Club (77 West Houston)
- Raines Law Room (48 West 17th St.)
Manhattan
Great cocktails and classic speakeasy standards
- Amor y Amargo (443 E 6th St.)
- Angel's Share (6 Stuyvesant St.)
- Bar Pleiades (The Surrey Hotel, 20 East 76th St.)
- Bathtub Gin (132 9th Ave.)
- Cienfuegos (95 Avenue A)
- Death + Company (433 East 6th St.)
- Employees Only (510 Hudson St.)
- Flatiron Lounge (37 West 19th St.)
- Goat Town (511 East 5th St.)
- Lani Kai (525 Broome St.)
- The Lantern's Keep (The Iroquois Hotel, 49 West 44th St.)
- Little Branch (22 7th Ave. South)
- Macao Trading Company (311 Church St.)
- Milk and Honey (134 Eldridge St.)
- Mother's Ruin (18 Spring St.)
- PDT (113 St. Marks)
- Red Rooster (310 Lenox Ave.)
- The Rum House (Edison Hotel, 228 W. 47th St.)
- Weather Up (159 Duane St.)
- 67 Orange Street (2082 Frederick Douglass Blvd.)
Yet to be tried
Notes: Recently, LP and I tried Saxon & Parole and the cocktails weren't quite list-worthy, though I would like to try it again. We also went into Madame Geneva, and the staff was inhospitable, so we didn't stay for drinks. It's been removed from the list.
Brooklyn
- Clover Club (210 Smith St.)
- Dram (177 South 4 St.)
- Quarter (5th Ave. and 20th St.)
- Dutch Kills (27-24 Jackson Ave.)
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| The red hot poker came out at Booker and Dax a few weeks ago, but is probably now put away for the season. (Photo by CM) |
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