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This bar’s sliding ton of a door could stave off a battering ram. But if LOX looks like a prison from the outside, it’s also one you’d like to break into. Tables for two near the entrance can be the site of homemade, perfectly greasy bar grub; an off-to-the-side nook of sleek benches is just your place for secret-recipe Hammer martinis. Although the tile floor only hosts dancing during private parties, the backyard is worth tunneling into with a toothbrush knife all week. It has a landscaped terrace, a nifty bench wrapping around a tree, an impressive wall of graffiti, and a cobblestone yard graced by a giant BBQ grill. Do we like it? Guilty as charged! — Elizabeth Cline