Bars of New York

The discriminating imbiber’s handbook.

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Published May 17, 2009

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Lifting a glass of something is conviviality in a single gesture. There you are, at your local whatever (bar, tapas stand, speakeasy), halfway to your first sip (of beer, sangria, bourbon). Relaxation is at hand. Work or recession-induced anxiety or love woes don’t matter. read more [+]

Wasting Away in Koreatown And five other bar crawls you’ve never done.
What the Bartender Knows Pickup moves that work, drinks that will get you laughed at, and more.
Beyond Beer Nuts These savory finger foods would even be delicious with water.
We Are the Champions Meet the city’s premier Donkey Kong II player and other ace bar gamers.
The Art of the Door Veteran bouncer Robert Walters on the intricacies of drunken-crowd management.
How Stiff Is Your Margarita? Testing the potency of the quintessential summer cocktail.
Top Shelf Our food writers pick their favorite cocktails of the moment.
Bar-onomics Four experts run the numbers on a make-believe pub in the East Village.

Contributors: Christina Amoroso, Amos Barshad, Joshua M. Bernstein, Kera Bolonik, Mark Byrne, Sean Kennedy, Michael Kruse, Ben Mathis-Lilley, Daniel Maurer, Emma Rosenblum, Chris Rovzar, Mary Kaye Schilling, Joshua David Stein, Benjamin Wallace, Jill Weiskopf, and Jada Yuan.