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Rusty Knot

Overlooking the Hudson River, the Rusty Knot is a nouveau dive-cum-tiki hut with stylishly outdated linoleum floors, bamboo bars, pleather lounge chairs and a solid menu of tropical drinks guaranteed to…

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Del Posto

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…

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Betony

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,…

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Lafayette

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…

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Momofuku Ssäm Bar

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…

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Balthazar

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…