Star chef Marcus Samuelsson's refined fish house and chophouse has an extensive raw bar and cocktails that tend toward the sweet, like the Honey B (vodka, alfalfa honey and chamomile syrup).
Among former Top Chef contestant Richard Blais's inventive burger toppings: smoked mayo. Try the Butcher's Cut!
The beans used here are mostly from Africa. The gorgeously landscaped patio with boxwood hedges and outdoor seating is quintessential Charleston.
The InterContinental's in-house lounge (with a drink list by Francesco Lafranconi) has a great selection of rums, Latin music and a velvet-banquetted Champagne bar.
Jackson Cannon presides over Eastern Standard's marble-topped bar (and the menu of 50-plus drinks) in Kenmore Square's Hotel Commonwealth.
Christina Tosi's ingenious desserts like candy bar pie riff on lowbrow sweets (in this case, the Take 5 candy bar).
Mixologist Jim Meehan presides over this reservations-only lounge. The unmarked entrance is inside a phone booth at the hot dog joint Crif Dogs.
The three-course dessert tasting menu pairs Chika Tillman's elaborate desserts with wine selections from sommelier (and husband) Don Tillman.
This Chinatown "cocktail apothecary" has more than 250 specialty drinks created with house-made liqueurs and infusions.
This subterranean lounge has live jazz, excellent Asian-influenced small plates and cocktails named after jazz classics like "Giant Steps."
A 1940s-inspired bakery with retro desserts like chocolate sour cream Bundt cakes and red velvet cupcakes.
Renowned pastry chef Jacques Torres opened this Dumbo chocolate factory and store in 2000.
vanilla roasted infusion is worth a try, its delicious :) and the ambience is simply grande
Linda Hinton Brown and daughter Norrinda Brown named all their cakes for Brown family women (Jean's Road Trip is a red velvet cake).
Uber-restaurateur Stephen Starr's burger and shake stand in Franklin Square is open only April to December.
At his elegant hacienda-style restaurant, owner David Suro, who grew up near agave fields in the Mexican state of Jalisco, serves drinks by mixologist Junior Merino and about 100 tequilas.
The city's first and only gluten-free bakery; the sorghum flour brownie is sweetened with agave nectar.
The beef sliders at Stephen Starr's steak house are perfect, indulgent finger food.
A group of self-described cocktail freaks serves old-school drinks from an extralong bar at this former Firestone tire shop.
Congratulations, you've found one of Esquire's Best Bars in America. Great jazz and a superb martini. Order yours with vodka, extra dirty. Read more.
Congratulations, you've found one of Esquire's Best Bars in America. All of the cocktails are solid, but we're ordering the whiskey smash. Read more.
Congratulations, you've found one of Esquire's Best Bars in America. While other saps pay out their ass at some tourist trap, the best blues in Chicago is played for locals on the North Side. Read more.
Congratulations, you've found one of Esquire's Best Bars in America. Have one of their shaved-ice juleps and you'll never look at a frozen pond the same way again. Read more.
Congratulations, you've found one of Esquire's Best Bars in America. One of the regulars once took off his wooden leg and began strumming it like a guitar. So... grab a pint and socialize. Read more.
Congratulations, you've found one of Esquire's Best Bars in America. Sad that this place is no longer "The Rat," where the Pixies once played. But The Rat cocktail almost makes up for it. Almost. Read more.
Congratulations, you've found one of Esquire's Best Bars in America. Sit down, get a shot and a beer, order the famous Charlie's double cheeseburger, and shoot the shit with your buddies. Read more.
