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A narrow, disco-hued bar with vaguely Mediterranean fare and a pleasant patio in back.

A ceiling of raw oak slats, a wall engraved in cursive, and a large Roy Nachum piece set the scene for this Chelsea bar.

Some people are bound to like 123 Burger Shot Beer: These people should be exiled to spend their lives on permanent spring break in Cancun.

A small hotel bar that's low on trendiness but high on coziness.

Manhattan's golden age creaks on at this classic NYC bar and grill.

Co-owners Evan Frost and Angela Salvatore’s clean-cut cocktail lounge may be the perfect antidote to the LES’s dive overkill.

A Penn Station–area bar that is neither Irish nor middling is a rare thing indeed, but 36 West fits the bill.

A cramped, gimmicky midtown drinkery that suffices as an after-work spot.

A low-key, longstanding Theater District leather bar with an over-30 local crowd.

A seedy dive that serves as a time capsule to the old Times Square.

The Ainsworth is an upmarket sports bar boasting 40 flat-screens, 6,000 square feet, and a mid-thirties crowd.

The dance-hall scene immortalized in the film “Sweet Charity” is back, this time in Spanish.

A three-level postgrad hangout that balances sports-watching, D.J. nights, and Guitar Hero fests with private parties and an upscale grill.

Colored lights and sleek silver walls make this spaceship of a club take off.

An unassuming 99-seat black box theater with an informality and diversity you won't find at your Don't Tell Mamas.

The sister bar of Flatiron’s Aspen has wood jutting out from every direction.

Located just inside the W New York’s front entrance is this gorgeously designed, glossy, and somewhat boring lounge.

Aussie brews, televised cricket matches, and kangaroo cuisine in a wood-paneled midtown setting.

Takes its cue from the South Beach party scene, hotel rooftop and all.

Strewn rose petals, Persian rugs, and tapestries worth an Arabian prince’s ransom make this sumptuous space as moneyed as it is Moroccan.

Legends play the B.B. King Blues Club & Grill, an intimate but spacious supper club that ranges well beyond its titular subject matter.

Modern Times Square hotel bar with well-designed, if impersonal, sleekness.

The Malta brothers, food-world veterans with a dozen restaurants to their credit, revamped the pleasant but generic Sette as Bar Baresco, a Chelsea wine bar with the mission of promoting Southern Italian wines.

Beneath the lounge-like appearance of this Hell's Kitchen standby beats the heart of a relaxed neighborhood hangout.

Bar 12 purposefully straddles the line between cheap-beer drenched post-grad party spot and all-purpose sports bar.