This lower east side staple might be dreary from the front, but inside is a covered garden and often, customers with their adorable pet dogs. Read more.
Try the house gin and tonic, a complex cocktail with little in common with your garden-variety G&T. It’s one of our #100best dishes and drinks of 2011. Read more.
My favorite showy evening spot. Amazing whiskey selection. Elegant environment and a nice view. -Jacqueline Lombard, Top Chef
Really cute wine bar in the heart of the East Village. The ambiance is great - definitely a great place to take date.
Head to Lovecraft, the upstairs is a bar-restaurant with fun cocktails and an Italian-leaning food menu while downstairs is a stage where jazz bands and nouveau-Balkan groups will play. Read more.
Like a boozy remake of Weird Science, a trio of cocktail geeks have forged their own fantasy babe from scratch. Drink this: Evelyn Rose—gin, hibiscus tea, rose water, Lillet syrup and lemon. Read more.
This bar is great when you are a Jazz music fan! Join the Tuesday night jam, it starts at 12 am. :-)
They have a jukebox with Motley Crue, Pink Floyd, & Britney Spears, along with pool tables. You'll be sitting next to some eccentric artist & some fancy person, so it's kinda cool.
Proletariat is a much-deserved look into no-holds-barred beer geekdom, blissfully free of TVs, generic pub grub & high-fiving mooks. It holds only 12 stools & its menus have been replaced w/ a QR code Read more.
Easy-to-miss venue with avant garde performers you won’t find anywhere else. No advance ticket sales, so be prepared to wait or even get turned away.
Get the Red Bush punch which perfectly blends a naturally sweet rooibos tea with the smooth Elijah Craig 12 year bourbon and apricot liqueur.
Winner of Best East Village Wine Bar in the Village Voice 2011 Best Of issue! They offer a great brunch - have a glass of hand-selected vino with it.
Mac Sillick and Sandy Hall, the owners and culinary creatives behind this delicious Downtown venture talk “farm to sandwich,” locally sourced food, and why they moved from Crown Heights to LES. Read more.
All the shows at this intimate club are free (unless noted on their calendar). Get up and close with your favorite emerging artists.
This Chinatown "cocktail apothecary" has more than 250 specialty drinks created with house-made liqueurs and infusions.
This Lower East Side locale boasts close to 100 varieties of cider, and with dishes like leeks with spaetzle and truffle butter, the vegetarian, British-centric menu isn’t to be overlooked. Read more.
Need to 'woo' your date? This romantic French spot is perfect and light on the wallet, get $4 glasses of wine from 5-7pm Tuesday - Saturday
