Kettle of Fish
Going strong since the 1950s, Kettle of Fish is a West Village dive as famous for its Beat Generation regulars—Kerouac and Ginsburg, most notably—as well as the 1960s musicians who…
- story: Leslie Pariseau
Going strong since the 1950s, Kettle of Fish is a West Village dive as famous for its Beat Generation regulars—Kerouac and Ginsburg, most notably—as well as the 1960s musicians who…
Overlooking the Hudson River, the Rusty Knot is a nouveau dive-cum-tiki hut with stylishly outdated linoleum floors, bamboo bars, pleather lounge chairs and a solid menu of tropical drinks guaranteed to…
This grand shrine to high-concept Italian cooking houses an equally, and unexpectedly, grand bar that executes all of the classics with subtle elegance. And while a four-star restaurant might not be the…
The drinks at this semi-stuffy midtown joint are as progressive as the tiny, avant-garde bites appearing from the kitchen. Nothing is what it appears, so don't expect the usual glassware,…
Perhaps the best way to get a seat at Le Bernardin—without blowing a fortune and waiting weeks for a reservation—is to show up early or late and grab a seat…
Andrew Carmellini's restaurant group has done a tremendous job of tailoring the cocktails to each restaurant's ethos and palette of ingredients. This includes the elegant drinks at Lafayette, which employ under-utilized…
Cocktail menus within the Momofuku empire tend toward equal parts classic, almost-classic and brand-new, deploying everything from scotch to sherry to Asian ingredients—like yuzu, shichimi and shiso—with finesse. Since the days when madman-genius Don Lee…
Manhattan was once awash in neighborhood pubs, crappy booze dens and dives of unmentionable grit and grime. But with the last decade's real estate boom, the grounds upon which these watering…
Perhaps the most iconic of all the city's modern restaurants, Balthazar represents a blend of grandiosity, nonchalance and timeworn detail that feels as New York as the Empire State Building. And…
More and more the meaning of "restaurant" is changing to include fully-evolved drinks programs. In today's Manhattan it's easier than ever to find a glass of something good to go with…