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Rank 286. Sugar Monk
Cocktail Bar
A Harlem cocktail bar run by artists, which explains why the drinks feel less like menu items and more like installation pieces. The house forager supplies wild edible plants that become bitters, liqueurs, and amari made in-house, so what ends up in your glass has a provenance most bars can't claim. The room is cozy and unhurried, and the crowd tends to treat the cocktail list the way other people treat gallery notes.
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- The Pinnacle Guide The Pinnacle Guide: 1 Pin
- The Infatuation The Infatuation: The Best Cocktail Bars in NYC
- The 50 The 50: The 50 Discovery
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Rank 286. Sunny's Bar
Tchotchke-Filled Dive Bar
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A seasonal rooftop pool a few blocks from Columbia University is not something you expect from a hotel on 126th Street, which is part of the point. The George sits in a former industrial stretch of Harlem that's been pulled into the present without losing its bones. Rooms run compact and modern, the outdoor lounge leans chic without trying too hard, and the Broadway line is close enough to make Midtown feel like a minor inconvenience.
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Rank 361. Gage & Tollner
Steakhouse
Vintage mirrors, cherry wood, and brass gas chandeliers give this Downtown Brooklyn steakhouse an amber glow that makes every Tuesday feel like an occasion. The kitchen draws on the legacy of Edna Lewis, who ran it in the late eighties, so fried chicken and crab cakes share the menu with dry-aged prime beef. Dessert gets taken seriously, which a baked Alaska deserves. It has a spot on the World's Best Steak Restaurants list.
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- World's 101 Best World's 101 Best: #84 · World's Best Steak Restaurants
- Esquire Esquire: Turf Club · The Best Martinis in America
- James Beard Awards James Beard Awards: 2022 · Nominee · Outstanding Pastry Chef · Caroline Schiff
- World's 101 Best #84 · World's Best Steak Restaurants
- Esquire Turf Club · The Best Martinis in America
- James Beard Awards 2022 · Nominee · Outstanding Pastry Chef · Caroline Schiff
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- VinePair Bartender of the Year · The Next Wave Awards · Patty Dennison
- Time Out #15 · The 30 best bars in NYC right now
- Difford's Guide Difford's Guide
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Rank 361. Le B.
French
Sapphire velvet banquettes and jacketed servers signal exactly what this is: a fine dining room where Angie Mar fuses classic French technique with her Chinese heritage in a Greenwich Village townhouse that glitters like a jewel box. The cooking leans rich and saucy, the way haute French is supposed to, and a tasting menu is available for those who want the full ceremony. James Beard semifinalist, 2026.
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- Esquire Esquire: Bemelman at the Ritz · The Best Martinis in America
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Restaurant
- James Beard Awards James Beard Awards: 2026 · Semifinalist · Best Chef: New York State · Angie Mar
- Esquire Bemelman at the Ritz · The Best Martinis in America
- Michelin Guide Selected Restaurant
- James Beard Awards 2026 · Semifinalist · Best Chef: New York State · Angie Mar
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Rank 361. NARO
Korean
The name comes from South Korea's first carrier rocket, which tells you something about the ambitions in the room. Naro is a fine dining Korean restaurant in Rockefeller Center from the team behind Atomix, and where that room chases reinvention, this one returns to classics. The New York Times gave it three stars. Order the Dongji Martini, which made Esquire's list of the best martinis in the country, and let the evening unfold slowly.
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- Esquire Dongji Martini · The Best Martinis in America
- The New York Times 2023 · 3 stars, Critic's Pick · Restaurant Review
- The 50 The 50 Discovery
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Rank 361. Oiji Mi
Modern Korean
A five-course prix fixe of modern Korean cooking in a sleek Flatiron room where the staff outnumbers the guests by a comfortable margin. The chef takes a restrained approach to bold flavors, which sounds like a contradiction until you're eating it. The cocktail program is sharp enough to earn its own following. Michelin awarded it a star, and the James Beard Foundation named the chef a 2025 semifinalist for Best Chef: New York State.
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- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: 1 Star
- Esquire Esquire: Martini Royale · The Best Martinis in America
- Esquire Esquire: The Best New Restaurants in America
- Michelin Guide 1 Star
- Esquire Martini Royale · The Best Martinis in America
- Esquire The Best New Restaurants in America
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Rank 361. Sauced
Natural Wine Bar
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- Time Out #23 · The 30 best bars in NYC right now
- Roadbook The Best Restaurants and Bars in Williamsburg
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Rank 361. Whoopsie Daisy
Wine Bar
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Rank 384. Bar Americano
Wine Bar
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- The Infatuation The Infatuation: The Best Bars In Greenpoint
- Spirited Awards Spirited Awards: 2025 · Regional Top 10 Honoree · Best U.S. Cocktail Bar – U.S. East
- Difford's Guide Difford's Guide: Difford's Guide
- The Infatuation The Best Bars In Greenpoint
- Spirited Awards 2025 · Regional Top 10 Honoree · Best U.S. Cocktail Bar – U.S. East
- Difford's Guide Difford's Guide
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- James Beard Awards James Beard Awards: 2023 · Semifinalist · Outstanding Bar
- Time Out Time Out: #30 · The 30 best bars in NYC right now
- James Beard Awards 2023 · Semifinalist · Outstanding Bar
- Time Out #30 · The 30 best bars in NYC right now
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Rank 384. Temple Bar
Italian Cocktail Bar
Oak paneling, cherrywood bar, velvet seating, heavy curtains: Temple Bar is a cocktail bar that looks like the lounge of a grand hotel, minus the fusty clientele. The crowd skews professional and thirty-something, the lighting is low, and the drinks lean classic with an Italian tilt. A Sgroppino sits alongside a Ward Eight and an Espresso Martini, which is a menu that knows its history without being smug about it.
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- Difford's Guide Difford's Guide: 3.5 stars · Difford's Guide
- The 50 The 50: The 50 Discovery
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Rank 384. The Raines Law Room
Intimate Speakeasy
You ring an unmarked bell on an unmarked door below street level, and that's the whole game announced before you've ordered a drink. Inside, this cocktail bar in Chelsea is all deep armchairs, shaded lamps, a fireplace, and curtained alcoves fitted with a buzzer to summon your server when you're ready. It's a speakeasy setup done without irony, and the room is quiet enough that people actually talk to each other.
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- Difford's Guide Difford's Guide: 4.5 stars · Difford's Guide
- Spirited Awards Spirited Awards: 2026 · Top 10 Nominee · Best U.S. Hotel Bar
- Spirited Awards Spirited Awards: 2024 · Top 10 Nominee · Best U.S. Hotel Bar
- Difford's Guide 4.5 stars · Difford's Guide
- Spirited Awards 2026 · Top 10 Nominee · Best U.S. Hotel Bar
- Spirited Awards 2024 · Top 10 Nominee · Best U.S. Hotel Bar
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A boutique hotel in SoHo where the design story matters as much as the thread count. The team behind it worked with Danish studio Space Copenhagen to land somewhere between spare and warm, a look closer to Copenhagen than to the gilded-lobby tradition of New York luxury. They call their approach "conscious hospitality," which translates to charitable revenue-sharing rather than just a recycling card on your pillow. Quiet, considered, and not trying to impress anyone who needs impressing.
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- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Hotels
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