Amaru Pisco Bar

Every cocktail den north of Lima makes a pisco sour these days, but it took rotisserie-chicken kingpin Rodolfo Mayor of local Peruvian chain Pio Pio to dedicate an entire drinkery to the South American spirit. Jackson Heights gets the velvet-rope treatment as this narrow, brick-walled bar fills to capacity with a trendy, Latin-leaning crowd eager to sample its expansive — but not expensive — varieties of pisco, Peru’s national liquor. The Coca Sour is frothy with La Diablada Pisco, agwa coca liqueur, lemon juice, egg whites, simple syrup, and orange bitters; the signature Alturas, meanwhile, is fashioned with Pisco 100, aloe vera, lemon juice, and a purée of prickly pear. There’s also a sizable snack menu that includes ceviche, yeah yeah, but also incredible drunk food like chorizos salchipapas and lomo saltado empanadas.