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A thirtysomething Euro crowd convenes at this brownstone bar for watermelon martinis and a Cannes-meets-Miami vibe.

Blandly elegant bi-level lounge catering to Upper West Side DKNYers.

From owner Karl Franz Williams (Society Café) comes a speakeasy-type Harlem bar.

This comfortable vintage bar is home plate for neighborhood old-timers.

A quiet, relaxed and spacious retreat...when the game's not on, that is.

An urban answer to the Wild West with beer pong and a nudie video game.

A self-consciously trashy rock bar with in-it-for-life barmaids.

It’s not the old Night Café, but it’s still worth a nice tip.

There's nary a collegiate cap in sight at this warm, unpretentious Upper East Side lounge.

A sports bar that's equal parts hometown clubhouse and out-of-town fan haven.

Since debuting as a lounge in 1951, this broken-in Irish cornerstone has grown into a comfortable, neighborhood niche in the sleepier stretches of Yorkville.

Pub eats and rugby mix with flavored martinis at this Upper East Side hangout.

This charming Upper East Side pub also houses the Tiny Irish Museum of Bad Art.

New York and California drinkers sometimes share the same simple needs.

A congenial, casual, and (later at night) lively bar off-the-beaten path.

Tangiers meets the Right Bank at this luxe hotel bar on the Upper East Side.

A trattoria-channeling Italian wine bar with over 100 wines by the glass and a futuristic back lounge.

NYC's wildest (but classiest) Upper East Side drinking scene.

A casually sophisticated, traditionally minded wine bar that suggests the vibe of your rich friend’s parents’ pristine kitchen.

A casual lounge with a mini-arcade that prompts impromptu PlayStation tournaments.

A civilized Upper East Side bar to rock out with football, wings and an uncommon selection of beers.

The Carlyle Hotel's bastion of old-fashioned upper-crust New York, with live piano music and Ludwig Bemelmans' famous murals.

The scuffed-up Irish pub bears no signs of surrounding Yorkville.

Why go to New Orleans for Mardi Gras when the Big Easy offers up the same experience on a nightly basis?

A crust of bread, a glass of wine and a 60ish UWS gray wolf in a Lacoste polo shirt.