Red Egg

When in search of the perfect dim sum, locals flock to Red Egg in Chinatown for authentic cuisine. However, when the doors of this off-the-radar establishment bid their sated patrons adieu, the... Read More

Union Pool

84 Union Ave., Brooklyn, NY (@ Skillman Ave.)
718.609.0484
www.union-pool.com

Many a Brooklynite has his or her own memento from the old-fashioned photo booth at this divey bar formerly known as A-1 Pool and Pest Supply. Aquatic equipment and design remnants still give the... Read More

Theater Bar

114 Franklin St., New York, NY (@ West Broadway)
212.334.3633
www.yelp.com/theater-bar

It wouldn’t be called Theater Bar without theatrics, and theatrics does this Moulin Rouge-meets-La Vie En Rose “stage” have in spades. Albert Trummer from Apotheke sets a gallant scene with... Read More

Avenue

116 Tenth Ave. New York, NY (West 17th & West 18th Sts.)
212.337.0054
www.avenue-newyork.com

Located on 10th Avenue to be exact, you’ll know it when you see a suited doorman carrying a list. Behind him, the velvet ropes to Noah Tepperberg’s 3,100 square foot supperclub. Come early (doors... Read More

Bedlam

40 Avenue C, New York, NY (3 & 4th Sts.)
212.228.1049
www.bedlamnyc.com

The alarmingly-titled Bedlam bar draws inspiration from London’s infamous psychiatric hospital and a 19th-century gentleman’s club befitted in taxidermy adornments, aged leather-bound books, an... Read More

Black & White

86 East 10th St, New York, NY (@ 3rd Ave)
212.253.0246
www.yelp.com/blackandwhite

For those in the know, Mondays are the nights when guest deejays such as Carlos D of Interpol and actor James Ransone (a.k.a. PJ) have been known to appear behind the turntables spinning classic and... Read More

Church Bar

2 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY (@ Church St)
212.519.6500
www.tribecagrand.com

New York might have made the classic hotel bar famous, but it’s Tribeca Grand’s Church Bar that revolutionized it. Dead center in the hotel’s open triangular atrium, the Church Bar offers an... Read More

Downstairs at Kenmare

98 Kenmare St., New York, NY (Mulberry St. & Cleveland Pl.)
212.274.9898
www.yelp.com/kenmare

Nur Khan and Paul Sevigny’s sterling reputations for creating places people want to be remain untarnished. After a hearty dinner at the restaurant upstairs, head down to Kenmare’s basement for... Read More