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Sep 11, 2023 · Best speakeasies in NYC. 1. PDT. Lounges. East Village. Photograph: Roxana Marroquin. Ironically famed the world over for its concealed location down a few stairs, inside a hotdog shop and through ...
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Jun 9, 2022 · The last time speakeasy-style dens became coveted in New York City was around 2007, when PDT, aka Please Don’t Tell, launched in the East Village and kicked off a spate of new bars with ...
- Attaboy, Lower East Side
- Sincerely, Ophelia, East Village
- The Ragtrader & Bo Peep, Midtown South
- Saint, East Village
- Dutch Kills, Lic
- Apotheke, Chinatown & Nomad
- Employees Only, Greenwich Village
- Ps, Hudson Square
- La Noxe, Chelsea
- Paper Planes, Lower East Side
Formerly known as Milk & Honey, the bar on 134 Eldridge Street has been reinvented as Attaboysince 2012 and is hidden in plain sight on an obscure bit of Eldridge Street. With no menu to pick a cocktail from you’ll have to tell the bartender what you’re in the mood for and trust that they’ll whip up the perfect drink for you. Attaboy operates on a ...
Tucked away next to it’s sister restaurant, The Chicken & The Egg, Sincerely, Opheliais a new-ish spot that’s been serving speakeasy vibes since its summer opening earlier this year. Between the Basquiat artwork on the walls to the glow-in-the-dark bathrooms, the atmosphere here is some of the most unique around. Their mixologists serve artisanal c...
Paying homage to the tailor’s fitting room that once resided here, Bo Peep is a cocktail and piano bar with plenty of red velvet seats. The bar itself was made from the tailor’s table and they serve up fun cocktails with names like “Foxy Lady,” “Sailor Beware,” and “Some Like it Hot.” Reserve a table here. Where:70 W 36th St : 34 St – Herald Square...
SAINT is a brand new bi-level restaurant and speakeasy that just opened here in NYC! Complete with an upstairs for fine dining, natural light, and outdoor garden, you also can sneak downstairs into their speakeasy “SAINT Downstairs.” When you get down there, be sure to check out one of their signature cocktails like the “Gins N Roses” or the “Swan ...
This Long Island City spot isn’t exactly hidden, but you’ll still enjoy the same speakeasy vibes you’d get at any of the other bars on this list. Write on the chalkboard bartop as you sip on one of the fun cocktails they make, like the Tiger Chilled Coffee (which is made with dark rum, Jamaican rum, cold brew coffee, allspice liqueur, cinnamon syru...
Apothekeis an intimate basement lounge that offers botanically-focused cocktails, cozy furniture, and a candlelit lounge atmosphere. There’s two locations in NYC and they equally serve rich cocktails infused with plants, herbs, and natural roots. This cellar speakeasy also serves Chinatown-themed small plates too like caviar and dumplings, in case ...
In this West Village, hidden behind a psychic’s reading den, is the speakeasy known as Employees Only. Their drink menu is longer than most speakeasies, so you won’t run out of things to try. Look for a neon sign that says “PSYCHIC”, a tarot card reader, and walk through the curtain doorway to enter the bar. Reservations are only for dinner and you...
The perfect combination of cocktails and charcuterie is what you’ll find at PS, the hidden speakeasy behind the chocolatey doors of Pine & Polk. Boasting itself as half store, half speakeasy, this cozy spot allows shoppers to kick back and have a drink after they’ve walked through high-quality charcuterie, floral bouquets, and other products that t...
Of course, the main appeal of speakeasies is their mystery, but have you ever considered that you might be missing one every time you ride the subway? Yes, La Noxe is hidden away at the 28th St. subway station behind an inconspicuous door. But once found guests are quickly whisked away into a secret world that’s been right underneath their nose…and...
Follow the paper trail to one of our favorite LES speakeasies, Paper Planes. After you follow a set of paper airplanes down a staircase, you’ll arrive at this gorgeous open space with a high glass roof ceiling and tons of seating. Playing on their airline theme, all craft cocktails here are cheekily named, including the “Paper Planes” cocktail and ...
- Little Branch. West Village. $$$$Perfect For:Date Night Impressing Out of Towners. The oldest bar on this list, Little Branch remains one of the best places to grab a cocktail in the West Village.
- Bathtub Gin. Chelsea. $$$$Perfect For:Date Night. RESERVE A TABLE. POWERED BY. Bathtub Gin shamelessly commits to the speakeasy theme. Hidden behind Stone Street Coffee in Chelsea, the room is covered in black-and white-photos and antique wallpaper, and it’s full of couches and upholstered booths where people on dates tend to forget they’re in public.
- Attaboy. Lower East Side. $$$$ Some of these bars are hard to find. Attaboy is not, because there are always people outside trying to get their name on the waitlist.
- PDT (Please Don't Tell) East Village. $$$$Perfect For:Date Night Impressing Out of Towners. When people talk about PDT, they tend to call it “that one bar behind the phone booth in the hot dog place on St. Marks.”
- Little Branch, one of the best speakeasies in NYC. Little Branch easily stands out as one of the best NYC speakeasies, thanks to its incredible cocktails and live music.
- Attaboy, a trendy speakeasy in New York City. Attaboy is a small and cozy establishment on the Lower East Side, which is known as one of the best neighborhoods in Manhattan.
- The Back Room, a unique speakeasy in New York City. The Back Room is another speakeasy in Lower Manhattan, just a few blocks from Attaboy. To get there, walk north on Norfolk Street from Delancey Street and look on the right-hand side for a “Lower East Side Toy Company” sign.
- Bathtub Gin, one of the coziest NYC speakeasies. Bathtub Gin is another New York City speakeasy bar that transports you to another era. It features vintage designs and decorations that evoke the spirit of the 1920s.
Mar 25, 2022 · Little Branch. West Village. $$$$. Hidden below a nondescript building on 7th Ave, Little Branch is arguably one of New York’s most classic speakeasy-style cocktail bars. Somehow, despite its ...
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Bathtub Gin. 132 9th Ave. / 646.559.1671 / Website. Atmosphere: Classic 1920s-style speakeasy. Why you need to come here: There’s a giant bathtub! Makes for the perfect Insta-moment. Fun Fact: Behind Stone Street Coffee in Chelsea.
